Well, it would have been cool for Josh to say something like that when we were trick or treating, but all we could get out of him was a tiny "peas tweet" at perhaps 30% of the houses we stopped at. However, when he did say it, it was as if the heavens parted, angels sang and everyone was so enchanted that he got extra handfuls of candy. Let me tell you, Halloween with a three year old ROCKS.
Oh, things started off a little rough, but after we pried him out of the car (no idea why he decided that getting out of the car was a bad idea) the little munchkin worked it and filled up that pumpkin twice with candy. The best part was that by the next morning he had totally forgotten about the loot that mom and dad were now eating in secret so we didn't even have to feel guilty about denying him candy. (Lest you think we're horrid ogre parents, he did get to eat some that night and has sporadically gotten a piece now and then since. Just not the PB cups; those sucker are mine.)
I was slightly concerned on how Josh would handle the evening since it was totally out of his normal routine and perhaps overwhelming for his senses to be out in the dark and cold with spooky sounds and lights and people in costumes. He did fantastic! Even with an early sugar rush provided by daddy who decided to start the evening off with a sticky sucker. A few of the super-decorated houses made him bury his head behind my legs, but he would shuffle blindly behind me up to the door and then poke his head out to quickly grab the candy. Unless there was a dog. Then there could have been a Baskerville hound mauling me to death and he'd only say "A PUPPY!" and stare lovingly at it. Luckily for us he's wary enough of them not to want to touch, but he sure loves looking at them and following them around.
Let's not forget the other half of the family. David and Ben earned the "good sports" award for the night. I love that David gets into Halloween almost as much as I do and willingly dresses up in his cool pirate costume which with the exception of the hat, and Ben wearing Josh's old costume, all came from thrift stores. David pushed Ben along in the stroller all evening and had fun joking with other parents waiting on the sidewalk. At one house a young mother called her husband to the door and said "See, other families dress up together and go out trick or treating!"
Side note here: did I miss the memo about trick or treating becoming a marketing opportunity? At two different places we got business cards or product samples, with the home owner saying "now give this to your mom/dad." I'm not saying I'm against this since honestly we're getting a bunch of free stuff anyways, so who really cares if there is a business card thrown into the mix. It was just unexpected.
This was our first time going out together trick or treating. Being farm kids, neither David or I went trick or treating as children, so we're finally getting to live out the childhood dream through our kid and let me tell you, it tasted pretty sweet.
Here are some pictures from our church's Halloween party,
plus the pumpkins David created for us. He's pretty talented!
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