Halloween 2006 - This year Ethan was a Ninja. I think he wanted to be a Ninja just to have an excuse to carry a big plastic sword around. He has also been going around the house asking me to hold various objects such as either end of a popsicle stick or a twisted piece of paper and "karate chopping" it. Here is a picture of Ethan in his costume with his friend Zane. Ethan went trick-or-treating with William and me and Zane's dad - later in the evening we were joined by a friend from Ethan's class and her mom. Two of Ethan's older friends also went with us. Before we went out trick-or-treating I coached the kids about saying "trick-or-treat" once the door was opened and "thank you, happy halloween" after they received their candy. As the night went on this turned into the kids running up to each door and saying "trick-or-treat, happy halloween, and thank you!" before the person had even grabbed the candy bowl. It was actually quite funny and usually got a big laugh from the candy giver. Here is a picture of Ethan and Dad playing Ninja...

This year we went to three Halloween Carnivals. One at Ethan's school, one at the YMCA, and one at Ethan's friend Henry's school. At Ethan's school carnival, he got his hair spray painted green, red, and silver. He also got to climb the climbing wall which was a little scary for him ...