I thought that this would be my last year of dressing Troy up as something "cute" for Halloween before he demands some action-figure superhero (not so cute) costume. It appears that I was wrong (again). Troy was very "owly" about wearing the adorable owl costume I had bought. He even wore his
Monster costume from last year (which was very snug) to a Halloween playdate party...ugh! So, on the eve of Halloween I was not sure how things were going to go. However I never expected him to get sick!! After waking up from his afternoon nap I could tell that he wasn't himself (very mellow and not running, loudly, amuck) so I thought that trick-or-treating would be off the agenda. However, as kids starting coming to the door...he perked up and decided he wanted to go trick or treating...immediately!!! I managed to wrangle the owl hat on him (over his hoodie) and hoped that the owl treat bag would make up for the lack of the rest of his costume...and off we went. Troy was a pro...he would walk up to every door and knock (while Mommy rang the doorbell) and proudly hold out his owl treat bag. After circling the entire block I had to convince Troy that we should go in (besides, he could barely carry his full candy loot). He agreed, after going to a few more houses, and then it was time to check out his score. He found that Smarties were a favorite because not only were they yummy treats but you can use the boxes as building blocks. However...those smarties came back (literally) to haunt us when he was ready for bed...as they all came back up...all over the bedsheets!! Since then, Troy has been recovering from a nasty cold - but getting less owl-y by the day :)
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Ready for action!
Here is how the REST of the costume looks |
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| Can we get going already Mommy? |
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| More pictures?? Let's get candy! |
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| C'mon...this way!! |
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| Lil' Hootie and his lootie |
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| Look at all this candy! |
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| "smart" building |
