Bella had two days of Halloween action this year. Unlike last when we just put her in an adorable lady bug costume for the cuteness factor. Not that she really got the concept this year either. Sunday we went to my sisters church for their fall festival. It was a slight stranger overload, so we didn’t stay very long.
Monday night was quite chilly out, so after visiting my moms we headed to our mall here. Bella is very weary of strangers and some of her own family, walking up to random houses just seemed unlikely. Besides, does a one year old really need that much candy? Daddy said yes, for his sake. The mall was a bust. Hundreds of people, yet nothing worth actually being there for. Is it me, or does days like Halloween lose their luster as you get older? Maybe we are just visiting the wrong places or I am setting my expectations too high. Maybe next year I’ll dress up and wander the neighborhood with my little trick-or-treater.
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Cute!
I think it’s all about finding ways to make holidays work for you and your family – if you’re not enjoying things then maybe now is a good time to create your own traditions before Bella *gets* it properly?
Hannah, I feel a little dumb now for not thinking of that simple solution myself. I guess I have been in the mindset of ‘well this is how I’ve always done it, or that book says this’ that I overlooked the best solution. Something I may have to do for a lot of our yearly celebrations.