Halloween 2009

Colin and I have season tickets to the Ducks and we easily decided that we wouldn't be making it to the USC game because of Halloween and Kellen being able to actually trick or treat this year. It was a smart decision (even though it was a spectacular game!), but we know that we will never be able to get these early years of trick-or-treating back.

Kellen absolutely LOVED all the Halloween decorations our neighbors had up this year. He especially loved "Frankie" aka Frankenstein. Every day he would ask to go see the "Scary" and we'd make a loop around our corner checking out every neighbors scary display. I was impressed by the lack of fear Kellen had. He truly enjoyed seeing all these ghosts, witches, screaming zombies, etc. and would often say "more, more" every time we'd walk away. Trick-or-Treating was going to be a piece of cake! So I thought....

It all started with Larry our neighbor coming out of his house dressed in a full bodied skeleton costume that even scared me! Kellen literally started shaking! I convinced Larry to take his mask off so Kellen could see it was him and the minute he revealed his face, Kellen said in a relieved voice "Hi Laaaaary!". I think this sight set him off, because every masked costume that was remotely scary, Kellen would grab a hold of me as tightly as he could in his adorable lion costume. We didn't last long trick or treating, but it was exciting to see Kellen light up every time candy was put into his pumpkin bowl. I gave in and let him have a lollipop when we got home. It was his first piece of candy and boy did he enjoy it! :-)