Uncle Footon wanted to see the little man in his costume in person before he headed back to Austin. Andrew was more than happy to oblige him. He has loved wearing his costume this year. Last year, he was okay with wearing his tiger costume; but this year, he wanted to wear his Thomas the train costume whenever we would let him.
I should back track a little bit (no pun intended). When we started to ask Andrew what he wanted to be for Halloween, he first said a train. I just assumed Thomas because I had already seen the Thomas costume. But later, when I posed the same question about his costume, he said firefighter. That lasted a few days. I had already foreseen him possibility wanting to be a fireman. I would have totally been on board with that choice--he would have been so cute as a fireman. And then after the firefighter phase, he said he wanted to be a garbageman. I was taken a little aback at first. Not because of possible embarassment, but because I hadn't seen or heard of a garbageman costume. Andrew was on his phase for like two days; and I even searched online to see if there was a premade one (which there was not). But the more times Andrew said he wanted to be a garbageman and the more I thought about it, I started to think how cute and unique it would be. But he always came back to trains (as it always does with Andrew). And one morning at a playdate with Josh, Anh told me she had a Thomas costume we could borrow. A friend of hers had found it for Josh, but Josh wanted to be Gordon so he wasn't going to use it. She showed it to us and Andrew was sold. He tried it on right away and was so happy. Our costume mystery was solved!
After we got ready, we headed out to the Armstrong residence. Ryan and Linda finished getting the boys ready. We lent Rush Andrew's frog costume from two years ago. Rush was just as cute as Andrew was in it. And Max ended up being a firefighter. So, if Andrew had decided on a fireman costume, they could have matched and went as a firefighters from the same company!! There is always the possibility next year...
So, off we went with the older boys in the wagon (we said they could sit in it if they wanted or walk and of course, they chose the wagon). And Ryan had Rush in a backpack. Andrew and Max had so much fun going to all the houses and getting goodies. Andrew totally got the hang of trick or treating. He even started running to the doors and enjoyed ringing the doorbells. He did get a little grabby when people offered their treat bowls. We told him to get one piece or two if they said, but that fool would grab a handful. Thankfully, it only happened once or twice after we told him to refrain from being a little Greedy Smurf!
Well, the boys continued to have a great time and we even saw Liya and Tessa and their little brothers, which was a great treat. They made it down a couple of streets no problem. Then, Linda took Rush home to put him to bed. But we trekked on and score even more candy. The boys did a great job of saying "trick or treat" and "thank you." After a few more streets, they both said they were "all done" and so we headed back to the house. Both the boys were more interested in playing with Max's toys and made a mad dash for the play room. We played with the boys until time to take Andrew home for bed. He didn't want to go, but thankfully, he didn't put up too much of a stink.
For another year, we had an awesome evening with the Armstrongs. Thanks so much for sharing Halloween with us for two years in a row!! Happy Halloween, everyone!
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