halloween

Okay, so this posting is a little belated, but what can I say? We left for Mexico just a few days after Halloween, and things have been busy since.

By the time Halloween actually rolled around, this girl was a professional trick or treater. She was ready to go and get some candy!

Just look at this cute little pirate. 

 Here's the gang of kids we went trick-or-treating with.  The boys were hilarious. They were running from house to house so much that they started asking for water at some of the houses. Yeah, their parents weren't at all embarrassed about that.

 I got really nervous about traumatizing Gabriela on her very first trick or treating house ever. Just look at the place!  It was super cool. There was a coffin in the garage, a mock car accident scene in the front of the house with goblin drivers, and you had to walk through this dark tunnel to get to the candy. But for a two year old?! Even some of the older boys were too nervous to go through.  Lane said we shouldn't skip it. He took Gabriela, she was so brave, and apparently the guy at the house was super sweet and not scary to Gabriela. AND she got a giant candy bar.  Not bad.  Lane took over the trick or treat duties after that.

 This is still that first house.  So many houses were decorated like this. Every one in this neighborhood went all out!

 Since she was with so many big kids, Gabriela didn't get many chances to actually ring a door bell all by herself.  She finally did it, and it must have made an impression on her because as she was walking away from the house, she exclaimed, "That was COOOOOL!!!" Gabriela was so polite, and thanked everyone who gave her candy.

On the way home, Gabriela started talking about her Roller Skates. We were confused -she doesn't have roller skates.  We thought maybe she was talking about her cousin Mina, who just got roller skates for her birthday. But that didn't really make sense.  When we looked through all her candy at home, Gabriela exclaimed, "ROLLER SKATES!!!"  and grabbed a bag of Skittles, and it all made sense.  I guess she was scanning her brain for words that had the "sk" sound or something.  She still calls Skittles Roller Skates. I don't really want to correct her, it's so cute.

Gabriela must have enjoyed herself, because the next day morning she asked if she could dress like a pirate again and go trick or treating again.