Ladybug Princess

As Halloween came around it was becoming apparent that Chloe was not going to wear the lion-tamer costume I made for her. Luckily Nonny and Grandpa brought her a sweet little flamenco dress from their latest trip to Spain. It saved the day because Chloe, deep in the midst of an obsession with princesses, thought the flamenco dress was a ladybug princess dress and wore it more than willingly!

She totally understood the concept of Halloween from day one of trying to explain it to her and she was so excited to get dressed up, go to our neighbor's Halloween party and then "say trick-or-treat and go get candy." Chloe loved absolutely every minute of it!



First stop on the trick-or-treat trail: Home - she couldn't run fast enough!

The loot.

Pumpkins

Chloe came ready, baby spoons in hand, and got straight to work.
She liked the pumpkin guts even though they were "sticky!"

And she loves to tell us that her pumpkin is saying, "Oh!" (suprised) and Daddy's is "happy."

Hooga Booga

Our local mall is one of the biggest, fanciest malls I've ever been in --- yes it even beats out Dallas malls. They go all out decorating for every holiday and this year they had an awesome Halloween show for kids. Chloe danced her hiney off and for the first time ever understood the concept of "princess." She watched in awe as one of the characters pranced about in a pink tutu. Ever since Hooga Booga she talks all the time about being a princess, dressing like a princess, dancing like a princess, etc. Unfortunately she wouldn't wear the lion-tamer costume I had made for her, so she was the only kid to show up in her pajamas.