Halloween Parade

Before all the Halloween excitement begins, Jamie spends time with Violet carving pumpkins.

This year Violet put her own spin on pumpkin decorating. Markers are also so much safer than giving a 2 year old a knife.

I went over to go with Jamie, Melissa and Violet to the Halloween parade. Not wanting to be left out of the costume dress up, I picked up a pair of cat ears and bow tie. Melissa wanted to know where my tail was. That's all I need is something to draw attention to my backside. The ears and tie worked out just great for me.

Melissa's complete outfit included little Lincoln. Although this was the same shirt she wore when she was pregnant with Violet, she claims it's completely different because she removed the pink bow attached to the head. This is still kind of creepy but she got so many compliments at the parade. I also saw another pregnant women with white bandages wrapped around her body. Her shirt said "Mummy"!

Violet was totally against putting on her costume so in Halloween tradition, we put the costume on Khloe.

But with a little coaxing from her Daddy, Violet was finally dressed and ready to go to the parade. Instead of giving Violet a bag full of candy, I filled a Halloween bucket with small boxes and bags of cereal.

Then it was off to the parade. Lee's Summit seems to come up with great ideas to involve the community. The Halloween parade was made up of all the kids walking down the street with their parents and some with their dogs. A lot of dogs.

These were just a couple of my favorites.

After the parade, most of the stores in downtown Lee's Summit passed out candy. After a couple of stores, Violet finally realized what the Halloween bag was for. She's rush up to the store and even told some people "Happy Halloween". We didn't practice enough to say Trick or Treat.

Then it was home to wait for the Trick or Treaters. Violet decided to change costumes - or rather she saw her Princess dress and decided that's what she wanted to wear.

And as the kids came up to the door, Violet handed out candy. Happy Halloween!