Halloween 2020

Super girls did come to rescue this year. And while rescuing Halloween, they also rescued a lady bug all while also playing tricks.

Here's how it all happened:

Halloween began early this year. It's always a big event at work and in the years past, little miss Haana has spent her entire day dressed up, trick or treating and making friends with my friends up at work with me. This year, due to covid, there was no going in to work. But they had thoughtfully arranged for drive thru locations for enjoying the halloween spirit amongst coworkers. That was on friday, the day before halloween. My team decided we will be a quiddich team for the griffandor house, we all had matching appropriate robes and brooms to keep us afloat while we practice our quiddich skills. We decided to meet up at one of the halloween drive thru locations close to work. I showed up flanked with a little super girl and a little lady bug. We met other quiddich players, a spiderman, Waldo and a waved to a few witches.

On halloween day, as per our tradition ("Gugu and Mumma are the same", will need to be modified for Bobby), little Miss Haana and I both changed into Supergirls. Bobby was once again a lady bug. (Actually this lady bug is a costume i had for little miss Haana when we went on a trip to europe on her first birthday. I loved the costume and i loved her in it so much that i've kept the costume all these years. I made her wear it well after the age that the costume could have actually fit her properly- just for the laughs! So it is but obvious for Bobby's first halloween, he's a lady bug). Its actually possible he may become a lady bug several times this coming winter (unlike most halloween costumes, this one is real nice and cozy and soft)! Of course he will like it 😄!

We decided we didn't need to go trick or treating per se, little miss Haana is not really into candies. But instead, we will walk around our community and see the halloween decor. We wished people as we saw some folks from a distance. We went by miss Haana's friend Becca's place and talked to them for a bit. We took candy from a couple folks that had the candy ,thoughtfully, individually bagged! Then we walked by over to miss Haana and Bobby's cousin Varam's place, and met up with a few other neighborhood friends all dressed up. Varam was a little dragon, carrying 2 of his favorite dump trucks. His mom was a big dragon too. Amongst the neighborhood gang we had Cliff Hanger, Wonder Woman and Black Panther. We saw a little girl with pink hair and a pink nose. Little miss Haana told me she's from the movie Trolls, but I forgot her name. The lady bug Bobby was taking in the sights from his stroller balcony section seat and was watchful. We invited the friends over to candy by our house and then immediately called up Papa at home to make sure he's in position. Then we led the way and walked over. 

As we reached up to our house, little miss Haana and I casually and as very good hosts, offered Uncle Aunty and Varam to partake in the candy. We had the treats in a basket on a little table at the gate. As soon as Varam went over to check out the candy, creepy laughing sound came from the candy! He stopped stunned. Then we all laughed as his Uncle Rajesh stepped outside the house! "Happy Halloween", we cried! The creepy magic laughter was coming from a bluetooth speaker hidden under the candy-serve table!

We talked and took photos and laughed till we saw another gang walking, coming up towards us. "Get in position Papa", little miss Haana hissed. He nodded, his phone hidden in his hand behind his back. We all got quiet till our friends walked up towards the candy. As soon as the kids came up to the candy tray, creepy laughter filled the air again. The boys paused for a second, looking around in the candy, wondering what is happening. When we all started laughing, they joined in too. It was hard to tell who's laughing was the scariest as they all tried to sound creepy. After some deliberations, trying to decide which candy to take, the friends walked off. Bobby signalled, he might be getting done with his stroller walk. While little miss Haana went to walk around with her Uncle, Aunt and cousin some more, lady bug Bobby and Supergirl Mumma came back home. Back to comfy clothes and warm socks! The candy was kept safely in the garage for quarantine.

This was one fun halloween! 

Ants

It was an interesting day today. While the rest of the country, especially the north east turns into a deep freezer, we had a summery 77F out here. That might mean many things to many people, but for me that means Suhaana and I are going out walking in the evening.

Instead of going to our usual playground, we took a detour. Brisk walked (that will have to do for now till I figure out the time slot in my day for some real workout) to a different playground farther off. It had sloping grass patch on which the little girl loved to run around: Climb up the slope, then scuttle down. Then run back up the slope to where Mommy is. Give her a hug, then run back down. Then run up the slope. Come close to Mumma, she's expecting to catch me now, but dodge her and run back down hill..
The little one had a blast!

Then, we packed up from there and headed to another play area- the evening was far from over. More slides to slide on, wood chips to collect and running around to do. I caught up with a friend of mine at the playground while keeping an eye on her. When we were ready to leave, Suhaana came running to me throwing her hands about, fussing. I picked her up and saw her hands, there were several ants sticking to her palm. And in all the throwing her hands about, she wasn't even letting me brush them off. Even when I held her hand tightly, the ants were really stuck on her palm. I was so anxious to get them off and dying inside thinking they must be biting her. Finally all the ants were off and we bid our good byes to my friend and were off headed home. I was expecting the hand to hurt and itch her - but thankfully she was just fine soon after. A hand wash and creme later, there were some damages (mild swelling in the hand), but it could've been so much worse(if it really bothered her).

All's well that ends well!

Suhaana is a socialite

Suhaana is such a socialite now, she wants to talk and be talked-to all the time. She even resists falling asleep so she can talk some more. She coos and smiles and laughs! She likes talking even more than her monkey friend who lives on the bouncer (she has only 1 toy friend so far.. Well she had a red frog friend too, but then dad broke him and then he was forgotten!... Gosh! Life is so easy at this age)