Halloween 2008

This Year for Halloween Brayden went as a bumblebee. My mother-in- law found this costume at Burlington Coat Factory. I know by next year Brayden will be telling me what he wants to be so I had to pick a soft cuddly outfit. Brayden did not like wearing this costume when we tried it on at the store . I was afraid he would not wear it on Halloween, so we had a few practice sessions. I explained to him that if he wore the costume he would get candy. Then I would take him to the front door and have him ring the door bell and say trick or treat. I would then proceed to give him a piece of candy. After a few practice sessions he was ready to go. By Halloween he was begging to get in his outfit and even the day after Halloween he begged to have it on.

Halloween night we were invited to our friends house for potluck soup dinner before trick or treating. The kids ate bread and soup and played while the parents talked and visited. Then we all headed out together to trick or treat. This was the first year we took Brayden trick or treating. He loved ringing the doorbell and a few times he would just run into the house as soon as the door was answered. If he was allowed to pick a piece of candy he would always try to take a handful and if he was not allowed to pick a piece of candy he would try to anyways. Brayden also wanted to eat his candy right after he got it. By the end of the night he was a pro at trick or treating. Jeff and I had a lot of fun with Brayden and our friends. After trick or treating we visited friends of ours in a different neighborhood and played speed solitaire with them. Halloween was an evening where I just wanted to freeze time because we were having so much fun together as a family! Here is Brayden with his girlfriend Sadie who was a ladybug. They are a perfect match for each other.

This is my friend Courtney her daughter Sadie, son Jack, and Brayden and I.