Still trying to Trick-or-Treat

Andrea gave Anthony this cute little pilot costume for his birthday. Bob noticed immediately that the wings on the jacket are actually parachute wings. He thinks that if he got into an airplane and the pilot was wearing parachute wings he'd just turn around and get off.

On a semi-related note, Anthony is still trying to go trick-or-treating and yesterday actually suceeded. The house around the corner has its Christmas lights up already. (Cue eye-rolling.) After we got home we went for a walk to see them. Anthony immediately ran up to the door and some random guy opened it and asked if we needed anything. I started to apologize and tell him that we were admiring the lights and that Anthony was still trying to trick-or-treat. Next thing I knew we were walking home, Snicker bar in hand.

"Daddy fits inside"

I have no idea how Bob managed to squeeze himself into Anthony's little clubhouse.

Anthony is in there too!

Admiring his Candy

Bob and I totally cracked up when Anthony started recreating a ritual from our childhood--the admiring of the candy. Yes, he dumped his bag out and went through it repeatedly to see EXACTLY what loot he had.

On a related note, there was an interesting article in Newsweek talking about why kids pick the candy they do. It really helped explain to me Anthony's fascination with lollipops!

Happy Holloween (Part 3: Trick or Treat)

Of course, the highlight of our day was trick-or-treating. Anthony's pal Ciaran came with us for the first half of the night. They had a great time together. While Anthony was certainly motivated to get candy, he was totally fascinated by the decorations, especially the houses that had animatronic decorations. He got good and spooked a few times but always had to go back and investigate.

I think he was out for nearly an hour and a half total--Bob and I took turns so that we each got to share in the fun. Now, we did walk slowly and spend a lot of time admiring the decorations. Its a good thing Anthony brought in a good haul, though, as we ended up needing reserve candy.

I think we had a record number of trick-or-treaters this year. The main treat I gave out this year was books that I had bought at our library's used book sale. I think I had almost 40 books plus one bag of candy (about 45 pieces). We used up ALL of that! Then we started giving away Anthony's candy. He had a great time pulling candy out of his bag and putting it into the other kids bags. Don't worry, he still has plenty left!

I think we had a good hundred kids knock on our door this year!