We started off the festivities by taking Cole to school for his Fall Party. All the kids came dressed in their costumes. They trick-or-treated the church employees and then ate way too much sugar! Cole had a great time!
Later that evening, we dressed the boys in their costumes and headed out to do a little trick-or-treating! The first stop was MomMom and Big Grandad's house to practice. Then, it was next door to Nonnie and Baby Granddad's house. At that point, Chase was (still) fighting his costume and kept trying to take it off.
Cole the Police Officer:
Chase the Pumpkin:
Then, we got brave and headed down to the Dennis and Rebecca's house (the neighbors). We walked to the door, rang the bell, and I kept telling Cole to say, "Trick or Treat!!!" As the door opened, the boys just stood there, not saying a word. Rebecca asked them, "Can I help you with something?" In typical Cole fashion, and always one to tell a story, he answers with, "Well.....you know it IS Halloween...." And, even though he didn't say "trick or treat," the boys were given candy anyway after we all finished laughing!
3 houses down, and Chase had the trick-or-treating business all figured out. CANDY! FOR ME! And, we hopped in the car and drove into town where the neighborhoods are to enjoy more Halloween fun. Along the way, I noticed Chase was pretty quiet, but didn't really think too much of it. However, when we parked the car and started to get him out, I noticed that he had somehow managed to grab ahold of a Hershey bar. He had melted chocolate all over both hands, his face, his car seat, and his pumpkin costume! He was grinning from ear to ear and literally licking the choclate from the palms of his hands. Thankfully I had baby wipes in the car to clean him up!
We trick-or-treated several blocks after that, with Chase practically running us over trying to get to the next house! Now, normally Chase isn't one for strangers. He freaks out of anyone he doesn't know even so much as looks his way. But, as long as they had a bowl full of yummy candy that he could get his little hands on, the 'stranger danger' factor was out the window. Stranger or not, if they had candy, he was there! He even walked right past an entire driveway full of scary costumes (someone having a Halloween party), sound effects, and smoke to get to the candy bowl! Cole saw that house and stopped dead in his tracks at the end of the driveway. Chase stopped, gave it a second thought, and took off right past the Grim Reaper to get to the Krackle bar! And, in between houses, Chase ran down the sidewalk whooping and yelling to hear his echo. When the neighborhood dogs barked, so did Chase. He was a wildman! And, we had more fun watching him! (And once he figured out what he was supposed to do, he never tried to take that costume off again!)
Halloween was so much fun this year! This was the first year that Mommy wasn't stuck at home passing out candy. The weather was just perfect! And, seeing the excitement of Halloween through the eyes of a 17-month old was hilarious!
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