hallow's eve

Halloween is a Big Deal around these parts. We generally do a neighborhood gathering in someone's front yard with chili and beer and combine forces to pass out candy. Neel always takes Callum on the trick-or-treating rounds and I hang here with the other left-behinds to await the kiddos. Tradition.

Yesterday afternoon was a nightmare. I'm fighting a little cold, and I had a mini-freakout over my debit card (everything is fine). It took forever to get off campus after school. F O R E V E R. Callum needed a hair cut, and by the time we finally got home it was already five o'clock. I felt frazzled. We never got a pumpkin. It's been a weird fall.

Somewhere during all the driving in miserable, stuffy-nosed traffic I did yesterday, I had the thought that it would be nice to do the neighborhood walk with Callum and Neel this time. Could I do that? I don't feel great; could I leave the block behind and head out with my men? I decided to think about it, and before I could say anything to anyone Neel came home and said, "You should go out with us this year."

I'm so glad I did.

Callum started making his own costume last year. This year he decided to be a Klondike Bar. From scary to sweet. Or scary to diets, perhaps.

He was a huge hit. Grown-ups eat that stuff up, and I do too...who doesn't love a homemade costume? At house after house, he was told that it was the best costume, the most original, and again and again he was offered extra candy for making his own.

Trick-or-Treating, this year? A good walk: not ruined. The rain held of until just as we got home. And he gave me the Whoppers.

Comments

[Mary Jane]

What a great idea for a costume!! Callums wins the prize. What a creative boy he is. And still growing fast I see. And, Lauren, I think I read somewhere that whoppers are medicinal. Just the thing for a cold.

[Mark]

Super costume and he looks great!Makes me wish I had an imagination.m.

[Christy]

What a great costume! I love when kids make their own costumes.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I'm just loving BYW, aren't you?

I hope you are feeling better today! xo

[Lisa]

Definitely a fantastic costume, and even better that he made it himself! Certainly deserving of extra candy!

[Teri @beachcitylifestyle]

Always love a homemade costume. it will be a great memory for years to come.

[Noreen]

Hey, the whoppers are my favorite too! And my children share theirs with me! Lucky us, huh? I hope you feel better today. It sounds like yesterday turned out wonderful, despite all.

Joy to you!Noreen

[tammie]

love his costume. i would totally have given him extra candy had he come knocking on my door. glad you went with them!

[Hilary Inspired]

Cute!! Love seeing kids get creative like this.