Lila's first trick or treat o' Halloween

Last year we were in the grand canyon then Gallup new Mexico for Halloween.,.. She was too little to trick or treat then too of course.
So this year Lila wanted to do it right ;)
She had intentions of being a puppy when we headed to the store to find a costume. But... In the store Lila spotted an Elmo costume, it wasn't Ian a package and was the only one left, we decided to try it on, and what do you know, it fit! And then Lila did not want to take it off! So I walked around target pushing Elmo! Haha. She did take it off before we got to cashier, I didn't even know if they sold the costume because of the way we found it. But they did and we bought it.
We talked about Halloween for the next couple of weeks. We read books about halloween and drew lots of pictures of pumpkins and jack o lanterns. We even made a paper spider and some cards for unkies and cousins! Lila wanted too carry her costume everywhere! Usually one of the first things to do in the morning was to locate the costume!
Today was Halloween and I think weird well for the first official! This morning we went to Book People where they had a puppet show. Most of the kids were dressed up and we even saw Henry and his mommy. We stopped by to see daddy at work and show off the Elmo costume to him.
Lila helped make corn bread and banana bread, then mommy made dinner and we waited for daddy to get home. Once he arrived home, I painted on my kitty whiskers and nose and put on my ears and tail. Lila put on Elmo and off we went. Daddy pulled the wagon. We realized we had a very early start (oops!) and wound up in the park. Which turned out to be perfect because it was a huge neighborhood party and almost all of Lilas neighborhood friends were there. There was a costume "parade" on the tennis court and after that is was dusk so we headed to trick or treat.
Daddy took Lila to the first few houses and she was having so much "fun"! Daddy was having a lot of fun too. After a few houses I warmed up and took her to a few doors. She really had a blast knocking and getti the candy. Everyone loved Elmo! And also the smart little girl inside the Elmo costume. She knocked. And said trick or treat at most of the houses. She always said thank you, but sometimes it was when she was walking away. After we got home Lila got to choose a piece of candy to have from her bucket. She had one m&m (really just one!) and then a grape sucker. She loves the sucker but mommy only let her have half. We ate dinner and had a nice bath and headed to bed. It was a great day and night! Happy Halloween!!!!