Halloween

Our expectations for Halloween were not high. Every time Ryan saw his costume for the last two weeks, he'd say "no, No, NO!" Max and I tried wearing the hood on our heads. Sitting it out so he'd get used to it. Poor Cali even had to wear it twice. I created a back up costume from his normal clothes thinking that's what he'd wear (he'd have been a football coach...windpants, red shirt and Winnie the pooh in a football helmet.) But as usual, little man surprised us. Take a peek.

Before leaving for the neighborhood party, we carved pumpkins (Ryan colored his). He wanted a big truck on front.

Then we started in with his costume. It did not go great at first...

Then he figured out you get chocolate if you wore the hood, and he was in...he'd never really had chocolate candy before.

We headed to the neighborhood party and he looked so cute.

When you ask him what a Tiger says, he repeats "Grrrrr."

Most of the party was spent in the backyard by ourselves as he roamed from yard to yard to play on the different colored slides.




We caught Ryan chasing one of the twins through the bushes. It was very Jungle Cat.

Ry loved watching the big kids play. He then went on to trick-or-treat with Max for over an hour. By the end he figured out that the event is more than just seeing everyone's dogs. He was saying thank you after every candy gift. He didn't take off his costume for an hour once we were all home. Halloween 2010 was a success!