The Gergens: Halloween

Yesterday Peter brought Halloween treats to daycare for all his friends. After dinner we went to the mall to "Trick-or-Treat". Our neighborhood isn't really set up for Trick-or-Treaters and many of our friends had things going on so we just decided to do the untraditional (yet becoming all the rage) Mall-o-ween Trick-or-Treat Party. Plus, we don't have any family in town to go "visit" and show off costumes to. I think going to the mall is a good idea for a 2 year old because Peter didn't have to put a coat, hat, mittens, etc on over his costume. He didn't have to walk/trip/fall over bumpy terrain in people's dark yards. And with a different store to get candy every 10 feet, I think he really started to get the hang of the whole thing...Say "trick-or-treat", take candy, say "thank you" and walk away. Towards the end, Peter was getting tired of all the commotion so he would just put his hand out and say "thank you". If the candy wasn't then IMMEDIATELY placed in his hand, he just moved on to the next store. By next year we plan on being in a different neighborhood (most likely a different town), so we will have to start traditional "trick-or-treating" then. After the Mall-o-ween festivities, we stopped at Haley & Jacob's apartment. That is where we took photos. They had A LOT of candy for Peter! He didn't stop eating the whole time we were there. CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE & MORE CHOCOLATE! Haley and I were visiting in a different room and every time Peter walked by he had a different piece of candy in his mouth. We blamed the boys for that one. :D He didn't get to sleep until 9:30pm! (He's normally in bed by 7:30pm) I dressed as Dora the Explorer (Peter's new obsession), Ben was Joe from Blues Clues, and Peter was Rocket from Little Einsteins. If you don't know what these things are, it probably means you aren't "with it" when it comes to kids television programming!