Colton was an astronaut this year for Halloween. Since he could talk he has said he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up so this was probably his favorite costume to date. He wasn't any old astronaut either, he was the "orange one who walks on the planets"...well that is special isn't it? This year he got to wear his costume to school all day and go around in a parade to all the upper classrooms. His after-school care had a big party also and Colton and I had made special Halloween smore's brownies (yum) for the occasion. Colton opted to trick or treat in our neighborhood this year instead of going with his cousins since Riley was a vampire and "that is too scary for me". This was the first year we even ventured off our little dead end street. Our new neighbors next door have a little 18 month old boy named Henry so we invited them along to hit the five houses on our street. Henry was Charlie Brown so Colton thought that was cool because Snoopy is Nick's boss (Met Life). Colton was very happy to loan Henry a pumpkin pail and show him how to trick or treat (and eat it as you go). I had been living in this delusional world that there were no kids in our neighborhood since we never get trick or treaters but this year when we turned the corner one street over we entered kid-ville. It was really funny when kids would recognize Colton on the street or when we knocked on the door and they would say "Mom this is Colton from camp...or school or hockey". He clearly knows more people in this town than Nick and I combined! When we got home I showed him how to organize his loot and let him (and me) pick three pieces of candy to eat that night. I was shocked when he picked three fruit flavored little tootsie rolls...really?!?! I use to monopolize the snickers in my house and Nick said he went chocolate all the way so maybe Colton had some recessed gene coming out. Tootsie rolls?!?!
Happy Halloween!
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