Halloween

Not quite the Halloween I had envisioned...

Corinne had no interest in carving pumpkins this afternoon. We covered the floor in newspaper and I popped the tops off our pumpkins and encouraged her to touch them. She ran to the other room and played with her toys while Kevin and I sat on the floor and each gutted and carved a pumpkin.

Nap time ran into trick or treating time and Corinne did not wake up on the right side of the bed. She was not a happy trick or treater and hated both warm costumes we have for her. She had been a cartoon character she likes for all her indoor parties, but for Halloween we have a fleece monkey and a flower. The flower wound up being too small over many layers of clothing to keep her warm and she made it to one house to visit before putting her foot down and coming back home. So, we switched to the monkey and she visited one more neighbor and insisted on coming home again. At that point we put on regular clothes, had a snack, and reset. Kevin had built a fire in the fire pit to keep us warm while handing out candy. Corinne LOVED getting candy from our bowl and putting it in the bags and buckets of all the people who can to visit her. I guess this was the year she hands out candy instead of collecting it.

Then we came inside to make tacos. It is a standard meal in our house and I can typically make them with my eyes closed. For Halloween we had a kitchen fire though. The shells caught in the toaster over after being in for less than a minute. I ran Corinne out of the house and came back in to put out the fire. Thankfully, we had some soft tortilla shells as well.

The rest of the night was uneventful. Happy Halloween.