Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!! This was Meo's second Halloween and we had several opportunities to dress up. This year he dressed up as a cow, and I was a farmer complete with overalls, a plaid shirt, and a cowbell to beckon my calf. Here are some of thing events we partook in.

Halloween Play Date

Our friend Mara and her family hosted a Halloween play date at their apartment. She went all out with lots of decorations, yummy snacks and punch, and good cheer. It was great to see all the cute babies in costumes! Thanks so much Mara for having us over, we had a wonderful time!

Me and Meo the cow

Splits

Feeding Elmo

The host scared Meo a little bit

Erika and Neve the very hungry caterpillar

Krista and Leela the rooster

Sarah and Stella the cat

Holly and Adelle the fairy

Mara and Charlie the mummy

Abi and Cora as Piglet

Erin and Conor the bee

Sharon and Braden the golfer

Our failed attempt to take a group shot

Trick-or-Treating at IDEXX

Meo and I went to Robbie and our friend Lindsay's work to go trick-or-treating. It was really cool because they had all kinds of stations set up with candy and fun. It was nice getting to see our friend Lindsay, especially since Halloween is her favorite holiday and her excitement about it is contagious. It was also fun to see Robbie's coworkers; they all thought Meo was really cute.

Lindsay, Robbie and Meo

Meo was instantly an expert at removing candy from baskets and putting them in his bag

Visiting the Scooby Doo gang

Mom we took hypnobirthing with when I was pregnant with Meo and her little Yoda

Ringing his cowbell

Checking out the activities going on in downtown Westbrook

Halloween Day

During the day Meo and I stayed home with Grandma. We read Halloween books, listened to Halloween music and did an art project.

Meo's Halloween art project, 14 months

When Robbie got home (he came home early, yay!), he read It's a Pumpkin Day Mouse to Meo and then we went to Vandy's to get some greasy, unhealthy food for dinner (mac and cheese bites and cheese fries) then go to Memere's to pass out candy with her and Aunt Sam. Memere was dressed up as a cute black cat! Meo kept busy moving Pepere's video games to and fro across the room.

Reading a Halloween story with Daddy

Our little farm family

Vandy's

Visiting Memere the cat

Helping Daddy pass out candy

Then we went trick-or-treating for Meo's very first time around my parents neighborhood. We only went to like eight houses, but Meo (and Robbie) loved it. Meo was giggling in-between houses and Robbie was excitedly recounting trick-or-treating with his sister when he was younger and how they would run from house to house and count their pillowcases full of candy when they got back home to see who "won". The houses we visited thought Meo was so cute, they encouraged us to take extra candy (even though Meo isn't the one who eats candy). At one house, a woman dressed all in black (even her face was covered), snuck out of the bushes to give us candy. She scared the crap out of me, but Meo and Robbie were unphased. Robbie teased me after was because my reaction was to say, "Whoa! Scary Meo!" in a sad attempt to act like I was comforting Meo.

Meo's first time Trick-or-Treating

Meo's first time Trick-or-Treating

Back home, Meo had fun with his Grandparents taking out all the candy they had left in their giant bowl and tossing them on the floor while Grandma and Grandpa put the candy back in. Meo thought it was so funny!

Dumping out candy

Laughing at Grandma putting candy back in