Happy Halloween everyone! Norah's first Trick-or-Treating experience was a total success! After a 5 minute meltdown about putting on the tutu, she was bribed with chocolate and ready to head out! Our version of Olivia the Pig (which is her current obsession, books, movie, dolls, you name it, Olivia is where it's AT!):
She rode in the stroller for a few streets, and wouldn't say Trick Or Treat at any houses, but once she got the hang of it girlfriend went running from house to house clutching shiny wrapped candy in each little mittened paw. She said Thank You to everyone, and loved getting to sneak in a "pat-pat" to anyone's dogs who would allow it!
She had a preview of what was to come last Friday when Pinckney hosted a Spooktacular in the Park with "trunk or treating", and we went down to give the whole costume thing a trial run. She loved it!
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| Not so sure about going in the straw maze, but watching other kids run was fun too |
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| Enjoying some "pop pop" and having a little rest |
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| "mmm nummy!" |
I am just loving seeing the experiences of childhood from the side of being her mama lately. I could not stop smiling tonight as we walked around my own childhood neighborhood and knocked on the same doors and stood on the same porches to say trick-or-treat to some of the same neighbors (and many new ones) that I did growing up. Watching my girl fly from lawn to lawn and smile with glee at the prospect of a totally new experience like Trick-or-Treating is one of the things I imagined all those years before being her mama, and it is all better than I could have ever anticipated. I hope to craft a childhood experience for her that is carefree, happy, safe, and imaginative. A space that when she looks back from her own view as a mama someday she will remember with glowing memories and smile her own ear to ear grin reliving.
I hope you all had a happy Halloween! This is one mama who is so excited for all of the holiday festivities to come in the next 2 months! Can't wait to create more traditions and memories with our girl!
Wishing I lived in Michigan to witness some of this!! She looked adorable - what a joy!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, Tanya! I can just hear the love pouring out of you :) I've heard many new parents reflect that the holidays become a lot more fun as their babies grow into tots and become more interactive, more aware of what's happening around them. I just love the photo of Norah marching forward, back to the camera, looking adorable in her little piglet ears. Beautiful all around! xoxo
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