This year marked Meredith's 3rd Halloween. I really made an effort to get into it and it really rubbed off on her. She is at an age now where she 'gets' things. I had her halloween costume picked out and completed back in August - how's that for being in the spirit? I might be biased, but I think she was the cutest little bee I ever did see. And oh my, did she LOVE being a bee.
Last year we went to Mall of America because she was so little still and almost too young to go door to door. It wasn't too bad from what I remember so we decided to go again this year. BIG MISTAKE. Maybe it was because halloween fell on a Saturday this year, but that place was packed. Ridiculously packed. It was not fun. And because there are like 5000 kids there, the stores all hand out crappy candy like suckers and jawbreakers. I'm not going to let my child eat jawbreakers. Meredith got better loot trick-or-treating at my office the day before. At any rate, Meredith had a good time and that's all that matters. I think next year we're just going to do some good old fashioned door-to-door trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.
We made it home by 7:30 or so and we lit up our jack-o-lanterns and turned on the light so we could hand out candy. Meredith loved that too. She kept saying "more people".
Here she is all smiles on the way to the mall.
Getting some tricks-or-treats!
Hanging out with Grandma Schwake (Juana as Meredith says)
Here we are going up to the second level to try to escape the first level crowds.
Lovin' those Old Dutch dill pickle chips. My child for sure.
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