Who doesn't love Halloween? Candy, pizza, laughing children, trick or drinking- I mean treating! We had another great Halloween weekend this year. On Saturday the Weaver family came to visit and took part in our pumpkin carving adventure. We thought the kids had picked wonderful pumpkins until we tried to carve them. They were filled with concrete- or some other material that can not be penetrated with average household tools. Patrick managed to transform one orange slab of rock into a jack-o-lantern, the other however was negotiated down to a painted face.
Sunday the kids woke up to special Halloween goodies. A new flashlight/disco ball toy and a new Thomas the Train Halloween movie (Thank you Grandma Lucy). Pancakes for all then let the waiting begin. I think Ethan would have started ringing doorbells at 8:30AM if I would have let him. We were able to distract him by informing him Uncle Brian, Aunt Michele and Oliver were coming. That only added to the excitement.
At 3:15 Ethan woke up to find everyone waiting for the fun to begin. An early pizza dinner around 5 and on the costume went. Ethan was so happy with his pirate costume. He loved his sword and eye patch. It is so fun now to see him really excited about all of the holidays. After the pictures were over and he had a full explanation of why it was ok for all of our candy to be in a bowl outside of the front door for other kids to just take, we were off!
Alex wanted nothing to do with trick-or-treating but enjoyed riding on Patrick's shoulders around the block. Oliver wanted nothing to do with trick-or-treating but loved running through all the leaf piles around the block (darn city kids). Ethan however was a man on a mission. I was so proud of him though. He rang the doorbells, waited his turn, and said thank you at every house. A lot of people complimented his behavior. Thank God he is behaved in public. He was very excited when we met up with the older neighbor kids that he loves to play with. They took him under their wing and away they went.
This year he made it the entire way around the block and only asked me to carry his treat bucket for the last four houses. We ended the night emptying the loot on the floor, doing a peanut/safety check, and eating some candy of course! Ethan gave the baby boys one final treat of blowing Halloween bubbles for them inside the house. It was a safe, fun and happy Halloween!
