All Hallows Eve

Happy Halloween Ghouls and Goblins!

It wasn’t Jeremy’s first Halloween, but it was his first one that he could take part in all the festivities of the night. We began the evening by videochatting with his cousins on the east coast. It was the end of their night and the beginning of ours.

Cousins showing off their costumes

Hollyn is a witch, and Weston is a skeleton.

 Then he got all dressed up and practiced his trick-or-treating skills.

Notice the fire loot bag. 

He was really excited to walk up to all of the houses. We walked around the neighborhood for 1.5 hours. Our neighborhood is really into Halloween, so we spent a lot of time seeing all the decorations and chatting with our neighbors. Ms. Sharon, the children’s librarian and storyteller, was a fun surprise to meet at one of the houses.

Jeremy was very brave to walk up to the doors.

All night, Jeremy chose candy based on color.

As he knocked, he said, "Knock, Knock, Treat!"

Lots of kids out for Halloween.

"Jeremy's Fire Engine"

Jeremy was a very conscientious fireman, so he checked out all the fires.

We weren’t sure how Jeremy would respond to all the scary decorations. But when we saw these ghosts, he said, “Ghosts, neat! Ghosts, touch it!” He also pointed out a “monster on bicycle!” that was maybe just someone commuting home from work.

“Ghosts, neat! Ghosts, touch it!”

We returned home to count Jeremy’s loot and to complete a post trick-or-treating interview.

Counting--19 pieces of candy! 

He pulled out a lollipop and called it "broccoli."
And pulled out a different one called it "salami!"

Making trains out of his candy. (We did let him eat a piece!)