Zoo Howl

Last Sunday morning, before the hurricane, it was cold and rainy but we had tickets to Zoo Howl. There was trick or treating and a haunted maze waiting for us. I think the weather made a lot of people stay home, which was good for us. Radio Disney was there with a stage. Elinor loved the music and bounced along watching some kids dance.

 shy face

She was yelling

 and the lion woke up

 little ewok

 Elinor's first trick or treat!

and second

I HATE haunted houses and even though we were at the zoo and a Halloween event for children, I was nervous to go in the haunted maze. I was brave and we went through. I stayed far behind Dave just in case anything popped out. It was completely fine. Just decorations throughout and then at the end a person in a skeleton costume was just standing there waving. I did it and Elinor could care less! That will probably be the only haunted house/maze I will ever go in again. 

I'm glad we got in so many Halloween events after we got home from Japan. She got to wear each costume to each event we went to. We also had gone trick or treating at the mall with Henri. It was insane! I had gone the year before with Dorie but it wasn't that packed. This year you could barely move. But Radio Disney was there and Elinor and Henri had fun bouncing along and watching other kids dance. Next year we will have to try and not be tempted by all the cute costumes and have Auntie Courtney make one awesome one. The mermaid costume was the best by far!

Halloween

Ok these are not only all iphone pictures but some of the worst quality iphone pictures ever. Babies never will stay still and at night nothing comes out right. We had brought the real camera out trick or treating but never took it out of the bag. 

That morning Elinor, Henri and I headed to the library for sing along. Our library gets crazy packed on normal days for story and sing alongs so they started a ticket system so the room doesn't get too full. We ended up getting there too late even though we 45 minutes early and they were out of tickets. We played on the rug instead with some friends. Some moms even started their own sing along which the kids loved! 

Elinor the mermaid talking to her friend the dragon. Henri the penguin being not too sure about the hood of his costume. He made this face every time.

Henri still being frozen from his hood

watching the tennis courts

a flamingo checking out Elinor's fins

mermaid, monkey and a penguin

waiting for the dads so we could go trick or treating

Dorie's parents knew of an awesome street in their neighborhood. They completely shut the street down. Every house is decorated and every neighbor was sitting on their porch ready with candy. There were lines at each house. 

 jack o lanterns lined the street

me, Henri, Dorie and their mom discussing which pieces of candy were vegan that Dorie had in her bucket. The answer was none of them.

 The scary house! They had knife slashing sounds and scary music playing. The person was throwing candy and tossing it down a tube to the end of the steps. 

We had so much fun! It was quick and just one street but with little kids we didn't need more than that. Ellie got to go to a couple of houses with Dave. She got a bag of veggie sticks which she can actually have. We were talking about what we are going to do in the future and how to make trick or treating vegan friendly. I read some options on Veggie Kids. Exchanging the candy for a gift or even a vegan treat sounds like a good idea. Does anyone have any other suggestions? We have awhile until it is an issue but it would be nice to be prepared.