Halloween 2008

Andrew had a really fun time on Halloween. He even remembered what to do from last year, but I will have to say he really "got it" this year. He would leave from one house and run (as best he could, because like the real Dumbo, his ears would fall and impede his forward progress) to the next and ring the doorbell right away and if they didn't answer the door immediately he would try and know and if "they were still taking too long" he would try the knob. Needless to say I had my work cut out for me. We went a decent distance before he pooped out and wanted to be carried home.

Marc and I even dressed up this year, though we didn't look as good as last year. We both threw together a costume. I was Mickey Mouse using my own clothes and Andrew's ears from DW. Marc got a Superman T-shirt and wore Andrew's cape. Now this almost caused a costume mutiny in our house. When Andrew saw Daddy dressed as Superman he yelled "I want to be Superman!" and when we told him he had to be Dumbo he started crying. So, he got to be Superman for a little bit but then I made him (yes, I am the mean mommy) put Dumbo on or else we couldn't go trick-or-treating.

GAM came over as well as a crayon and brought her Dachshund, Scooter, dressed as a hot dog. Even Bruce got in on the action. I was going to have him be Pluto since I was Mickey, but he really didn't have to dress up any since he is already yellow with a green collar. So, he too got to be Superman for a little bit.

The one thing about the night that really cracked me up about the night was that everyone thought Andrew was a girl. Now when he was a baby (up until he got a hair cut at 10 months) everyone would tell me "what a pretty girl" or "she's so pretty" and so on, but come on, he so doesn't' look like a girl any more.