Halloween: The Big Day Finally Arrived

It seems like we've waited months for this weekend!

Getting the pumpkins ready

Before Vince got his costume, I kept talking up what he was going to be for Halloween, and making sure to remind him that the hat part of the costume was the most important part. This was to ensure that when he finally received his Cat in the Hat outfit, he would be EXCITED about wearing the hat instead of REFUSING to wear it. Well, I talked it up so much that we had no problem with Vince wearing the hat (whew!). He proudly wore it all over the house, and wanted it on whenever he would watch the Cat in the Hat cartoon.

We did the same thing when we talked about trick or treating on Halloween night. We described to him the excitement of going from house to house with a bag; what he would need to say, what he would get, and how he needed to make sure to say 'thank you'. Well, by the time Halloween night came around, we opened that front door to go trick or treating and Vince stormed out the door (along with his buddies) screaming 'trick or treat' over and over again.... heading down the street like banshees. He would be saying trick or treat before we would even get up to the doors of our neighbors houses! Getting candy thrown into a bag that you are holding is a pretty big motivator for toddlers I would say. We plugged down the streets of our neighborhood, herding our little ones from house to house and making sure they always said thank you. It was a great Halloween!

Getting out the door

Trick or Treat!

Hey, where did that candy go!?

Meanwhile, our little ladybug slept comfortably and couldn't care less about getting candy

Vince pushed on for about an hour, and then we headed back to the house to re-group (aka: start eating the loot).

Adam and Vince, happy with their lollipops

We chilled out the rest of the night at home, having the kids give away candy to trick or treaters coming to our house. We repeated our tradition of offering warm spiced wine for the parents of our trick or treaters, and at one point a parent said "oh yes! I was trying to remember which house gave the wine last year!"..... needless to say, between taking a few sips here and there ourselves and giving it away to parents, we didn't have any left over wine! Yes, it was a fun Halloween. Now I just need to gather all of Vince's candy and our leftover candy and take it to work tomorrow before I eat it all.