We started off Halloween this year with a camping trip to Maumee Bay State Park with Big G, Bumpa, and Aunt Sandy. We had lots of camping fun even if the weather was a little colder than normal. While we were at the campground Ali was able to march in their Halloween parade and walk from campsite to campsite dressed as a kitten begging for candy with all the other campers. She caught on pretty quick and really seemed to enjoy the entire experience. The idea of people giving her something to put into her bucket was a real hit with her. She was even able to have a sucker after it was all over, which was a first for her. Ali also had her first Pie Iron Pizza on this camping trip. She scarfed down a peperoni, ham and bacon pizza and then moved on to eat some of her cousin’s cheese pizza. Needless to say she liked the pizza.

A couple weeks later on the Thursday before Halloween we went to Chad and Erin’s house in Hilliard to trick or treat in their neighborhood. Even though her parents forgot to bring her Halloween bucket, Ali quickly remembered what to do and was walking up driveways in no time asking for candy to put into her grocery bag. She walked quite a bit (more than a block) and again seemed to really enjoy the whole experience. She is happy to hold your hand and walk down the side walk between houses but when it comes time to walk up the drive she wanted to do that herself. Ali also enjoyed studying the other kids costumes as well as the costumes of the people handing out the candy. None of the costumes seemed to scare her, she just acted interested in looking at them and then moving on to the next house.

Lastly on Halloween night Ali was able to trick or treat with Grandma and Grandpa Osborne in Oak Harbor. It was only a few days after her Hilliard experience so she didn’t miss a step. She walked quite a bit and was able to hit up quite a few houses again. I think one of her favorite parts was when she was actually able to pick out a piece of candy from the people handing out the candy. Lookout if you had two buckets that you were using to hand out candy and allowed the kids to pick out what they wanted. Ali took that to mean she could pick out a piece from each bucket. Anyways, Ali had a great Halloween and enjoyed it all. I am sure she will have even more fun next year. Below are a few pictures from her different Halloween experiences, but you may want to view the entire Halloween 2009 album of one hundred plus pictures too.