I'm quite possibly the least prepared parent this Halloween. Originally, the daycare told us there would be no Halloween celebration so I was hem-hawing on whether or not to even buy them costumes. Three days before Halloween, Thomas' teacher informed me that they could wear their costumes on Friday. Ugh - now I *have* to go get them.
I ended up going on my lunch break the next day and calling Matt about 10 times trying to figure out what to get them. Thomas was easy, it was Henry that I wasn't sure about. I ended up finding two costumes I thought they would like that would also allow me to dress them in layers so we could try trick-or-treating!
I swear, Henry liked his costume, but for the life of me I couldn't get him to smile when I let him try it on at home. I figured as soon as we got to school and he saw all of his friends in their costumes that he would be exited. Except one of his "friends" came up and whacked him on the head right when we got there. Henry was a distraught little penguin. It was so sad - penguin tears!
Thomas, on the other hand, smiled from the moment I put his costume on. He was super excited to be a train engineer! He decided he wanted to be a Texas train engineer and not an Alaskan one. Can't say I blame him - that set has a hat, button and scarf! :)
When I went to pick them up that afternoon, Henry was still in his penguin costume. Apparently he liked it so much he didn't want to take it off. Unfortunately, that means his white penguin belly was now slightly orange from all the fun Halloween foods.
Oh well, as long as he is a happy penguin!
Halloween night we made plans to go trick-or-treating with Thomas' best friend Marek. Luckily, Marek lives in the same neighborhood that we do. His mother, Lindsey, and I were on the same page on the expectation levels for trick-or-treating (ie: we didn't expect them to last very long!).
It was just below 30, so we bundled them up in warm clothes under their Halloween costumes. I discovered that all of the kid's winter hats have ears, horns or poof balls, so Thomas ended up wearing Matt's hat instead. We have no shortage of hat options...! :)
This is the closest I got to a smile from Mr. Henry Penguin.
Marek was a total ham for the camera though! Haha - probably because he isn't tired of having his picture taken yet. My kids are totally over it.
Also, he was super adorable in his Eyeore outfit! :)
Ready to head outside! Snow boots, hats and gloves on! We had the Easter baskets from Grannie for candy buckets and the glow sticks for the boys to be super visible (it's dark outside!).
I was a little worried about the boys being shy and not getting the whole trick-or-treating thing. Thomas was a little confused at the first house, but once they gave him candy he was all on board! He was running up to doors, ringing the bell and yelling "trick-or-treat" like a champ! Henry couldn't quite get that phrase out, but he was very good about saying "thank you" to everyone. I might be biased, but they were pretty darn adorable!
Happy Halloween, little guys. If your candy disappears, I swear it was your dada!