Halloween

The Halloween costume decision was an easy one for us this year--a friend offered to lend us her son's costume from last year. So, Jeremiah was a pumpkin (and a very cute one, I might add).

He wasn't overly fond of the costume, particularly the hood. But he left it alone while Jon took him trick or treating to a few neighbors' houses. He didn't get a lot of candy, which was fine with us since we ended up eating most of it. And I'm sure he didn't really get what Dad was doing. But I hear he did get the hang of holding out his bag for people to put stuff in it.

As soon as they got home, off went the costume. But that's when the real fun started. Jeremiah loved going to the door to see all the other kids come to get candy. Every time the doorbell rang, we'd hear, "Oh!" and he'd toddle over to see who it was. Jon also had fun greeting the kids in his cowboy outfit. With the bandana pulled over his face (and with his height), he looked more than a little imposing. There was more than one child whose eyes got big and round and took a couple of steps backward before accepting their candy.