TAG | halloween
I’m sure Kyler still doesn’t fully get things like Halloween. To him it was just a day when the doorbell rang more often and mom & dad actually opened the door vs. avoiding solicitors.
The highlight for me was carving a pumpkin. There’s an old photo of my dad and I (couldn’t find a digital version of it – sorry) carving a pumpkin at the dinner table. I had been looking forward to duplicating those photos with Kyler. He really got a kick out of carving a pumpkin — how could he not? It was messy, gooey and we used a knife to destroy something making it into a silly face … pretty much describes: ‘best toy ever’ for any boy.
He clearly had a bit of an attachment to it. He often wanted to go outside and check on it. He was curious about how it lit up. He wanted to make sure it was still there if he forgot about it for more than 15 minutes. Although the next day – he could care less.
We didn’t get to visit any houses with him dressed up – which we weren’t expecting to… its Minnesota after all; we were thankful it didn’t snow. But he still had fun just the same.
In all, we had about 12-20 kids stop by. I was giving out handfuls of candy by the end of the night to try to get rid of it. The kid next door saw his bag go from empty to pretty full in one house, looked up at me and said “Woah!” – Glad I made his day.
Anyway… pictures from the whole thing:
Kyler got a lot of use out of his costume this year. Once we heard that the weather would be nice for Halloween (which is rare – I can still remember 1991 with a HUGE snow storm) we thought we might take him out trick-or-treating. The day before, it was clear he clearly started cutting a new tooth and was kind of cranky and not really feeling well, so we opted to stay home, dress up and give out candy.
The day started with Kyler making sure everything was in order, candy-wise.
He then put on his costume and waited anxiously for kids. In the end, just under 20 kids showed up… but Kyler still enjoyed seeing all the kids and their costumes.
At Kyler’s “school” (ECFE class) it was (of course) Halloween week so he got to dress up. He went as a pumpkin. A costume he really doesn’t seem to mind at all.
