Happy Halloweeeeen!

I know it's a bit past Halloween but I thought you'd all like to see the costume. If you are wondering why this post is so late you can reference the picture below which Dan took right before he left on his latest work trip. We both think this photo sums up our life pretty well with Max flying in one direction and Havers in the other.



We had a really fun Halloween and Max went Trick-or-Treating twice. Some communities had the officially sanctioned begging for candy activities on October 30 and others observed on the day marked on the calendar - 10/31. This alternative day must be an East Coast thing because no one I know on the West Coast has heard of it. While I was initially down on the idea, the 10-year-old in me has made herself heard and argues for how cool it is. If you apply a strenuous Halloween work ethic to both days of trick or treating then you'd have LOADS of candy.

On the 30th we went to Smithsburg and did the rounds with Kristi, Chloe and Samantha. Samantha carried Max's bucket and did a good job collecting bits of sweets. As a thank you, Max left his candy to be divided between the girls. He managed to stay awake for the whole experience and seemed to enjoy it - especially the house across the street from the girls which is decorated as a haunted house. We thought he'd be scard of the life-size talking witch but he thought she was hilarious!

On 10/31 we exercised a little strategery and went around our own neighborhood hitting the houses of people we know. Max was dressed as a turtle and the level of cuteness was almost too much to bear. The little flippers were so cute as was the fact that Max's face disappeared when he turned his head and all you could see was this giant turtle eye!



Max didn't even make it off our street before conking out in his wagon.



Giant turtle eye and flippers. It's just too much...


After the candy rounds we had dinner with our neighbors Ann and Andy, who you can see below. Max slept in his wagon and didn't even stir for the 4 or 5 candy beggars who came to the door. Unfortunately, our street is not exactly a hotbed of halloween activity. Maybe 5 houses give out candy and the kids just don't seem to think it's worth it to come. They should rethink their position and stop by around 8:35 when they would make a killing. We start piling it in once it gets beyond 8:30.



Here's a few shots of Max with the Ernie pumpkin that Dan and I did for a contest at work. In case you are wondering, we won the contest and yes, we also did a Bert. Unfortunately, it was kind of warm where the pumpkins were roosting and Bert melted before I could take him home. He found a new home in the dumpster out back. The Bert melting was a little tragic but the sadness left us as we watched Max delight in stealing Ernie's nose. We couldn't even get one shot of him with the pumpkin. He went right for the nose. Funny thing is that he would take it and then tried to put it back on, which is what he's trying to do in the picture below. Looking forward to next year when he can actually toddle from house to house. I wonder what he'll want to be.