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Fall Festival and Halloween

Zoe's daycare had a Fall Festival today during the morning. There were treats, like cookies, pretzels and cider, as well as lots of things to do, like make paper crowns, sculpt with playdough and play music on pots and pans. Zoe had a great time swinging and blowing bubbles.



You can see more pictures in the Fall Festival set on Flickr. At 3:00pm I picked Zoe up from school so we could get ready to march in the Halloween parade and do some trick or treating. This year Zoe decided that she was going to be the Little Mermaid, Cheryl would be Ursula and I would be Flounder. I know my costume was the weakest of the three, but together, I think we looked pretty damn amazing.



She did really well with trick or treating. She only got upset once at a really scary mask that she did not like looking at. Other than that, she got a good amount of candy, which she ate a few pieces while we were walking from house to house. Eventually, we got to the block party and she had some ice cream and a brownie, but more importantly, she ran in to a number of friends. The big hit of the night was Isaac, who was aggressively hugged and kissed by a number of girls, but mostly Zoe, yet he played it off like it wasn't a big deal (sorry again about that). They did sit nice for a bit and pose for a few pictures.



Zoe made a few other goofy faces, which you can see in the Halloween set on Flickr. Overall it was a very successful holiday and I can't wait to see what we'll be next year.

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