Halloween Recap

Sammy insisted for weeks before Halloween that he was going to be "JOKERman!" As in, Heath Ledger's Joker. He saw bits and pieces of "The Dark Knight" at the drive-in, that is, before he conked out (or was that one of the movies that he lasted through?). Then, in true toddler fashion, Halloween night, around 5pm, when I was getting him excited by describing all that we were going to do that night, i said, "..AND... we're going to get you all done up like Jokerman!" To which he responded with a whine: "NooOOoo... i wanna be BATMAN!" Gimme a break kid. So i told Ron, just don't say Jokerman anymore, and i'll go ahead and do him up, he won't care. Well, he really got into getting ready. I was most leery about the makeup and hair. He doesn't like me touching his hair EVER. Washing it in the tub is a total hassle. The make up went well. Ron held up a mirror so he could watch the progression. Then i think it was right around when i gooped up his hair with facial peel (it's all i had!), that he might have freaked himself out. I don't think he recognized himself!!! And i still had to add GREEN to his hair? Well, i tossed that in very fast, because at this point, he was full-on crying. Of course making his Jokerman makeup run. Luckily Jokerman is a mess to begin with (!), so the tears added to the costume! I whooshed him and Ron and Pop-Pop (check out HIS mask! Scared the beejeezus outta Sam at first!) out the door before Sam decided he didn't wanna do Halloween at all! Turns out the three of them had a good ol' time going door-to-door, getting candy. I knew once he got some of that sweet goodness, the tears would subside.

Mommy and Tommy stayed home to answer the door. Unlike last year, we only had FOUR knocks. I had the place done up too, very inviting. And with the weather into the 60s, i was very surprised. Oh well. I really should bring some of this candy into work to get it outta the house!