Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Give me Something Sweet to Eat

So this was the first Halloween that we took the Mud Puddle out trick or treating. Now, as a child of Halloween (my b-day is the 29th) I am a HUGE fan. Imagine how cool it was to get presents one day and candy the next? (we did the Beggar’s night thing in my home town.)
The Mud Puddle was equally excited about the trick or treaters and the trip into the ‘hood for some candy.
He and I were racing to the door each time it rang to hand out the candy. Scott was sitting on the couch and had barely started to get up when we were already throwing Charleston Chews at the witches, ninjas, and Harry Potters on the stoop.

When we headed out into the neighborhood (he as a pirate and me as a convict – my crime was probably felonious blogging about private family matters) the only way you could tell I was the adult was b/c I am taller (and fatter) than he is. We were all giggly and excited.

I sometimes wonder how much is natural excitement and how much is feeding off the emotions that we project.

The Mud Puddle doesn’t eat a lot of candy (although this year he discovered the joy of the candy corn pumpkin) partly by his own choosing and he wasn’t jazzed about the costume in the morning when he first jumped in and was a parrot hugging swash buckler. So was it the thrill of being out in the evening air, after dark, walking the streets of Nash with a high powered flashlight to guide the way? Or is it the fact this his mother is a full blown Halloween spaz?

We may never know the answer b/c whatever the reason, he is now officially hooked on the whole ‘get candy from the neighbors’ stuff. He will probably still balk about the getting dressed up part (and we need to work on answering the door sans pants, I think his Nemo drawers were a shock to some of the kids), but it is a small price to pay for the bottomless bag of candy – doled out one piece per evening, it should last ‘til Tax Day in April.

Oh, and his trick or treat delivery? “Trick or Treat Please.” Score one for the anal retentive manners mommy!!