Our first “real” Halloween

Happy Halloween!! This was the first “real” halloween that we have experienced in a very long time! It was the first time we actually got trick or treaters knocking on our door. It was the first time we went out trick or treating with the boys. It was the first time we actually carved pumpkins correctly. We’ve tried carving pumpkins before but we either get tired and say “we’ll finish tomorrow” and tomorrow never happens, or we carve our pumpkins only to have them rot in 2 days. This time our pumpkins lasted a whole week! HA!

Picking costumes for the kids this year was a piece of cake (or donut!) Two year old Sebastian loves to play “cops” with daddy so we knew that he would enjoy actually being a cop! We dressed both of the boys as police officers and daddy and I were supposed to be the villains but I’m not too sure we nailed it. A few trick or treaters actually asked my husband what was he supposed to be. We thought that was funny. I simply wore all black and grabbed a piece of paper, drew a dollar sign with a sharpie then taped the paper to my cross body purse…its the money bag, get it? Yeah…so much for creativity but hey the end of October is hectic for me! Baby Alex turned one and I had that on my mind…I will have to plan better next year.

Sebastian enjoyed trick or treating. He would occasionally remember to say “treat” after knocking on the doors. A few times he actually wanted to go inside the homes. I don’t think he understood why people were just giving him candy and not letting him in. Alex was happy just chilling in the stroller playing with a jack-o-lantern flashlight. Which by the way, we definitely needed flashlights, it is so dark in our community. You seriously can not see a few feet in front of you…talk about setting the mood for Halloween. Now that reminds me…one of our neighbors had the best outdoor halloween decor on the block so we thought it would be cool to go there. Well guess again, Sebastian was terrified!! He cried and did not want to go near the house. The owner must have felt bad because she came out and gave him candy. Poor little guys was really frightened…so much for playing his role as cop.

The boys costume’s were a hit in the community, since we have many law enforcement neighbors. Many neighbors gave him extra candy just because he was a cop. Of course Sebastian didn’t mind. Sebastian eventually figured out how to open some of the candy and wasted no time! Alex too! Sebastian was being a cool big brother and shared some of his candy with Alex, then somehow Alex managed to open a chocolate bar and went to town on that. And yup no surprise that the boys were up until midnight. Sugar rush!!

Our first actual Halloween as a family was absolutely the best. My husband and I really enjoyed seeing the boys so happy. Especially Sebastian, since he loved his costume and loved getting candy. This made us excited for future holidays and made us truly feel blessed for our little family.