Halloween

This year Matt got to choose Melanie's costume. I picked a Winnie the Pooh Honey Pot for her costume last year (which a lot of people didn't understand) so Matt got the honors this year. Right around when we were thinking of costume ideas Melanie started to say that a bunny goes "Bop! Bop!" (Hop! Hop! in Melanie speak) so Matt liked the idea of her being a bunny. We found her costume and were pretty excited since it was getting cold out, so we figured it would keep her nice and warm. Then global warming threw us a curve ball and it was unseasonably warm on Halloween, so the only thing she wore under her costume was her diaper, socks and shoes and we had the AC running in the van. Go figure!

Here are a few pictures of our bunny "Bop! Bop!"ing from place to place on Halloween. It will be nice when she's older and we can just take her around the block instead of all over Wichita to see people! We started shortly after 3:30 and didn't get home until just after 8:00. Luckily my sister came and handed candy out at our house for us in our absence.

Trick or Treating at Grams and Gramps house

She really liked this lawn ghost. I think it was the only one shorter than her!

Her floppy ears kept getting in her face, so we had to get some safety pins from my grandparents to solve the dilemma.

Grams took Melanie to trick-or-treat at a neighbors house and Melanie didn't want to come anywhere near the door, so Peggy came to the stoop to give Melanie her candy. Melanie promptly took the candy, put it in her bag and turned to leave. She's got this trick-or-treat efficiency thing figured out already! No time to waste!

Part bunny, part flamingo.

Melanie and her 2nd cousin Lila - too much cuteness for one family!

Josie isn't too sure what she thinks about this costume stuff

My cousin Sara made Melanie's trick-or-treat bag for her - isn't it cute?Thanks for helping G.G.!
Laughing with Auntie K

One pooped little bunny!

She fell asleep before we made it to Granny Em's retirement center

A sleepy bunny with Granny Em the Scarecrow

(Granny took 3rd place in the costume contest at her retirement center)

Finally we're going home!