Happy Halloween!

Here it is, the morning of the 31st, and Sam is already done with all of his Halloween activities. I never planned on taking him trick-or-treating so we have kept our eyes open for other fun events.

Last weekend Eric and I took Sam to the Dover-Eyota Fall Festival. Sam was able to dress up and played every game there. He even did a book walk. He was walking around and around with nine other kids, the youngest of which was about six or seven. When the music stopped the bigger kids would grab every chair around him, forcing Sam to run around the circle looking for an empty seat. It was pretty cute but we were definitely holding up the game. Finally the women running the game rigged it and Sam won his book.

Yesterday ended up being our big Halloween event! Grandpa Mark called to invite us trick-or-treating at his work. Once again I wrestled Sam into his costume and Grandpa Mark picked us up. The trick-or-treating was amazing! I hadn't expected it to be so overwhelming. It only took Sam a few minutes to figure out that he needed to look for the offices with a pumpkin sign on the door. There, he'd saunter in. "Hi," he'd greet the person inside. "I a pirate."

Over and over Sam was allowed to pick out a piece of candy to put in his bag. The bag got so heavy, I decided to skip the last few hallways. I couldn't imagine what we'd do with that much more candy! In addition to the trick-or-treating, there was an activity room set up with Halloween-themed coloring books for each of the kids. We sat and had cookies and punch while Sam colored the first few pages.

Once again, Grandpa Mark came to the rescue with his camera.

This drives me crazy. Doesn't he look thrilled to be putting on his costume? I had to beg, yell, and threaten every time he had to put it on. Once on, he was so happy. He drives me nuts.

Here he is - Captain Sam. Note the shiny sword and earring.

May everyone's day be filled with as much candy as possible!