// halloween 2015.

We tried several times previous to Halloween night to get Jack to be happy in his costume. He wouldn't have it. He's too smart. He knew wearing a fuzzy lion costume wasn't "cool," but "cute," which he isn't into these days. We went to the Porter Halloween party (Matty's family has a party every year) in Delta the weekend before and he cried and cried and pulled at it until we eventually gave in and took it off.

But there was magic present on Halloween night. He woke up from a nap and as I proceeded to put on the costume while Matt distracted him, there were no tears or fuss. Just a ride in the wagon like any other day, right? Except what? We stop at doors and get candy?! Jack caught on really fast. He took the candy out of the people's bowls and held on to them. Some of our neighbors let him grab one after the other as he gently placed them into his bucket. Then he would hop back into the wagon to go to the next house. We went to about a dozen houses. Jack loved seeing all the kids running around and even saw his best friend Lucas! We got back and put on Hocus Pocus to watch (of course) and passed out candy. We get a lot of kids every year and we know most of them from the ward so it was fun. Every time the doorbell rang, Jack would run to the door to see the kids and then run back to the spot where the candy bowl was supposed to go and slap the spot until we put it back in its proper place.

Earlier that day we went to Cornbelly's (second time) because we had some bounce back passes. It was a really fun day to go. Jack stayed on the jumping pillows for maybe 45 minutes before we had to pull him off crying because he wanted to get back on them.

Halloween success!