trick or treat

 

This year we weren't really sure how interested Ben would be in trick-or-treat.  He picked out his costume about a month ago and really was excited about dressing up as Thomas then, but didn't know if that would last until Halloween or not.  We talked about it all last week to try and get him in the Halloween spirit and when Saturday came he was definitely ready to go out a get some candy. 

So, we went to a neighborhood locally for him to go house to house (our subdivision is on a huge hill, and mostly older people so we weren't sure how many of them would give out candy.)  This is a neighborhood that we lived in for a little while before I did my residency that took us to Bloomington so we knew that the neighbors there really have a good time with the kids on Halloween.  As we were getting Ben strapped in his car seat he couldn't stop talking about going trick or treating.

Poppy met us in the neighborhood to walk around to the houses with Ben.  I still wasn't too sure how well Ben would take to the whole thing but he was awesome!  He walked up to each person all by himself and said "trick or treat"  and then said "thank you" and "Happy Halloween" after they put candy in his bag.  He enjoyed it so much that he was all but running to the next house each time (which he thought was fun because then he was "fast Thomas".)   

I think that Halloween was a hit with Ben... and he is already looking forward to next year!