HaBEE Halloween!

I know, I'm a little late on the posting, but Anna's 1st Halloween was action packed!

First she got to hang out with Grandma G while I went to work which is one of her favorite things to do. Then because it was Halloween after all, she got to come down to my work for the big party and festivities. If every day was a holiday, I would like my work much more! I am usually complaining about something at work, but I must say, they really know how to celebrate. They have a pumpkin carving contest, a game of sort of vampire "tag" where you try to avoid being "bitten". (I was into this because I have a thing for vampires lately. If you've read the Twilight series you know what I'm talking about.) Then of course we have the costume contest which is more like a series of skits where usually most of the men dress up like women. (This year we had a little red riding hood, Britney Spears at the VMAs, and a series of beauty queens, cheerleader, etc. -- all men, and no, most of them are straight) Halloween is really a chance for those in advertising to show off how creative they are. Anyway, it was really fun and not much work gets done on days like this as you can imagine.

The best part of it all was that Anna got to meet Poe! My best friend at work, Christina, dressed up as Dorothy and her cute little dog Poe, was the perfect Toto. (I went all out and put a clip in my hair to be a flower. Slacker, I know.) Anna LOVES doggies, but she normally sees big ones, so when she saw that Poe was just her size, she was ecstatic! At first she was just excited to see him, but then she mustered up the courage to touch him, and after that, poor Poe couldn't be left alone! He was probably sick of the big bee that kept bugging him. (no pun intended) Poe was such a good sport as Anna chased him around, pulled his fur, and grabbed his collar. She was in heaven and definitely made a new best friend.

Poe gave her a serious case of the giggles when he let her play with his jingly collar.

That night we went out trick-or-treating with some of Anna's favorite friends, Trish, Amber, Sara, and Will. Anna scored some good candy for not being able to eat any of it! She didn't even have a candy bag, but everyone really wanted her to have some candy. Anna was just glad to be out with the kids. Seriously, this is one social chick. My only regret is that I didn't get a picture of everyone! When we were back at Sara's, I did manage to get a picture of the awesome pumpkin costume she made her husband Mike! Isn't it awesome? Hilarious. I should have gotten a family shot because I don't know how thrilled Mike will be about making it on my blog. I love Sara for making it and I love Mike for wearing it. I wish Sara had a blog so she could share her good pics! Little Will was a pumpkin too.

After trick-or-treating, we went off to see Caroline and Grandma and Grandpa. Caroline was the cutest little chicken ever!

Checkin each other out.

Are you really my cousin? I can't tell from your disguise.

I just thought this picture was funny. Anna was unsuccessfully trying to get Caroline's attention.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween, now BUZZzzz off! :)