My son's Halloween

So last night was my son's first real Halloween. He was only 1 last year so he didn't really know what was going on. Last night we went to my in-laws house because they live in a quiet neighborhood and are friendly with many of their neighbors so we trusted them. We wanted to be sure our son felt safe and that we would feel safe as well. We made a Woody costume for him but he had no interest in wearing it. He wouldn't even put the vest on that we made for him. We had a cowboy hat too and he finally relented and wore that when we got to the doors. We only went to three house though. The first house we went to there was a young man dressed in a scary costume and that scared my son so he didn't want to go anymore. We managed to convince him that the next two houses would be okay because we knew the people weren't wearing costumes. So we went to those two houses and he was quite the angel saying "trick or treat" very softly and then "thank you" once he got the candy. After the second house we asked him if he wanted to go to anymore and he said "no!" So that was all the trick or treating we did. He had more fun going back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and eating my birthday cake that my Mother in law got for me.

When we got home last night he was wired from all the sugar so we watched a little television before bed. When we finally went to put him down he screamed and screamed. He was still scared of that darned costume I think. He finally went to sleep but even this morning he was telling Daddy about the scary costume! Oh well maybe next year he will be more open for the experience. It was still a fun evening for us though. It really is such a joy to watch him experience new things.