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Halloween 2015

As mentioned previously, the family was dressed up as the characters from Wreck-It Ralph this year for Halloween. Zoe was Venelope Von Schweets, Cheryl was King Candy and I was Wreck-It Ralph. Before we went to the West Philly parade, we took some pictures on the stoop. Here are a few.



Apart from the scoreboard, which Zoe liked, she was also really into the necklace I made. She kept insisting that she made it because in the movie her character made it for my character. It was super cute. On the way to the parade I made sure Zoe was safe and held my hand. She didn't have much trouble grabbing onto my over-sized mitts.



While we were there we ran into a group of her friends dressed up as the Three Amigas. They all looked really good.



There were lots of treats at the conclusion of the parade. Zoe made sure to bring me some so I could share with her.



We parked the car near the end of the parade route because we were heading out to a Halloween wedding. Once we were outside the venue, on the wrong block, Zoe was happy to pose with me one more time for a couple of photos before heading in.



Zoe was pretty good during the ceremony. Of course, she doesn't like having her picture taken when binky is in.



Towards the end of the night there was some dancing going on. Zoe was pretty in to all of the music and doing a really good job of shaking her booty. Later in the evening she got hold of a cat o' nine tails and was having a great time whipping booty.



A good time was had by all, even if some folks had trouble sitting down the next day.

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