yee-haw! it's Halloween!

last year we couldn't ask Molly what she wanted to be for Halloween (what with the language barrier and all) and it turned out she wasn't so fond of the dog costume. so this year i was determined to dress her up as something she wanted to be. i asked a month or so before Halloween, and because i didn't think she'd understood the concept of all hallows eve, i simply asked her, "if you could dress up as any animal, what would it be?" and without missing a beat, she said "horsey". i was a bit taken aback. we never talk about horses, we don't really have any books with horses in them (except Clip Clop which has gone from being one of her favorites, to the one that causes much drama and tears because the characters fall off the horse into a haystack and she's very worried that they are hurt). we've never even seen a real horse. so it came as a surprise. a few days later, just to test it, i asked again..."horsey, mama". okay, a horse it is!

we decided to go with a simple vest, nice and cozy, that had a hood that looked like the horse's head, and a tail. perfect! here are some pictures of her, ready to giddy-up!


here she is, trick-or-treating for the first time, in downtown St. Johns. the merchants all gave out candy, and we saw kids from all over the niegborhood dressed up and having a great time!
and here are some pictures of Molly's friends dressed up for Halloween. Moebius (with his parents) was some kind of Viking, Barbarian, pillager and was about the cutest thing i'd ever seen. Adriana was a sweet little lamb. Beau (with his mom) was a cozy-looking tiger. the three kids at the door are Amelia (i'm guessing she's a character from High School Musical), Mishya (a clone trooper from Star Wars) and Keeton (a very young Obi-Wan Kenobi).


this is a shot that Moebius's mom took of us when we were trick-or-treating. you'll note that Zero and i dressed up as cowboys, a western-themed Halloween! Grandma Nancy who was also with us, wore a cowboy hat as well!

and because Molly likes to see things from both sides, she donned my cowboy boots and hat after we got home from trick-or-treating. a little big maybe, but i think she makes a great little cowgirl!
YEE HAW!