We had a great time Trick-or-Treating last night. Ken had to work so I was flying solo trying to get dinner ready, get costumes on and get out the door before it got to late. Owen was so excited this year he was bouncing off the walls and I had to send him out of the house several times to maintain my own sanity. The last 2 hours were the worst and I thought he might just explode with excitement. Once the trick-or-treaters started coming he settled down and kept himself busy passing out candy and looking at all the costumes while I got Zora ready. At one point he was in the middle of getting his costume on when a group knocked on the door and Owen started to run for the door with nothing on but his underwear but I managed. I to stop him in time and put some clothes on him before he answered the door.
Owen went as an ore boat captain (thanks for the hat Grammy, it made the costume) and Zora as a bear - the perfect warm and cozy costume for riding in the stroller. I was amazed that she actually left the hat on for the entire time (though she did keep pulling off her mittens). Zora seemed perfectly content to ride in the stroller and just take it all in and didn't complain once until we were already on our way back home. Last year Owen tired of trick-or-treating pretty quickly and didn't end up with much candy but this year he kept saying "Let's hit one more house. I see another ligh, let's hit one more Mama." And he came home with a full bag of candy. He still is into the idea of the Halloween Witch - an idea we borrowed from a co-worker of mine when I worked in Missoula. On Halloween night you pick out your favorite candy and leave the rest for the Halloween Witch and then she comes and leaves you a toy. He did ask several times if the Halloween Witch was real, but he is still perfectly happy to trade in a good portion of his candy for a toy.
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