Halloween

Bryan figured out that he gets candy when Jacob trick-or-treats, so last year he wanted to go, but it was raining and I thought we'd look like we're begging when we bring a kid who can't walk, talk or eat to a door and ask for candy, so we didn't go.  So this year we were bound and determined to have great costumes and hit the streets.  Last year my sister suggested her son and Jacob dress up as a cowboy and an indian this year, and have Jacob be the cowboy and Landon be the indian (see, it's funny), then a couple of weeks ago my sister backed out.  I didn't want to think of another costume, so we got the stuff together to make Jacob a cowboy.  Unfortunately, when we put the boots, shirt, jeans, and vest on him, he looked more like a country singer instead of a cowboy.  At the last minute, Bryan's mom saved us by making him some chaps, so he actually looked like a cowboy. 

As far as Gus is concerned, I knew if we actually tried to trick or treat with him, we really would look like we were begging, since we had a legitimate trick-or-treater, so he was just going along with the ride.  Because of this, I didn't want to spend more than a couple of dollars, if anything, on his costume.  I put some of Jacob's 18 month clothes on him, so they were big and baggy and made him look like a thug.  Then my friend told me she found a Yoda costume at a yard sale and could have it if I wanted it.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, that smile didn't last very long because he didn't like the head thing.  We kept putting it on him to see if he'd get used to it, but he never did.  We were bummed, especially since I knew it'd be cold when we went trick-or-treating and the ears would keep his ears warm. :(

So we went back to the thug costume and got him some cheap-o silver skull chain things to complete the outfit.  He didn't make a very good thug, though.  He kept smiling.

All his loot.  I gave him three pieces yesterday and he didn't take a nap and was nuts-o all day - he doesn't get a lot of sugar usually - so we're going to cut back to only one piece a day.  

I wanted to take a picture of him actually getting candy from a door, but we were going around my mom's neighborhood and we didn't know the people, so I realized it would be uncomfortable for the person handing out the candy and kind of a crazy-mom thing to do, so I refrained. 

Here's some pictures I took leading up to Halloween

 Decorating pumpkin cookies

 It turned out super messy and he was literally bouncing off the walls afterwards.  Literally. He'd run into the wall on purpose