Trick or Treat

Ahhh. Halloween. My most favorite day of the year! We had a pretty full Halloween weekend- we went to the Midtown Fall Festival on Saturday with my brother, Kevin, and his family. The festival wasn't at all what I was expecting, but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless. We had some family photos taken (still waiting on the photographer to post), shared a funnel cake, and ultimately ended up in Best Buy, shopping around. The best part for me, honestly, was spending some much needed time with my family. I do miss them so and I have come down with a serious case of homesickness that has yet to subside. On Sunday, Bill and I spent the morning and early afternoon watching Halloween inspired movies while Noah watched Halloween shows of his own. At 4:30, I dressed Noah in his Big Al costume (University of Alabama team mascot) and we headed over to a local church for a "Trunk or Treat" festival. We walked around, playing games with Noah, letting him play on the playground, and finally at 5:30, the trunk or treating commenced. By that time, however, Noah had had just about enough of all the Halloween shenanigans and we only made it to three trunks before he had a near nuclear meltdown and we decided to leave. Noah is still a little young yet to grasp the concept of Halloween, so although I was a little disappointed that we didn't fill his treat bucket, Noah had a great time regardless. For posterity, and really for my own amusement, we trick or treated at our own house, hence the above photo. Noah enjoyed digging through the treat bowl for lollipops- oh, how he adores them! After feeding Noah dinner, we ran around the house lost in our usual routine, when I heard a knock on the door. I looked at the time and it was a little after 7 and realized we must have our very first Trick-or-Treaters ever! Upon opening the door, I beheld with my eyes a bevvy of princesses, dragons, ghosts, and goblins. They were so stinkin' precious, I nearly cried. I gave them almost every piece of candy in the bowl! Halloween is just magical to me. I have wonderful memories of Halloween from my childhood and I want to make sure that Noah has even fonder memories of his own! I made a promise to Noah the day I found out I was pregnant with him, that no matter what, I would make every day, regardless if it's a holiday or birthday or any other day, SPECIAL. Because he is special... to me.