We had a great Halloween week. Kate got to wear her Cinderella costume to her ballet class on Monday (I don't know if I mentioned in a previous post, but she got bumped up from the two-year-olds class on Tuesdays to the three-and-four-year-olds Monday Fairy Fun class because the teacher felt she was too advanced for the two-year-old class, which was pretty cool), and she was so happy about that. She does a great job in that class; she even remembers the terms of what they learn (like sache--who knows if I'm spelling that right) and shows Dan when she gets home.
Then on Halloween, I woke her up from her nap to get her ready for trick-or-treating at the mall and then trick-or-treating with Rori afterwards, but this silly girl decided she didn't want to be Cinderella anymore. Why? Because I had drawn whiskers and cat eyes on myself in preparation for trick-or-treating, so Kate decided she wanted to be a cat as well. No amount of coaxing or cajoling or "Remember how excited you were to wear your pretty dress trick-or-treating?" worked, and since I'm very much a choose-your-battles type of parent (and this is NOT a battle I think worth fighting), I naturally gave in to her request.
I put whiskers on her face and dressed her in black, and then we were off to Target to look for cat ears. Unfortunately, 4:15 pm on Halloween afternoon is not the time to look for new additions to your costume; all cat ears were out. However, we did find some bat ears in the dollar section, so we figured that would do. After hurriedly purchasing those, we went trick-or-treating at the mall (which Kate absolutely loved!), followed by a stop at the indoor play area there (which she also loved!) and then it was home to pick up Dan and head over to the Hines.
Kate had so much fun trick-or-treating with Rori. She said "thank you" almost every time she got candy, even without me prompting her, and she's so good about asking me if the candy is something she can have. I just love this little pumpkin... er, I mean, cat. :)
