Halloween

Below are some pictures of our little Elmo. As you know, there are two fictional characters that Taylor loves - her first love was Elmo and her new love is Dora. I could not bring myself to dress T up as a Hispanic seven year-old, so I went with the furry monster this year.

Taylor did not quite grasp the concept of Halloween, but she is getting closer. She LOVED wearing her Elmo costume. She wore it several times leading up to Halloween, so I feel like we got our money's worth. We celebrated by carving pumpkins on Friday night (Taylor's pumpkin, like last year, had a small "t"), going to a Halloween party with her PEPS friends on Sunday morning, and trick-or-treating at a few neighbors' houses on Sunday night. Taylor was most intrigued by all the big kids that came to our door. When the doorbell rang, she would sprint to the door and wait for us to open it. As the kids took candy and walked away, she would look at Tommy and me and say "MORE!" It was so cute to watch her look up to the big kids. She wanted to trick-or-treat with them so badly!

We tried to get a group pictureo of all the kiddos at the PEPS party, but sadly, this is the best I got. A couple of the kids had already jumped off the couch by the time I shot this.

Taylor had a little too much fun at the party. If only this picture captured the snoring sound as well!

Post-nap - our little Elmo is ready for some trick-or-treating!

Cheese!

Daddy and his little monster en route to the first house.

We caved and let Taylor eat some M&Ms after trick-or-treating. She's a big fan!

We are already looking forward to next year's Halloween festivities. Taylor will be ready to hit all the houses by then!