3 days worth of Halloween

Halloween started on Thursday this year for Hailey. I wasn't sure how she was going to react to her costume (ladybug) so we decided to plan a few extra events to get her used to it.

This is our family picture taken at Bellevue Square. Too cute to post it with the rest of the pictures though.

On Thursday we went to the KidsQuest kids museum in Factoria for their Halloween event. It was great as there was no candy involved, instead they had little prizes and crafts. We went with our friends the Mendonca's who have a 1 year old girl, Genny, and a 6 year old girl Madison. Greg grew up with Mike (Dad) and my mom babysits Genny. It was great to be able to spend some time with them. Madison was a Southerbell and Genny was a Seahawk Cheerleader.

Hailey and Madison walking to the musuem





On Friday the Marketing team at work put on a Halloween event and I couln't resist bringing her. We were able to see our friends the King Family and check out the darling Mouse with cheese and cat costume that Kathy made for Ollie and Evan which was the cutest thing ever.

We ran into another ladybug and met up Superman. Aidel is one of my co-workers little boys who is just a few weeks younger the Hailey and they had a great time together trick or treating and playing the games. I forgot an pail so we made due with an interoffice mail envelope. :)

After the work event we went to visit Grampa Ken at Bellevue Nursery and pick out a pumpkin. After that we trick or treated at Grampa Ken's, Grandma Lori, and Auntie Kara's. Here is a video of her knocking on the door.

On Saturday (Halloween) we headed to Bellevue Square. BIG MISTAKE but we got some cute pictures and were able to at least see our friends the Moss Family and the Mendonca Family. This picture of Daddy and Hailey was right before the madness began.

Hailey and Chloe

After we got smart and left the mall, we headed to Greg's old neighborhood in Woodinville to let Hailey experience a true Halloween. We saw my friend Danielle's parents (the couple she is with in the picture as it is her first ever true trick or treating house) and a few of Greg's old neighbors. Hailey wanted to go inside each out and lucky for us we knew all of them so they invited us in for beer, chili and some great conversations :) There is a video of her at our friends Nick and Karrie Lyon's parents house at the bottom.

All in all... we had a FANTASTIC Halloween. It was full of pumpkin patches, activities, spending time with family and friends and of course trick or treating! Hailey loved the candy of course but did so well by not eating any during the trick or treating. The first time she asked, I told her when we get in the car and from there on, she said "candy when we get in the car".