Mason's First Halloween

We carved pumpkins Thursday night, roasted pumpkins seeds, ate pumpkin cookies and pumpkin seeds (once they cooled).




Our hopes weren't too high for Halloween festivities. Mason refuses to wear jackets, hats, gloves, or anything out of his normal, daily wardrobe. We bought Mason's pirate costume last weekend and left it laying around the house in hopes that he would "warm" up to the idea of wearing a costume.

He loves pirates, emphatically shouts "arggggggggh" whenever asked what a pirate says. He even tried to get the rest of us to don his pirate costume.

Well, with a little strength and stubbornness (on my end) I got Mason into his pirate costume. Once I had him convinced that he was the "coolest", he relaxed a bit and even insisted on putting the pirate boots on! ...dressing Josephine as a princess helped too!

ARGGGGH!

Trick or Treating is a whole new experience when you're following a 2-year old from door to door. It took Mason 2 or 3 houses before he got the idea that people were handing out yummy treats, just for ringing the doorbell. However, he wanted to eat the candy on the spot. So, as we went from door to door, we stopped every couple of houses and sat on a stranger's stoop and ate a piece of candy. Mason reports that milk duds are "so good!" and "chocolate, good."