Halloween

For the last few months Nora Lee has wanted to be several things for Halloween. At one point it was a fairy, then a prinecess, then a ballerina. Recently she decided to be all three. So this year she was a fairy-princess-ballerina (she's not girly or anything).

We usually trick-or-treat with several of our friends and neighbors. Our neighborhood never has trick-or-treating so we always drive to another neighborhood. This year we tried a new area in Toluca Lake where the houses are decorated like they decorate at Disneyland. It was insane! These homes are huge and have lots of land. There was an old Georgian Manor and a huge mansion with a pirate ship coming out of it, ghosts, goblins, you name it! It was actually too busy for the little ones. We turned onto the busiest street and actually had to wait in a 5 minute line to get candy as each house! The decorations were amazing but it was too easy to get trampled. Luckily we had some calmer trick-or-treating on a street before that. This also limited the amount of candy the kids got, which was a nice thing.

The day after Halloween we called "Candy Day" in our house. Nora Lee got to eat as much candy as she wanted all day long. She really liked Candy Day. She ate oatmeal in the morning and 1 sausage in the evening and candy the rest of the day! I was sure she would be a sugar wreck but she was actually calm and delightful! Her favorite candies are fruity ones and ones you suck on for a long time like suckers and gobstoppers. She's not as crazy about the chocolate goodies (which are my favorite!).















A little dog dressed as a skeleton