Breslow Boys: Halloween 2012

October was filled with lots of Halloween activities. Pumpkin patches, Halloween crafts, and costumes. This year the boys picked out their own costume. Caleb chose to be a doctor and Lucas chose to be Diego from the show Go Diego Go. As it turned out Lucas' costume was a bit of an ordeal.

The first chance they got to wear their costumes was for a Halloween birthday party. Lucas' didn't like wearing his costume at all and insisted on taking it off. Since Diego's "costume" consisted of a blue T-shirt, blue shorts, and vest I figured I could make put my beginning sewer skills to good use and make a vest. That costume was worn only once for Parent Observation. On Halloween he didn't want to wear either Diego costume so I dressed him up in his Frank Gore football jersey and had him try to carry a small football.

During the day, we went to Caleb's preschool "Enchanted House". It's a maze with different displays - some were related to books (like Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are) and others were games. The kids were given prizes at each display. It was totally cute and more than I expected. After that we went to downtown Los Altos for a trick or treating event. Lucas may not have been into wearing a costume but he quickly got into the trick or treating.

On Halloween night, we decided to trick or treat on a street in Los Altos. One of the houses on the street built an elaborate pirate themed display. By now Lucas knew how to trick or treat like a pro. Once he got his candy and said thank you he turned and ran toward the next house. I had to slow him down or else he would run into the dark street. He also had no problem running toward the door pushing his way in front of other kids. Today he mentioned he wanted to go trick or treating again. I told him he has to wait another year for Halloween. Thank goodness... Halloween was pretty exhausting.