Marianne had a full week of Halloween festivities. We started by going to the botanical gardens for their annual Halloween celebration. Marianne joined in the costume parade, made a snack of crackers and pretzels that looked like a spider and got some free books. She loved looking at all the kids in their costumes and playing with the hula hoops and balls that were out in the lawn.
A few days later Marianne went trick-or-treating at Chris' office. She loved all the decorations and picking out candy from a bowl and putting it in her bucket. She didn't know it was edible at all. She still thinks of it all as fun, colorful toys! I forgot by camera that day but here are some pictures of her checking out her stash. Her prized possession from that day is the collection of plastic spiders she got. She loves those silly things!
On Halloween, we crashed our friend's neighborhood party. Marianne and I watched the huge parade complete with a police escort and then joined everyone down in the park for some social time. Marianne and Campbell played in the yard while the adults handed out candy. When Chris got there we took the girls trick or treating in the wagon. We hit maybe five houses but that is about all they could take. We had chili and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner and called it a night. All in all I think it was a great time!
