Halloween Part 1

The Halloween festivities have begun!

This past week, Alicia has worn her costume for 4 separate events already. Dance class on Wednesday. School carnival on Thursday. Trick or Treat Town dance recital and a party at our house yesterday. This afternoon we're going to the church Harvest Festival where she'll be dressing up again...

It's no wonder Halloween is one of her favorite holidays. She loves to dress up and she loves candy!

Her official costume this year is a Princess Kitty. I made her a little collar with the name "Princess" embroidered onto it. And she wears a little tiara with her furry purple kitty costume. Living in Alaska, it's absolutely essential to have a warm costume for Halloween night. There's always at least a little snow around by then.

The problem is, many of the pre-Halloween events are held indoors. It turns out the kitty costume is sweltering hot! She wore it Wed and Thurs, burning up each time. And by the time Saturday rolled around, she boycotted the kitty costume and grabbed something out of her Disney princess dress-up box to wear instead!

So it was Snow White who performed on the stage at Trick or Treat Town in Anchorage. That's a fun activity held annually in the huge garage of a local phone company. Kids wear their costumes and go trick-or-treating through a maze of little storefronts with volunteers dressed in costumes handing out candy. There are a few food vendors, a stage with scheduled performances (including Alicia's dance studio), some bounce houses and other random entertainment. It's a great way to have some Halloween fun in a safe, warm environment.

After Trick or Treat Town, we had to bolt back to the house because we'd scheduled our October gathering of our Extended Family Group (EFG) from the church to be at our house from 3-6pm yesterday afternoon. Three other families with small children joined us with their costumes and some nibbles for some relaxing Halloween-inspired fun. Tess helped with face painting. Alicia went from Snow White to a pixie costume. The kids enjoyed playing with Alicia's toys. (It's always fun to play with someone else's toys!) And the house got clean! Yay!