Fun Halloween Times

November is finally here! Which means Halloween festivities are finally over. We had a busy weekend in the Wing household with our church's Harvest Party on Friday night and trick-or-treating for the first time on Saturday night.

I was one of the party planners for the Harvest Party, so it was a lot of prep work, but it ended up being really well-attended and a lot of fun! I invited 3 families from my "Babes with Babes" play group, and they all came which was very cool. There were 7 toddlers from our play group alone, plus lots of other kids from the church and friends that were invited.

Ellie was a very adorable pink "Buttahbah" (butterfly, in Ellie) and I am pretty sure she enjoyed wearing the c

ostume. We tried it on one or two times earlier this week, and she

really liked seeing herself in the mirror. For the party, she also got two pink lipstick circles on her cheeks, which she was really excited about. She always sees me putting on makeup and I (obviously) never put any on her until this weekend, so that was

very special. I think she could have just looked in the mirror and t

ouched her cheeks all evening, but we had places to go! The party was very busy for me, as I was the emcee for the evening and announced various contests, games, and kept the evening rolling. Ben did a great job taking Ellie around to the games, and she even was smart enough to figure out how to find candy during the Candy Hunt. It was a fun but tiring evening for the lil' babe, and for the big parents.

A partial-group shot

Trick-or-treating went really well, also. Dad Dustin got to see Ellie get dressed up via G Chat, and to see her get excited a second time for her pink lipstick cheeks. We went up and down 2 of the little streets in our nei

ghborhood from 6 to 7 pm. She walked most of the way by herself, with only a few legs of the journey on dad's shoulders. Although she couldn't say "trick or treat" or "thank you," she did say "Bah-bah" (bye bye) at every house and wave to the person. She got some good loot, which she wanted to stop and open after every house. We would tell her, "Not yet, Ellie, we have to get more candy!" and she'd look at us and say "Moh?" (more? a concept she understands well, thanks in part to baby sign language). Then we could persuade her to continue to the next place. She did get to sample a few treats once we got home, and she definitely liked everything she tried except a Sour Patch Kid gummi. She would try it, make a sour face and take it out, look at it, and then try again... and again... and finally gave up. It was funny to watch. It was also neat to see a kid dressed up at Cookie Monster come to our house-- Ellie was pretty amazed that Cookie Monster was there! And that he had a little boy's face coming out of his mouth! Another cute moment.

Over all, a great weekend. We are trying to adjust Ellie's internal clock back so we don't get 7 am mornings. You may laugh, but we're more of an 8 am household, and thankfully so is our daughter. She is thankfully taking a late nap today, so hopefully we'll be able to stay up until our 8 pm bedtime.

My first rehearsal for the musical Nine is tonight! I am excited to meet my new cast mates. Hope you are all doing well!