Little Stinker

Well Hayden's costume fit her perfectly this year, she was quite the "little stinker" on Halloween.  First off, Hayden had a big melt down at the grocery store and refused to sit in the cart or walk.  Usually food is a good enough bribe for her to sit, but it didn't work and we had to abandon the cart after the produce aisle.  Next she decides she is going to play during nap time.  So by Trick or Treating time she was exhausted!  It seems to be the pattern that she skips about one nap per week and then takes really great naps on subsequent afternoons because she is so tired by the afternoon.

We had planned on going to the pumpkin patch this year, but due to family pictures and 2 business trips for Paul that never happened.  So I picked up one of the last pumpkins at the grocery store, only to have Paul drop it and split open!  So our pumpkin carving was a bit lame this year.

Hayden loved scooping out the goo with her scooping tools and did not like getting her hands gooey.  She also inadvertently tapped the metal bowl with her tool and thereafter double tapped it after dumping each load!   She was so into it that she wouldn't even look up to take pictures!

Hayden whispered "Trick or Treat, thank you, and bye" at each house and was pretty excited to get candy.  We took her to a few houses in the neighborhood.

This is Hayden being a stinker again!  She had had it with her costume and wanted it OFF!

Hayden also got fun Halloween packages from both Grandma's this year.  Grandma Anne gave her a book that sang "The Monster Mash."  This is Hayden's new favorite book and song to sing along with.