Boo!

A little skeleton action to get into the Halloween spirit.

Let me tell you, Halloween with a two-year-old is fun. Calista was young enough she didn't care what costume she wore or things like that, but old enough that she was able (and willing) to say, "Tick o teat!" or sometimes just, "pease?" and everyone thought she was adorable. 

Per our Rasmussen family tradition, we yet again carved a watermelon, rather than a pumpkin. The insides taste better, although it is really messy to hollow out.

Calista enjoyed it a lot more this year. She was fascinated with the whole process, and enjoyed stealing watermelon bits out of the tupperware we were putting them in.

She also helped Kyler carve it... and had to be told a couple of times to not reach for the knife. All is well, everyone came out of this adventure with the same number of fingers they started with.

On Halloween itself, we started the day by going to the zoo, not because it was Halloween, but just because it was Thursday. Regardless, we got some cute pictures of Calista, and she, as always, loved to be there.

With the penguins. I told her they wanted to eat her (because she's a fish).

She got to touch a cute little python (although she was too quick to get a picture of the actual touch). Calista loved it, and touched the python (named Bellatrix) a couple of times.

The stare down with the snowy owl. I am not sure who won.

After we got home from the zoo, while Calista "napped," we got Craig into his costume and took some pictures.

He's a mummy, in case you can't tell.

He slept all through taking pictures, even when we changed his position. Cute little mummy.

Then... my parents came! They were coming into town for Craig's baby blessing (post to come), and they decided to get here in time to see Calista go Trick-or-Treating. We went to a local mall and decorated a pumpkin for free (okay, for a food donation to the food bank, but close enough).

The pumpkin Calista picked out.

Kyler helped her decorate it.

Calista and the finished product. She loves it.

And now it's time to go beg for candy!

Calista was a lot more into it this year. 

Last year, she'd only go up to about 2 people, so she didn't get a ton of candy (not that she needs it, then or now). This year, though, she loved talking to people and by the end of our circuit through the mall, had a bucketful of goodies.

Checking out her stash, early in the process. A note on her bucket: she picked it out herself because it had a spider on it. Calista kept repeating, "Itsa!" and wanting us to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider." It coincidentally matched the green on her costume.

Taking a little break from collecting candy to play on the car. Does she not look like Boo from Monsters, Inc?

Craig during the trick-or-treating festivities. He didn't get any candy, because we're mean parents.

Calista was also lucky enough to make a Halloween-themed gingerbread house with Grammie May.

No pictures if them working on it, but Calista loved making it.

And especially loved eating it.

Happy (belated) Halloween!