The Bowers: Halloween 2013

Lorelei had a great Halloween. When I got home from work we changed her into her costume and waited for the trick-or-treaters to arrive. After the first round of kids came, she was so excited for "more kids" to come I couldn't pull her away from the bowl of candy. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't great so we did not get as many visitors as usual. She was very good at passing out the candy though and I was impressed that none of the costumes freaked her out since her reaction to most of the decorations in the neighborhood is a very clear, "NO THANKS!"

After Todd got home, we took her to a few houses to do her own trick-or-treating but made the rookie mistake of starting at our friends' houses where we stopped inside to chat and play for a little bit, so Lorelei thought we would be exploring every house and was asking to go into strangers' homes. Awkward!

Once we got home, she did manage to get through a Butterfinger wrapper, but told on herself immediately before saying, "Mmmmm! Yummy!" Even with the taste of chocolate and peanut butter on her tongue, the highlight of the night was definitely the package of cheese balls she got from the house across the street. How bad is it that I didn't want her to have them because I couldn't stop thinking of Honey Boo Boo's cheese ball obsession?

During dinner, she grabbed my arm, rested her head on it and said, "Tired!" After a full morning of kindergarten and first grade Halloween parties, an afternoon of meetings, and tonight's events, I couldn't agree more!