Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween, everyone!  We didn't make it a full family costume set this year, but I think Ella's costume turned out exceptionally well.  She was the only two-month-old that I know of that had an outfit, accessories, and a vehicle! Can we present to you.... Bat-baby! With her very own Batmobile!

With all the Batman onesies she has received from the baby showers, it seemed a little silly to dress Ella up as anything else.  We even got a tiny Batman mask from one of the great-aunties!  I was really surprised that she tolerated the mask, but after a little time adjusting, she wore it for most of the night without complaint.  John had the great idea of tricking out her stroller to be the Batmobile, which looked awesome when we were done with it.  Extra awesomeness was propelling her up the street through the jet-pack rocket boosters.  Vroom vroom!!

We took a walk around the neighborhood, obviously we didn't collect any candy from neighbors.  That would have been a little weird -- "Hey, here's an infant who can't say "trick or treat" or even eat the candy yet... but give us candy!" Also, it was a nice walk through the neighborhood.  It was a little chilly, but we weren't out after dark when it got colder.  The neighbors seemed to like our stroller, and we even impressed one of the little kids we passed! It takes serious talent to impress the young'uns, I'm just saying.

The family came by to man our house and candy bowl while we were out walking with Ella.  I have to say, though, that I'm really disappointed in my street.  There were large packs of kids one block up from us (where we were walking), but they didn't come down our street because only a few other houses had their lights on. Booo!  Halloween Scrooges!  Needless to say, I have a metric TON of candy leftover because hardly any kids came to our door. Next year we are going to rethink our trick-or-treating plans to factor in our stingy neighbors.

Overall, Ella seemed to enjoy Halloween.  She wasn't forced into any extremely uncomfortable outfits, she got to take a walk / nap in her stroller, and she got grandma cuddles.  What more could a baby want? Below are pictures of Bat-baby before her night out, and then after.  Bat-baby needs her rest after fighting crime, you know.

....Also, if we shortened the rocket boosters, do you think I could keep them on the stroller all the time?  It's a good accessory. (Credit goes to Aunt Jess for the flames.  I tried to quickly cut out flames, but my first one looked more like a deformed dinosaur footprint.  John was nice and said it looked like a maple leaf.  Either way, it was definitely not flame-like. Jess's were much better.)