Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween. On Friday, Nate and I took the kids alone to the Oregon City business trick-or-treat downtown. It was completely overwhelming for Baron. Baron had been practicing Trick-or-Treating for about a week and was prepared for that part of it, but he was not prepared for all the weird people walking around in costumes (neither were his parents!). We figure it was a good way to get Baron "warmed up."
On Sunday (the actual date of Halloween) we went to a nearby city for their festival which is designed for young children and it was much more fun! The Trick-or-Treating was "self-serve" and only has about 15 places to get candy. There was also a puppet show, fire truck and police car for other options of entertainment. It was perfect and we enjoyed every minute of it!
Here is Baron getting ready in the parking lot. The wide hips on his Elephant costume did not fit in his carseat (actually it just wasn't safe, but we told him they didn't fit).

He was stunned at first - buckets full of candy and his parents were telling him it was okay to reach in and grab some!

It didn't take long for him to get the hang of it. I was surprised that Baron (and most other children) were only taking 1 piece per bucket. Baron was also picking candy that I let him eat (like Smarties) even though there were much better selections in the bucket.

Once he had visited all the buckets he wanted to go back, but we told him he already had enough candy. He started to examine it...

and then decided to sit about 5 feet away from the Trick-or-Treating to start eating it. This picture cracked me up because he was really unsure about the toothbrush that made it into his bucket!

Looking for approval...

Our little Elephant and Pumpkin!

The Family.

The kids with Grandma and Grandpa.

Watching the puppet show with Grandpa. This was Baron's favorite part of the day. When it was over, he was sad! He kept saying "more please, more please, MORE PLEASE!" Finally we had to explain that the puppets had to go home and take naps.

Waiting in line for his sticker from the fireman. He didn't want to climb in the fire truck.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for celebrating with us (2nd year in a row) and holding Baron during the entire puppet show!