Beatrice clapped and waved as 1/2 my school paraded down the halls with their handmade masks today. She also had her first taste of a KitKat, as well as "dirt pudding" and survived. This evening she donned her pumpkin outfit and we headed out into the throngs of trick or treaters on Main Street here in town, when all the local businesses hand out candy for a couple of hours. There was an insane number of families but we felt really proud of our town. The weather was beautiful, Halloween music was blaring, and everyone was having a great time. Believe it or not we only saw one other pumpkin! Beatrice took it all in stride and had fun using her boxes of DOTS as rattles for most of the night. The only treat she was interested in eating was a fortune cookie from our neighbor's restaurant, China Star. She had the most fun hanging out at the Victoria Station patio with cousin Anne-Helene. Tomorrow we'll continue the tradition that my mother did with me: decorate gingersnap cookies with jack-o-lantern faces, then we'll go pumpkin carving at Fulcos and have trick-or-treat/dinner with the Schultzes at Pepere's house in costume number two. I have more Halloween traditions than I ever realized and it is wonderful sharing them in a simple way with my daughter.
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