happy halloween

This year Charlie was an elf for halloween. It seemed like a good choice for a little redhead. It was also his first time trick or treating at a few houses on our block. He's still too little to understand halloween (hence the reason we limited our stops to friends and neighbors we know), but we all had fun being outside on a nice evening enjoying our new street. It was almost like a big block party!

Charlie was mostly curious, and maybe a little skeptical, about the whole thing. He sometimes tried to put the candy right back in the bowl. Other times he conveniently stuffed it in his apron pocket. But, he did love running around outside - at one point trying to take off with a herd of bigger kids.

You never know what you are going to get with a toddler, but luckily, he didn't mind wearing his costume - it helped that parts of it were pinned down. Perhaps the biggest miracle was that he actually kept the hat on for several minutes. Of course his favorite part of all was sampling a few pieces of his candy, which we mostly used as a bribe to get him to sit still for some photos. :)