The G's: Trick or Treat

This was Grace's first "official" Halloween. I was so excited. The costume, the showing off, the candy...what could be better? And, let's face it, she was just collecting candy for me. Her jack-o-lantern contained an unusually high number of Reeses peanutbutter cups. What could be better?

Grace fell in love with her costume the day we bought it. In fact, she held it in her lap on the ride home. She would walk around the house daying "Pup-eeeee" until she found the costume and then ask me to put it on her. It was adorable at first but then got a little old. So, I decided to hide the costume in my closet. That didn't work for long. She just realized the "Pup-eeee" had relocated to a different closet and would lead me into my own room and say "Pup-eee" until she was, once again, wearing her costume. Needless to say, we got our monies worth. She wore it several times a day for a month before Halloween. Why not?

We decided to hit the cul de sac and just keep it short. Here are a few before shots. Isn't this the cutest little puppy of all time?

All ready to get some candy in that jack-o-lantern. I was so impressed that she managed to hold onto it.

The cutest little Pup-eeeeee ever!

Here we are in action at our neighbors house. Grace had a hard time getting used to the fact that we were just going to the front door to get candy and then turn around and leave. With each house we visited, she just walked in the front door and was ready to play in that persons house. I had to pull her kicking and screaming out of a house or two. She calmed down once she realized we were headed to a new house and she would have yet another opportunity to get mommy some peanutbutter cups.

After we hit the neighborhood, we went over to my friend Teresa's house for an after party. Grace loves going over there because they have 'big kid toys' (for her 3 year old) and a 'baby'. What could be better?