Halloween summary
Daisy had a lot of activities this Halloween: her preschool Halloween party, a pumpkin patch with a hayride, a pumpkin-carving party with friends, trick or treating in our apartment building, and a Halloween parade and haunted house, tonight. I'm probably leaving something out, too.
We had a great time tonight. I am too tired to adequately summarize, but here is the basic plot. I was a witch, Mark was a rocker, and Daisy was a swan. Our neighbor Robyn had the great idea of having trick or treating in the building this year and she arranged it quite beautifully, distributing pumpkin stickers that people could put on their doors if they wanted to participate. A lot of people did, so we had plenty of doors to knock on. Daisy did some trick or treating here with her little neighbors Eli, Vincent, Fia, and Marco. Afterward, we went by the Garden House Cafe; the proprietor, Jeanette (Daisy calls her "Jet") had asked us to stop by for trick or treating. I appreciate this, as we live in a big city and you want to feel a part of your own neighborhood. Ever since we've been going to a neighborhood ballet class, we've had a tradition of stopping by the Garden House Cafe afterward, and Jeanette has been so friendly and welcoming. So it made us happy to stop by her place and show Daisy's costume.
Then we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and went to the Sausalito Halloween Parade and Haunted House. Daisy has been looking forward to this for months and months. It's what we did last year, and she really wanted to do it again (that's why we went there instead of doing something in the city itself). It was a lot of fun, but I will say that Daisy was more frightened of the Haunted House than she was last year. When the ghouls reached out for her and said spooky things, she clung to me (I was carrying her, as she also asked me to do last year) and at times said she wanted to turn around and go back. Oddly, she also burst out laughing several times and was particularly amused by a pirate who was supposed to be scary. As soon as we emerged into the light, she said she wanted to do it again, despite the horrible fear she had experienced. So we got in line and did it again. This time, she was at least as frightened as the first time, and when we were finished, she said that was enough of that and it was too scary. It was all rather contradictory. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow morning to find out what her final verdict on it was. She was so tired when we put her to bed, she could barely speak.
I will post more pictures tomorrow.
We had a great time tonight. I am too tired to adequately summarize, but here is the basic plot. I was a witch, Mark was a rocker, and Daisy was a swan. Our neighbor Robyn had the great idea of having trick or treating in the building this year and she arranged it quite beautifully, distributing pumpkin stickers that people could put on their doors if they wanted to participate. A lot of people did, so we had plenty of doors to knock on. Daisy did some trick or treating here with her little neighbors Eli, Vincent, Fia, and Marco. Afterward, we went by the Garden House Cafe; the proprietor, Jeanette (Daisy calls her "Jet") had asked us to stop by for trick or treating. I appreciate this, as we live in a big city and you want to feel a part of your own neighborhood. Ever since we've been going to a neighborhood ballet class, we've had a tradition of stopping by the Garden House Cafe afterward, and Jeanette has been so friendly and welcoming. So it made us happy to stop by her place and show Daisy's costume.
Then we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and went to the Sausalito Halloween Parade and Haunted House. Daisy has been looking forward to this for months and months. It's what we did last year, and she really wanted to do it again (that's why we went there instead of doing something in the city itself). It was a lot of fun, but I will say that Daisy was more frightened of the Haunted House than she was last year. When the ghouls reached out for her and said spooky things, she clung to me (I was carrying her, as she also asked me to do last year) and at times said she wanted to turn around and go back. Oddly, she also burst out laughing several times and was particularly amused by a pirate who was supposed to be scary. As soon as we emerged into the light, she said she wanted to do it again, despite the horrible fear she had experienced. So we got in line and did it again. This time, she was at least as frightened as the first time, and when we were finished, she said that was enough of that and it was too scary. It was all rather contradictory. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow morning to find out what her final verdict on it was. She was so tired when we put her to bed, she could barely speak.
I will post more pictures tomorrow.
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