Last Saturday was the Kids around the Square event where there was a costume contest and local businesses passed out candy. The library passed out pumpkins, books, pumpkin pie, and cider (we really like to go for the library events. The free book helps build her library).
Last Monday the library had a halloween party. There were games and activities for the kids to do.
Then Thursday was beggars night. We went to the homes of the grandparents and gathered candy around one city block.
Lastly, on Sunday will be the Childrens Harvest Party at church. No dress-up there, but lots of harvest fun and a great harvest story from the best book ;-)
We hung pumpkins across our entry way, put a little face on a pumpkin, made treat bags for her cousins and prepared for the church harvest party coming this Sunday. We buy/make costumes that can go in her "dress up closet" so she can use them while she does creative play. We struggled with whether or not to even participate in this time of the year, but we figured we could use this time to minister our daughter about what it means and why we don't do certain things associated with this "holiday". Right now, she just has fun showing everyone her new dress-up outfit and visiting her grandparents/aunts in her outfit. Here is a photo of Olivia in her new Dorothy dress-up outfit:
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