Trick-or-Treat

Last night was our first night really trick-or-treating with EE. We've dressed him up for the last 2 years just for our sakes (we thought he looked cute), but this year he was starting to understand!

To be honest, Jerry and I waited until the very last minute to get his costume. Add that to the fact that it's very hot in Texas, and our choices where limited. He is still into the Wiggles so we decided to go with the Captain Feather Sword theme and he LOVED it.

Our plan was to take him to just a few houses in the neighborhood and then go back home and let him help pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters. That plan lasted all but 5 minutes. After we hit the first house he was convinced that trick-or-treating was his new calling in life. He had the routine down pat. He would go up to the door (holding my hand and his Elmo bucket) and proudly exclaim "trick-or-treat" about 3 times before anyone would even get to the door. He would then repeat it when they answered the door. Then came his sweet beaming thank-you as the candy passed into the bucket.

What started out 2 or 3 houses ended up becoming an entire street and a whole bucket full of candy. We finally went home where he helped Jerry pass out candy. He would squeal in delight every time he heard the door bell ring. We did have to convince him that it was not OK to give 2 fist fulls of candy to every child and it was also not OK to trick-or-treat in our bucket every time he passed out candy to someone else! HA!

All in all, he had a blast and I must say- so did we. Here are a few pictures of our adorable pirate (minus the eye patch).