Happy Halloween!!!

 



Monkey in his stroller at Boo Ha Ha

At the neighbor's visiting their pumpkins

We had the best Halloween!  This was really the first year that Monkey 'got' the concept.  Last year we had his birthday party on Halloween, and I think he was just a little overwhelmed by the whole thing.  This year I tried to prepare him a little better.  We read every Halloween book I could find, watched the Halloween episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse about a million times and talked about dressing up and trick-or-treating for the whole month of October.  We went also went to the Whiteside Carnival and Boo Ha Ha as dry runs for the big day.  So needless to say, I was pretty much over Halloween by the time it got here.  But luckily M was not sick of it!  My friend A invited us to her mom's house to get all the kids together before the dads took them trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.  M was very excited to see A's daughter dressed as Mickey Mouse.  After tugging on her ears and poking the belly of her costume, he spent the rest of his time chasing her around and 'talking' to A's mom's dogs.  Very exciting!  Finally, the dads took all of the little ones out to collect their treats.  Hubby said M was a trooper but finally just pooped out.  M started sitting down in the grass and eventually laying down for a rest in between houses.  He did admirably for his first time out, though! 





Heading out to trick-or-treat with dad



Sleepy Monkey going home