Halloween

Emma Claire, despite being terrified of EVERYTHING Halloween, really got into the spirit this year. Her ability to cope with the fear improved over the weekend. Friday afternoon, she trick-or-treated at school. They go over to the seniors co-op next door to the church and visit the "grandmas and grandpas".

Friday night, we went to a Halloween party at GVCC with the Grodnicks'. As soon as we walked through the door, Emma Claire saw a guy in a warewolf mask and - no joke - dove off her skateboard (the stand up platform behind Arnold's stroller), hit the floor face down and started screaming. A grand entrance by the Kadues'. As the night went on, she clung to either Brad or myself for dear life. She spent most of the night with a hand over one eye, fingers spread just slightly to see what was going on.

Saturday, I took Arnold and Emma Claire to this huge Halloween parade in Anoka. We were invited by Ms. Becky, the director at Calvary. She lives on the parade route. Emma Claire's teachers and a few of her friends were there. She sat in Margaret's lap most of the time and they came up with the "strategy" that every time Emma Claire saw something scary, she would turn her head. This seemed to work and she applied this the rest of the weekend.

Emma Claire, again this year, went trick-or-treating with Addie. The daddies took the girls in the red wagon. Sounds like they had fun. Addie was a butterfly and Emma Claire, a purple Tinkerbell (purple, because we already had the leotard, compliments Rowie and Opa). Arnold, a pumpkin, and I stayed home and handed out candy.

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