Halloween 2013

Halloween was a lot of fun with Carter this year. There was a lot of build-up to the day, because we were having a hard time getting him interested in wearing his dinosaur costume. We spent several hours walking around the house like dinosaurs, making dinosaur noises and taking turns wearing the dinosaur jacket (oh the things you do for your kids....). Regardless of all that effort, Carter was still not interested in wearing his costume that night.

In the end, I muscled him into the outfit with only a few tears and we headed out to see the neighbors. Our first stop was Stan next door (of course - Stan offers full sized candy bars!) It only took one house - Stan and Vicki - for Carter to get hooked. Once he realized he got CANDY for walking around in his outfit and making dinosaur noises, he was hooked. He came running back down Stan's porch stairs with this look in his eyes like, "Ok - which house is next??" We had a great time walking around and visiting our favorite neighbors. (We live in such a great neighborhood!)

Once it got dark, we headed back home and had just as much fun handing out candy to the kids and guessing their costumes.

The best part was Carter woke up the next morning and it was as if none of it had happened. He never asked about that bucket with all the candy or wanted to wear his costume.

We'll see what next year holds =)