Happy Halloween

Lilly's first Halloween! She went as a peapod - and it's a gender neutral costume so a lot of people thought she was a boy. But also a lot were like, "oh what a cute/sweet (insert your adjective here) baby" in the pea costume. We did a dry run of putting her in her costume this morning, to see that everything fit, and really just an excuse to put her in it and see how'd she look. It all went well, and around 5:30 we put her in the attire. And then we walked about 10 blocks to State Street, where the Police block off the streets to car traffic and about 300-400 kids come trick or treat. Mark's Great Uncle Albert and Aunt Linda live on State Street, so we brought Lilly over there to trick or treat and visit. It was a nice walk over, went Joseph up to St. Charles and then St. Charles over to State Street. It was still light out and you could see kids (and adults) coming out in their costumes.

On the way over, I told Mark I didn't feel like a real New Orleans parent because I didn't have my to go cup with my alcohol beverage inside. We didn't take the stroller, rather opted to carry her the distance, and Mark said had we had the stroller, with its cupholders, we would have had our drinks. And thus blended in with the others.

But Halloween was fun. I've always liked this holiday - and Mark can tell you every year I buy tons of candy though I can count on one hand the number of trick or treaters we've had over the past 4 years. But State Street is packed, tons of people out. Parties going on. Even one house does a haunted house. We opted to not take Lilly in it this year. And then on our way back we walked down Octavia, from St. Charles, and that street is also packed with families and kids and adults in costumes. It was great to get out and see the little ones in their garb, brings a smile to your face to see how excited they all are. Or in our case, Lilly fell asleep on our way home, while on State Street. Next year she'll be able to eat a bit of her candy ( we got butterfingers, a Milky Way, Caramel Junior Mints, and 1 Peanut M&M - it's all ours!). And fun to see it through her eyes, albeit they were closed but we were making the memories for her.