Boo!

Halloween was magical. When we woke up on Halloween morning it was pitch black downstairs. As we rounded the corner of the stairs, Olan actually gave a little gasp. My wonder-mother had snuck down before us and lit the pumpkins that Mer and I had carved the night before. He was totally blown away. He spent the remainder of the time before we left for school re-enacting the moment. He'd go over to the stairs, bang on them and say "Olan come downstairs... WHAT Olan see? Olan see PUMPKINS! Olan see ELMO!!!". It was priceless.

He had a great day at school, as a scary, scary skeleton. We popped our heads into a couple other rooms just so he could yell "Boo!". And although he has technically trick-or-treated in past years this year marked the realization that people were giving him candy and ALL he had to do was bang on their door and yell "Trick-or-treat!!!". Yelling, banging and candy... what gives? After the circuit, starting with Martha and John, who were his first Halloween visit two years ago as chocolate bear, we hung out at the end of the driveway in front of the toasty bonfire and had hot chocolate and smarties which made for a totally blissed out boy. And mommy got to have a cigar :)