Halloween

So get this....I hate Halloween....I haven't always. As a kid and preteen, I LOVED it. My brothers and I along with our best friends, Chris and Kendall Tharp, planned our Halloween costumes weeks in advance! We plotted and got our creative parents involved and it was always so fun to see the costumes all put together for trick or treating. Our neighborhood was INSANE on Halloween! I mean, kids from all over the North side of Tucson came in busloads to our neighborhood so you can imagine why we used pillow cases as our candy bags!

Anyway, now that I'm older, I really hate the day because I get creeped out at all the bad stuff I know goes on during this night....the day just kind of seems evil so I haven't wanted my child to have any part. Well, after I found out that my niece and nephew were going to dress up, I caved from peer pressure and went to Target and picked through the remaining costumes and only found one! It ended up being a candy corn outfit which is ironic because I HATE candy corn! I think it's the nastiest tasting candy EVER! Then this morning I really wanted to wear my new bright orange shirt and realized it was Halloween....but I caved because I wanted to wear it THAT bad....so I went to work looking festive for Halloween for the first time in my adult life, bought my child a costume AND took him trick or treating!

Needless to say, it was so fun and he was so stinkin' cute! he learned to say "trick or treat!" and got the hang of grabbing candy and shoving it in his little bag really quickly! He always ended with a "thank you" and an enthusiastic "bye!"

My dad took most of the pics with his camera so I only have two with mine. He wouldn't take a picture without holding the flashlight so here is the proof that I buckled under pressure and celebrated Halloween anyway!