Halloween

This year on Halloween, the first grade was asked to dress up as a character from one of several children's books. Sam wanted to be Thing 2 and luckily we were able to borrow some items from a friend to make putting together his costume completely effortless. Nathanael started the morning in a Tiger costume, but had already made his first wardrobe change before I even took him to school.

I had a doctor appointment on Halloween, so I wasn't able to attend either of the boys' class parties which was a major disappointment to me, but I was able to stop by Nathanael's class as they went trick-or-treating in the church.

Having been a little unsure about whether we would actually do much, if any, neighborhood trick-or-treating, in the early afternoon we gathered up Max and Yaya for some grocery store trick-or-treating. We hit Publix and Food Lion, and the boys came home with a pretty decent selection of loot.

Later in the early evening, Yaya called us and asked that we once again join up with Max to test out the neighborhood. Well, thank heavens we had done the grocery stores because, although Max and Nathanael turned into trick-or-treating professionals, my tender-hearted little Sammy was too terrified to even approach the first door. The poor child is afraid of his own shadow, so Halloween decor will just about put him over the edge. He and Paul stayed back while Nathanael and Max learned the fine art of proper trick-or-treating: approach doors only when the porch light is on, ring the doorbell, say "trick-or-treat", receive candy, politely thank the homeowners. The Tiger and Chicken made quite the Halloween pair.