October 31, Halloween

Liam dressed as a bat this year, not the lion we had planned for months. Momma learned a valuable lesson about not buying costumes for children too early. Connor was an adorable triceratops, although more people guessed dragon than dinosaur.

Liam was able to go door to door this year and caught on to the "rules" pretty quickly. Only go to the houses with the lights on, check. Hold Momma or Daddy's hand when crossing the street, check. Say "Trick or treat" before receiving candy and "Thank you" afterwards, check. Shout "Happy Halloween!" when person is handing out candy and you get twice as much, check and double check :).

Toward the end of the night our little bat boy was getting tired and dragging his little ghost bucket along (Thanks Grandma, btw!) He finished up at one house and gave me a sly smile and said with a gleam in his eye: "I didn't even have to say trick or treat at that one, Momma!"