We just celebrated our first Halloween back in the states! The last time the kids truly got to trick or treat until their little feet got tired, was back in 2010. Hailee was Jessie from Toy Story and Andrew was a LSU Tiger. We were able to spend Halloween in Louisiana, and we had a blast. The following June, we moved to England, and much to our surprise, we found out Halloween is not as celebrated there as it is in the states. Nonetheless, Hailee was able to dress up as a pirate for school, which was about the only dressing up she did as we did not Trick or Treat that year.
On Halloween in 2012, we decided we were going to attempt to take the kids Trick or Treating because we felt they were missing out on our traditions. We drove 30 or so minutes away from home, and another 15 minutes around a town which people claimed Halloween was celebrated in. Finally, we found some people. We parked the car, walked for about 15 minutes in the freezing cold, miserable weather, when we noticed Andrew was shaking because he was so cold. Cody loaded him back up into the car, and me and Hailee went to a few more houses with Cody following behind us in the car, before calling it a night. It wasn't the best Halloween but at least the kids were able to experience it. Sadly, I don't have any pictures from this adventure. Hailee was a bat-erina and Andrew was a football player.
Needless to say, we were super excited for this year. Hailee was able to dress up twice on Halloween. For school, she had to dress up as a character from a book. She chose to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast. For Halloween night, she was Draculaura from Monster High and Andrew was Thomas the train. It was the perfect night to go Trick or Treating, not too hot and not too cold. We live in a huge neighborhood, so we took the kids around until they were no longer interested. It was a super fun night!
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