Halloween

Xander was old enough to really participate in Halloween this year. I asked him what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween and his immediate response was "Buzz!" It didn't help that there were commercials for Disneyland with little kids dressed as Buzz giving the 'real' Buzz high fives. Xander kept repeating that he wanted to be Buzz and get a high five.

Since I have almost no craft supplies and I knew Xander would wear it enough to be worth it, I bought him a Buzz costume. It involved going to four different stores to find, surprisingly. There was also lots of waffling on Xander's part. "I want to be Buzz! Spider-man, I want to be Spider-man. Oh, Super Why!" The store we bought it at was a Halloween store with many scary props around, so Xander had his first real dose of 'scary.' We talked about how it was pretend and make believe but he still closed his eyes as we walked out of the store past a child-sized doll with rotating skull. When we arrived at the car, Xander asked if that was a witch. Not wanting to go into zombie/skeleton/possessed details, I said that it was a witch. Xander turned in his seat and yelled "Bye, witch, have a good day!"

I have to get a video of Xander wearing this and post it.

And by the way, this costume, it's tag says 'Toy Story 2'. And it is absolutely falling apart already. The wings were totally worth it though. Josie agrees.


I found a butterfly costume for Josie. She was ok with it, but none of the pictures turned out well because she was tired and cranky.


On Halloween day we went out to the stores by the local farmers market to trick-or-treat in the afternoon. Josie slept. Xander was fascinated that he could walk up to someone and get candy. I spent most of the time holding his wings back because the sidewalks were crowded.



In the evening we trick-or-treated around the neighborhood. Xander had a blast and was so excited that he'd yell "Trick or treat" or "Happy Halloween" before people even opened the door. There were a few houses that were a little too scary for him, but nothing bad enough to give him nightmares.

My favorite part of the evening was when we ran into a family with a little Sheriff Woody. I so wanted to take a picture, but figured it would be rude. Xander was all excited and jumped up and down and yelled "Hi Sheriff Woody!" Woody was a little more reserved.

Overall, it was a good time. Monday morning, after breakfast, Xander asked to go trick-or-treating again.