Happy Halloween! I picked Ethan up from school early yesterday, so we would have time for dinner before heading out to trick-or-treat. Ethan was very excited about the evening! After dinner we went home and lit our jack-o-lanterns, plugged in our spider web lights, and put on costumes. Yes, costumes plural... This year William was Spider Man - he borrowed the costume from our neighbor and it fit perfectly. So SPD Police Power Ranger Ethan and Spider Man along with mom and aunt Claire set off for trick-or-treating. We had lots of fun - the weather was cool and perfect. Ethan was quite the character, as usual. He was complimenting the other kids on their costumes - "nice costume" he would say. He also was complimenting people on their pumpkin carving after getting his candy. In fact, at one house he ran up and said "this is a great idea for a pumpkin!" At another house he started a conversation with the lady handing out candy about her kids and how old they were.
By the end of the evening, Ethan's bucket was so full that he could barely carry it. After we were finished trick-or-treating, he ate a few pieces of candy, and we are saving the rest for him for dessert throughout the year.

Probably the funniest part of the evening was William. At first he was a little embarrased about the whole Spiderman costume, but all of the kids were yelling "hey Spiderman." Several young kids wanted to come up and meet him. He was even offered candy at several of the houses. I was joking that he was stealing the spotlight from Ethan - Ethan would say "he's not the real Spiderman - he's just my dad." We all had lots of fun. I am also including a few pictures from our pumpkin carving here as well.