Maya's Hallowe'en

Started with a garden photoshoot - after all, what mother could resist as cute a witch as this one?!












Here she is getting ready to go trick or treating. She was a little shy so all her "chick or cheat!" practising didn't really pay off - she had to be prompted and then whispered it so quietly that no-one could hear her, but she enjoyed herself and that's the main thing!




Arriving home and already starting in on the chocolate!



"Can I eat ALL this before bedtime?"

Pumpkin Carving

The lid comes off...



Maya spends the evening trying to get her hands on any sharp object she can see...





And because I'm the only person who knows how to use the camera, it ends up looking like I had nothing at all to do with the finished masterpieces. Awesome!

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch today and Maya had a ball! First, we paid $4 to enter a small area with lots of Dora cut-outs and some marigolds. If Maya had been just 6 months older, it would have cost $8. Somewhat of a rip-off, methinks (though, to be fair, the lady at the ticket counter did warn me, but Maya likes Dora so what can you do?)







She then went for a ride on the up and down horses - this one was definitely a hit!



She enjoyed the hayride too!



Next came the Storybook Path and Bootsie the Bee - both simple paths through a corn field, but with some nice little displays along the way.





And finally we got to pick out some pumpkins to take home.





"This is the one I want - I'll put it in the wheelbarrow, Mummy!"



"Ok, so it's a tad heavy. Maybe you could help a girl out?"



"I'll just push the wheelbarrow then, shall I? Ummm.... actually, this is a tad heavy too. I think I'll leave that one to you as well, if you don't mind."



"How about I just sit IN the wheelbarrow and you can push me? Great stuff - glad I could help, Mummy"



Now all we have to do is carve the blessed things!

Also, another plug for Cath's Daisybows - Maya's wearing my favourite one in the pictures :)

Chick or Cheat!

Maya's Hallowe'en costume arrived today (big thank you to Granny!!) and she tried it on after she woke up from her nap. Not only does it fit perfectly but boy, does it ever look adorable! She was a little reluctant to put the hat on but with the help of a mirror, her 'Who Said Boo?' book ("Look, Maya - those witches wear hats. You have to wear a hat to be a proper witch") and dire admonitions about how she wouldn't get sweeties on Hallowe'en unless she wore a hat (isn't bribery a wonderful thing?), she finally capitulated.

One pumpkin basket and one kitchen door later, there we were practising how to Trick or Treat. The Maya way...

"Knock knock who's there??"
"Gosh, I wonder who this can be... " *open kitchen door* "... Goodness me, it's a witch!"
"Chick or Cheat! Give seepies please!" (seepies = sweeties. You probably have to be 2 to understand that one).

I'm working on getting her to understand that it's rude to actually ask for the sweeties in advance. I'm also working on getting her to take the costume off...