So, Mia was a flower for Halloween. Oddly, she didn't object. But we covered all the mirrors just in case she were to see that she was dressed up like a green sausage flower. It worked. We also didn't mention the dreaded "hat" word around her. Mia just has a thing with hats. At some point, she must have tangled with one. Or, it is just her strong will to soundly and routinely defy what we would like her to do, as well as to ignore the word "no" or being removed from doing whatever it is by either parent or her brother. For example, we have suggested, quite strongly at times, that she desist from trying to make a fast crawl off the bed onto the floor or whatever sharp of hard objects she could hit on the way down. For some reason, her prior dives off the bed onto her head didn't leave a negative impression as she has been working her hardest to do so again. Perhaps the solution is to keep her in the flower costume but add several inches of padding to the hat.
Both of the kids really enjoyed Halloween. Aidan figured out the candy haul aspect and made sure we went to every house in the neighborhood, no matter that we were the last two people out there. I think he had calculated that if he were to appear to be the last kid coming for the night, he would get several candy bowls emptied into his bag. Or, perhaps that was my suggestion, and I was just thinking out loud. I do love that chocolate.
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