Halloween!

Hayden has been sooo excited for Halloween this year. It made it a lot of fun! I made him a robot - "CANDY-BOT" costume, by his request to be a robot. I was hoping it would have turned out looking nicer and less messy, but it turned out to be a big hit while we were walking around! It made it especially happy when the very-busy-with-their-party college boys thought it was the coolest ever... or when the mom on the phone squealed and had to tell the person she was talking to, every single detail about it!

We went trick-or-treating, traditional, door to door style. I was pretty excited about that. I think that way can be a lot more fun then just a giant gathering at a church or something.

We started out early so we could beat the cold that never came (it was about 50 degrees!).
Hayden was hilarious, because he couldn't move his arms much, so he was unable to put candy from one hand in to his bucket in the other. He couldn't reach doorbells either, so we'd go up to the door, I'd ring the bell, then make sure at houses where he was able to choose candy, I'd have to take it from him and put it in his bucket, otherwise it ended up on the ground, every time! Once Hayden figured the system out (after about 3-4 houses), he started to say the most adorable things like, "Thank you Sir." or "Thank you Mommy" (to a very pregnant woman) "Thank you kid" (to a teenager).

My favorite that happened a few times, "Thank you Honey!" hahaha oops! He also started saying "Happy Halloween" at every single door after he'd say thank you. After a while when we had some houses with Christmas-style lights, and he started saying "Happy Halloween, Happy Christmas".

He'd heard it so much through the night, that he started telling people, "I LOVE your costume!", even to people who weren't dressed up! He was so animated, having so much fun, and was cracking everyone up.

Dirk decided at the last minute to grab his machete to go with the shirt he was wearing. One of the first costumes we saw last night was a really gross zombie who was more than happy to pose for a picture! The hunter and the hunted...

At the end of the 2 hour walk, covering about 15 blocks, my feet were tired and Hayden informed us he was all done and wanted to go home. He sat in the wagon, practically frozen in place by his costume, and kept saying over and over, "This was a great day!".


Hope you all had a fun and Happy Halloween!