Halloween and Dinos

Happy Halloween! I had so much fun this year seeing Colby all dressed up and going trick or treating. It was really his 2nd Halloween but last year he really had no idea what was going on. Plus last year we didn't really get a costume for him either. He wore a pumpkin shirt and hate that was about it. We also went to Trunk or Treat last year. This year we decided we wanted to take him Trick or Treating around our neighborhood. As soon as we ate dinner we got Colby dressed up and let him play outside in his costume. He loved it and looked so cute! I wish he could wear his costume more b/c it was just so darn cute! I guess there would be a perk to having another boy he could wear this same costume. If not we will have to pass it along to a good friend. Anyway we got him loaded up in the wagon and took off to Mrs. Doris' house. She is basically like a grandmother to me so she is like Colby's great-grandma. She was dressed up like a witch. Colby wasn't too sure at first until she took off the hat. He really didn't get the concept of reaching in and getting the candy he just wanted to walk around. He did enjoy the wagon ride though. Next we took him to Mrs. Eva's which is basically like another grandma although she is really my sister in laws mom. Again he really didn't get the whole candy part. Then we went by my hair dressers house. Again no interest in getting candy but he did enjoy chewing on the package. So after that we went to a little couple's house who has a baby who is like 5 months old. The little girl wasn't out but they loved seeing Colby. So after we wrapped that up we thought we would drive him a couple places. We first went to the firehouse which he loved because they had 2 dogs out there. He also finally reached in to get candy. Then we drove over to Randall and Elizabeth's house. They haven't seen Colby in awhile (since he's been walking) plus I thought they would get a hoot out of seeing him dressed up. And they did. I think it really made their night and ours too. Colby had fun "touching" all the breakables in their house and chasing the cats. I was glad we went by. He was a mess too I hope he gets to spend more time with them so he really is close to them growing up. After that we knew he had had enough so we came home and did baths and bedtime. He was worn out I'm sure b/c he woke up from his nap around 2:30 so he had been up awhile. He didn't eat any candy tonight and I'm not sure he will. Most of the candy is not really toddler proof. I would have liked to let him have a sucker but for some odd reason we didn't get any this year. We got some chocolate so I may let him have a piece of that tomorrow if he will even eat it. But I really didn't want to make the mess tonight especially since he doesn't even know really. Maybe next year he will probably understand and get the whole process more which will be cool but we still had fun. He was in a good mood the whole time and really stayed a trooper considering he is getting over a double ear infection! Well that's all for now!