Happy Halloween!

As of last night, Halloween has totally changed for us. It's no longer a night of getting to hang out with friends, rent scary movies, or whatever... it's now walk around the neighborhood with the boy and let him get all of his loot - while making sure he says 'Thank You', of course.

Nathan came to my office yesterday for Trick or Treating around to all the different agents' offices. He was a little skeptical in the lobby with taking something out of a big bucket and putting it into his. But by the second person, he had this Halloween thing down pat! By office door number two, he opened his bag up, reached his hand in the person't bowl of candy, grabbed a couple (which we made him put one back), and then dumped in his own bag. Followed by a little "Dah dyu" ('Thank you' - to the lay person), he smiled and walked off often turning around and yelling "BYE!" at what seemed like the top of his lungs.

So come the actual night, he was a pro going over to all of the neighbors. I think that he was so enthrawled by this new system of people giving him stuff, he forgot how to 'Roarrrr' which he had trained for and perfected during the week. Oh well. Nobody seemed to care - they would have given him anything he asked for. Ahh, the power. This boy had so much candy by the end of the night. (see picture above) He doesn't even like candy. Hmmm... What ever will we do with it then?

But let me tell you the even better news of the night. After that whole 'more protein' talk yesterday, I convinced Beth that Halloween was a great night for a pizza. Yes sir! Pepperoni & Sausage. (Please note, we realize that is not the healthy protein the doctor was referring to, but just be excited for me - Beth's pregnancy has left her not liking pizza much lately). And the OTHER exciting revelation I figured out last night is that I no longer have to worry about buying too little candy for the kids at the door and for me to have enough leftovers. We have Nathan's! And the next couple years, we'll have the new boy's. What a system. We buy for the neighborhood kids, Nathan brings home for mommy and daddy. That's what I'm talking about!

We got some video of Nathan roaring in his lion costume, but I'm still trying to figure out how to get it on here. When I figure it out, I'll post it. But for now, the pictures are going to have to do. I never claimed to be really tech-savvy. I've got a brother-in-law for that.