Halloween 2008

So, I had the best Halloween ever yesterday. I don't really remember having such fun with my older child - probably because Halloween meant cold weather and long drives to trick or treat only the family as houses where she grew up were few and far between. Later when we moved, I don't really remember taking her too many places.

This year, was Ethan's first year trick or treating. We went to our church Trunk or Treat last weekend where he quickly picked up the knack of saying "trunk or treat pease!" then an emphatic "thank you!" before moving quickly on to the next car. Last night, we took him trick or treating just on our street. I only had to tell him once that we don't visit houses with no lights and he was off seeking those houses well lit with the Halloween decorations on full display. He'd seek out a house and point and say - "that one has lights mom!" Then he'd charge up to the door. Several times he was scared a little by the occupants of the home, especially when one of them came to the door in full (and disgusting) costume! He backed right off when he saw how little Ethan was and apologized. It didn't really seem to phase Ethan at all - he just went on to the next lit house.

Once we did our street, I convinced him to trick or treat daddy on a ruse to get him home. It worked - he was done. Then I assigned him the task of sitting with me and passing out candy to the other children. We went through about 250 pieces of candy so we must have had over 100 kids at the door. They would leave to go to the next house and Ethan would yell "hey - kids - over here - happy halloween!". He'd jump up whenever he saw a crowd coming and get all excited. He ended up handing out more candy than I did!

Thanks to a great sale at Toys R Us in December, we ended up with multiple costumes. Ethan got to be a pirate at the trunk or treat and a dinosaur for Halloween.

I don't know how I got so lucky to have both Ethan and Lucas in my life. I feel truly blessed on a daily basis!