Better late than never ...

Someone *cough* ginger *cough* was complaining that I haven't posted Halloween pictures yet.  Well, here you go. 



Miranda enjoying her time at a pumpkin patch.

Miranda dressed as a strawberry for her school parade.  Her class was dressed in costumes reflecting one of their favorite stories, The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.

Miranda in her Pirate costume for a little trick-o-treating.

I think next year Miranda wants to be a skeleton ballerina.

Halloween

Earlier this month Miranda went to a pumpkin patch with her preschool and it has been the highlight of her month. Everyday she tells us some tidbit about her trip to the "pumpin patch." The most common tidbit is that Miss Kimberly drove the tractor ride to the pumpkin patch. She has also relayed that she had to scoot over so Ava could sit next to her, Tierney sat on the other side, Adrian sat across from her and also had to scoot over so Claire could sit next to him. And Emmy held her hand. That night in her crib she told her stuffed Cookie Monster "Pumpin patch, Tookie, pumpin patch!" So cute. We took her to another pumpkin patch Sunday afternoon since we didn't have any pictures to accompany her original adventure.

After our pumpkin patch trip, Miranda got all dressed up in her pumpkin fairy costume, the same one her friend Emma wore last year.

Grandma Carol came over to help us hand out candy and take Miranda trick-o-treating to a few houses on our street.

Miranda in action. She was great practicing her "trick or treat" and "thank you" at the curb, but once we got up to the houses she got shy again, but still managed to eek them out.

We have now switched out most of her candy healthier treats like graham crackers and animal crackers, but we did let her keep the skittles since she gets those at potty training incentives at school. Monday afternoon she was sorting through her bucket and didn't seem to notice (or mind) the switch. She did start naming off the days of the week when I told her she could only have one treat a day, after dinner. I think the little smarty pants was trying to figure out how far out her treats would last.

Bee-autiful Girl

Miranda officially LOVED Halloween. But first, some pre-costume cuteness.

Now is the time on Sprokets where we lay.

We got the best photos in the back yard before the festivities began. Miranda was surprisingly tolerant of the costume. I'm not sure she noticed the wings at all, and she left the antennae on all night as well.

We didn't want people ringing the doorbell all night so we put a chair and our candy bowl in the front yard and let our little bumblebee run all over for the night. As I was chasing her around the yard, I had the way-too-late revelation that I should have gotten myself a Bee's Keeper costume for the night. Alas, maybe next year we'll have a costume theme for the family. Miranda had a grand time greeting all the other trick-o-treaters and hiding candy throughout the yard.

Flight of the Bumblebee

Sneak Peek

We have lots of cute pictures and some video of Halloween with Miranda, but no time to put together the blog post it deserves. In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of Miranda in her costume to tide over all her fans.