Halloween - Bob & Wendy, Candy, and Nightmares

Yesterday was Asia's first trick-or-treating event. We went out to Streamwood since John had to meet with his family concerning his mother's health since her cancer has returned. John's nephew, Justin, and his friend, Katie (not sure if we can say girlfriend or not), wanted to take Zach trick or treating. They wanted to surprise him by coming in Bob the Builder and Wendy costumes. So we had them meet us in Streamwood, which is where Justin is from. They made these huge Bob and Wendy paper mache heads. They were amazing! Very like the cartoon characters. They borrowed a video cover for reference. Zach was ecstatic when he saw them. Asia was terrified. Then for some reason, Zach was a little scared too. Then when both kids would see Justin and Katie's face when they lifted the mask, they'd laugh out loud. Then they'd get scared again. Zach figured it out pretty fast. Asia didn't get it til halfway through trick-or-treating that these huge Bob and Wendy creatures were really Justin and Katie. Even towards the end of trick or treating, she wouldn't let Justin touch her unless he had his Bob mask off. But with Katie, she called her "Nenny" (Wendy) and wanted to hold her hand while Katie had the Wendy head on.
The neighbors were very impressed by Bob and Wendy. :) Kids from across the street would yell, "Hi Bob! Hi Wendy!" Others would forget who Wendy was and ask for the name of Bob's wife, sister, girlfriend. Zach was also dressed as Bob the Builder, a costume I bought at the local grocery store. Poor guy got really cold though. I had him wearing pants and 2 shirts underneath the Bob costume, but when the sun went down, he started getting cold. His cousin Lizzy also went and borrowed her Aunt Shirley's sweater and coat. Lizzy got hot and had me carry her coat, but Zach wouldn't wear it. So we had Zach warm up by running to each house. He got pretty tired of the trick-or-treating. Justin would say, "But don't you want to get more candy?" And Zach would shake his head, no. I wouldn't let him eat the candy anyway until we got home. Asia was loving the going to each door and getting candy. She would grab the candy and say thank you to each person. I had her in a store-bought tiger costume. I drew whiskers on her face with washable magic marker. She wouldn't put the ears on though.
So when we got home for the night, Asia went to sleep right away. She was tired. But she woke up a few hours later, screaming. John was upstairs already and got her to console her. It took her awhile to go back to sleep. He said she kept touching his face and saying Bob, checking to see if it was still her daddy.