Little Snot

Cassandra can be ornery sometimes.  (I think she gets it from her mom.)  Mommy was sitting in the family room while Cassandra was playing with her slide.  I return to the room and as soon as she sees me, she drops everything (her arms were actually full of stuff), starts giggling, and runs over to my chair.  Before I can get there, she has proudly claimed my spot.  The smile on her face went from ear to ear.

Eyeballs!

Cassandra is not sure what to do with the candy from last night (yep, we are horrible parents who have failed to educate her properly) but she did find some toys to play with.  Know what her favorite is?  She call them "my eyeballs."

In Full Regalia

OK, practice time is over.  Here Cassandra is dressed up (hood and all), ready to go out and trick or treat all night long.

Messy Eater

It seems I need to apologize to Uncle Doug.  Turns out Cassandra is not "neater" so much as Cassandra isn't as nuts about pasta as Uncle Doug.  However, put chocolate in front of her and apparently it is a much different story.

I surrender...which really means she has eaten the chocolate frosting off and there is nothing worthwhile left.

Trunk N Treat

As part of the Halloween festivities, our church does a Trunk N Treat.  Among other things, it allows us to do our trick or treating during daylight and also before Halloween in case of bad weather.

Cassandra isn't one of the kids that goes around and grabs stuff (just because) and moves on.  Oh, no.  She is very careful about evaluating the treats even after they have been selected.

After reviewing her take, she looked around and set off to get some more goodies.

The Start Of Halloween Festivities

Well, today marks the beginning of Halloween.  Per Hodges family tradition, Cassandra is required to dress up as Little Red Riding Hood at some point.  Since we happened to find a costume at the store when looking for outfits (and given how much she liked it in the store), we went ahead and got the outfit.  She is very excited about her outfit.

Fun At The Louisburg Cider Mill

For a change of pace, Cassandra traveled out the the Louisburg Cider Mill for some family fun.  She enjoyed the slides, especially since she had someone going with her.

Cassandra also enjoyed picking pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.  However, I don't think she understood she was just supposed to get one pumpkin.  Here she tricks Cousin Samantha into holding the pumpkin for her while she heads off to try and get another one.