Halloween was so much fun this year! Hanley loved every minute of it. She dressed as Cheer Bear - her favorite care bear!
Funny story- when Hanley was around a year old, maybe a year and a half, we all were at a children's consignment shop and Michael found this pink care bear for $1 and wanted it for Hanley. I, on the other hand, was against the stuffed bear. She already had a ton of stuffed toys and doesn't really care about many of them and they take up so much space. He insisted and so I told him to go ahead. Well what do ya know, she loves that silly bear! It's her favorite and she sleeps with it every night.
Not long after that trip to the store, I was going through some things I had stored away for Hanley, like clothing for upcoming seasons. I spotted a pink Care Bear costume someone must've handed down to us and much to my surprise, it had the exact same rainbow design on the belly! I got excited for Hanley and checked the size on the tag, which was a 2T. Perfect!
Halloween where we live is typically pretty cold. Her costume was so warm, especially if she had on sweats underneath. Hanley actually got to go trick or treating 3 times this season! We took her to Boo at the Zoo and then Michael and I took her out trick or treating in a relatives neighborhood the week before Halloween. It was actually a fairly warmer evening and she got half a bucket full of candy. It was cute watching her up at the doors, she would say "trick or treat". Most of the time the kids got to pick their own pieces of candy and Hanley would always go for suckers if they were available, which are her favorite. 9 out of 10 times she would say "thanks" on her own.
My mother in law and brother in law came with us trick or treating again the night before Halloween. It was much chillier and again, got about half a bucket full of candy.
She never fussed, never refused to go and was always happy. It might've helped that we were either pushing her in her car or pulling her in her wagon, sometimes right up to the door. She still talks about going trick or treating some days!
Although she wouldn't wear the hat/head of the bear, I didn't see any other Care Bears while out trick or treating! I already can't wait until next year!!
