Trick or Treat

We took Andrew trick or treating for his first time tonight (last year, he was kind of young and under the weather, so we skipped) with Max, Aunt Linda, and Uncle Ryan over in their neighborhood in West University. The boys were too adorable in their costumes. Aunt Linda made Max's costume, which was Max from Where the Wild Things Are. She did such a great job on it.

We brought the wagon for the boys in case they got tired. They loved sitting in it and getting in and out when we got to houses. We did make them walk some though! We had to tire them out, right? But there were times where we said they could walk, but they would rather sit back in the wagon. They know how to go trick or treating in style!! Ha ha!

At first, Andrew wasn't sure what to do or what to make out of it, but thankfully, he followed Max's lead. They would go up to the door and wait patiently. Max would say "trick or treat" while Andrew would say "boo." Like at the museum, I also had Andrew sign "please" and "thank you." Max was good about saying "thank you" too. At some of the houses, the people offered to let the boys grab their own candy, but both boys were timid to reach into the bowls and would just wait for the person to put their candy in the treat buckets. But there were a few times where they did grab a piece on their own--they learn fast, I tell you!

We had such a great time! The neighborhood was a perfect place to go trick or treating. There were a lot of other trick or treaters out and about. So many houses were decorated so festively; and most importantly, the people were so nice and friendly. One of the Armstrongs' neighbors was having a block party with an amazing spread, which so helped to rejuvenate the trick or treaters and their parents.

We ended up going around four blocks or so. The boys didn't seem to be getting tired (physically or of trick or treating). We asked the boys if they wanted to go trick or treating some more; and they would say "yes" (or "yeah" according to Andrew). But we finally called it quits and headed back to the Armstrong residence. The boys wanted to play so we let them while we watched a little bit of the UT vs. Oklahoma game. We finally headed home around 9:30pm because Andrew didn't want to go home! Thank you so much, Armstrongs!!

We recorded the game and watched it after Andrew went to bed. Thankfully, the Horns did a little trick or treating of their own and won very convincingly! Yeah, Texas Fight!! What a great way to end an awesome day!

There are lots of pictures from tonight so I have just included some below, but the rest are at shutterfly.