Jesse, Brittney, Zachie, and Olivia: Happy Halloween

Just to start off, we weren't too excited about Halloween this year. Zachie is not a huge fan of crowds or strangers so I wasn't sure how he was going to handle all the interaction. I was wrong!

We went trick-or-treating around the Sherwood businesses on Friday and no surprise it started raining the minute the event started and stopped when it ended. It wouldn't be Halloween without rain,right? Zachie was a bit skeptical about this one. There were a lot of kids and tiny doorways to get into. The majority of the time we just walked past the doors and enjoyed being outside. When we broke off from the crowd and it was just Zachie and me he was great.

So lesson learned #1: Stay away from crowds.

We went trick-or-treating a second time with Jesse on Monday afternoon, around the Mudpuddles shopping plaza. Zachie was so ready for this one. There was a lot more space and a lot less kids so advice from previous event taken. Again he wanted to run past some doorways but he was a lot more outgoing and went up to the candy bowls and picked out his own.

So lesson learned #2: When your kids are comfortable trick-or-treating make sure they don't take more than one treat because...they will! (We now have many many pencils Zachie couldn't resist going back for)(Yes, Zachie likes pencils more than candy, woo whoo!!)

Now for the real Halloween. We went over to the Buhler's home for dinner and trick-or-treating. Delicious dinner! We love getting together with everyone. We always have good laughs and fun watching all our munchkins. After dinner we set out for the houses. I didn't know how Zachie would react to this, it isn't the same as just walking up to a store. He loved it!! He would go up and knock on the doors and then try and open the door thinking well I knocked right? When the door opened he would try and go in the house, ahhh!!! He did great though. All his shyness was gone. He said please and thank you to every person, sometimes multiple times. After a few houses, we decided to keep going because Zachie was on the move. He lasted so long, we were just waiting for him to say all done.

So final lesson learned: You never know what your kids will like until you try it.

I'm so proud of our little man. He may not be able to say words from the English language yet but he knows when to say please and thank you. He did a great job!

So just for fun I wanted to put up a picture of these silly guys from last year too. Oh the memories!! I can't believe this is their second Halloween, wow time flies!