halloween

This was Iris's first legitimate Halloween. We did dress her up last year (as a dog) and passed candy out to the neighbors. She didn't understand why we were so excited to get her dressed up but when we showed her herself in the mirror she tolerated the costume a bit longer. Really, though, we didn't do much to celebrate. 

Iris as a dog in 2014

This year we had our housemates to lean on for Halloween oomph. Troy and the kids carved a pumpkin, which put us light years ahead of where we were in 2014.

Gutting the pumpkin

We also took Iris trick-or-treating this year, even though we're not going to let her have any of the candy winnings. She dressed up as a koala and genuinely enjoyed dressing up. She is at an age where she wants to be EXACTLY like everyone else and so it's easy to get her to dress up if everyone else is doing it too. I'm not sure I love this inclination, though it does help with potty training.

A koala, Snoopy, a sunflower, a zombie marshmallow, and a mermaid.

The day after Halloween we asked Iris what she remembered about going trick-or-treating. She said, "dogs." There was a dog that scared her at one house. I asked her if people gave her anything when she was at the houses and she didn't seem to remember the candy...we left it at that.