Trick-or-Treat: Rescheduled

Due to the hurricane, Halloween was reschedule from Wednesday to Saturday. It worked out really well because the rain had stopped, Jeremy had the day off and while it was still chilly, Saturday made for a much better day to trick-or-treat.

This was the first year that Owen really understood what was going on. We practiced saying Trick-or-Treat and Thank-You and off we went with Gillen in the carrier.

We live in a Jewish community that doesn't celebrate Halloween so the main drag of businesses opens their doors for little beggars and hand out candy. This is the perfect situation for parents with little kids because there is no walking up to doors. Just up and down the street. We live two blocks away so we put on our costumes and walked up to the main street.

We got TONS of compliments on our family costume and lots of the store owners were dressed up. Owen was so excited to go to each place his little hand was wriggling out of Jeremy's hand before we even got to the door.

(I took these pictures with my phone so they are a little blurry but you get the idea)

Incredible Banking

 Robin Hood

 Ran into our friend Sam who was also a superhero!

Clifford the big red dog (who apparently works at a mattress store now?)

 Such a happy boy!

After Owen's treat bag was full we stopped and picked up Chinese take out. 

Superhero families need to eat!

When we got home we ate our dinner and then helped Owen sort and count his candy. We let him choose a few pieces. The first piece he chose was a weird chocolate coin wrapped in foil which he tried to eat with the paper on. Two houses down they were giving out FULL candy bars and instead of picking a Butterfinger or Snickers -- Owen picked a bag of peanut M&Ms. Jeremy and I both looked at him dumbfounded. Granted, the M&Ms were the only candy that was recognizable to him since he's never eaten a candy bar. And yes, we live down the street from a dunkin donuts and they handed out a small bag full of doughnut holes. It was awesome.

Jeremy and I ate most of Owen's candy after he went to bed. And other than Owen asking for a piece of candy the next morning he'd all but forgotten about it by Monday ;)