We took Faith Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood, which is the first time she ever remembers doing it. (I took her around to a grand total of 3 houses last year, but she was only 20 months old.) She was a super-adorable Red Riding Hood. Tons of people stopped us to tell us how cute she looked.
I knit the hood/cape (with cotton yarn-- this is the tropics!) based on this Ravelry pattern, but instead of buying a pewter fastener, I just knit I-cord ties. It worked out really well! The dress was a vintage find on Etsy, and I sewed the apron out of an old pillowcase (I am a terrible seamstress, but this was pretty easy.)
Oh, and not to leave Josie, MD out:
Her "costume" was just a set of doctor-themed pajamas which were a gift from my dear friend Laura when Faith was a baby. No muss, no fuss.
Faith had a blast going from house-to-house, although her shyness kicked in and she was quiet at every door. In between, she was her usual excited self, pointing at the next house and exclaiming, "Dis one!!!" "Look! Punkins!!" "Oooooh, LIGHTS!!" And when I asked her what she was supposed to say, she'd recite, "Twick oh tweat!" But when she actually was confronted with a smiling grown-up holding out a massive bowl of candy, she'd go totally mute. Ah well. Perhaps next year. She did enjoy the candy.
(Don't tell her, but we swiped some from her basket to give to other trick-or-treaters... there were so many kids that we were running out!)
On All Saints' Day, Jack and I had to work, sadly. The girls' regular daycare was closed, along with all the public schools on the island (Guam is super-Catholic, you guys) but the child care center on base was open, so we just used that one for the day.
For All Souls' Day, I stole this idea (discovered on Pinterest):
Here was our version:
The idea is to write on glass candleholder the names of all friends and family members who have died, to help us remember and pray for them.
We also made Soul Cakes! We got the recipe from this website, which also talks about the origin of soul cakes and trick-or-treating. (I cut the recipe way down, though, as it would make a huge number of cakes as written. Good if you were going to give them out, I suppose, but I wasn't expecting any children to come "souling.")
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