We had one heck of a Halloween! It was Magnus's first time trick-or-treating. We debated whether he should go out at a day shy of 2 years, or if we should wait until next year. But when his daycare lady (now my friend, Amanda) who lives down the street invited us to go with her and her 2 kids, I couldn't resist the opportunity to see Mags in action. What would be do? Would the costumes scare him? Would he be shy?
Well, how did I ever doubt my fearless son? Not only did he have a blast, but he ran and ran and ran! Towards the end of the night he was dragging his bag behind him. Now, before we even began the night, we somehow lost the bag I had bought Magnus, a jack o'lantern bag. Mags had to make due with some old plastic shopping bag. He didn't care and he certainly didn't know any better! Amanda's son Tyler went to almost all the doors with Magnus while Amanda and I hung back with our coffee mugs full of wine :) Matt and Pearl started out with us but Pearl was tired so Matt took her home to bed while I stayed out with Mags. We stopped once to fill up our wine-filled coffee mugs and once more for the kids to get water.
So here is my man before we headed out. He just had to try some candy!
And here he is in action.
Isn't he cute? He said 'trick or treat' to everyone and most of the time there was a 'thank you'. Sometimes there was even a 'please' or a 'happy halloween'. :) But what the heck are people doing holding a huge bowl of candy out instead of handing the kids one or two candies!? The guy in this video did it right, but most people just offered Mags the whole bowl. And even though I stood right beside him and had him count out 'two', he would inevitably shout out 'more' and grab another handful. And what did all the home owners do? They laughed. Some gave him even more because he was so cute! And they laughed all the harder when Mags invited himself into their homes and ran around looking for more candy. That happened a bunch of times! Thank goodness he's cute because there is no way he'd get away with that any other way.
We ended up at the house of the other girl who goes to Amanda's daycare, Niya.
We hung out there for a bit until I dragged (or rather carried) my
wired but drained son home at about 9 o'clock. Here he is at the end of the night.
Matt put him to bed as I got the babysitter settled (Amanda's daughter). Then Matt and I headed back out to Niya's house to party with her parents and Amanda and her husband. I was thrilled to have the night off bed duty and had a great time. Can't wait for next year!
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