Trick or Treat

We learned this Halloween that Kyler is more of a giver than a taker. He didn't mind trick-or-treating but he definitely preferred helping Grandma hand out treats. He hung out on the porch with the pumpkins and ghost and even sat down for a bit. When the kids would leave he would stand at the door and talk and talk to them in his gurgling gibberish. Finally I would tell him to shut the door so more kids could come and he would. His talking was hilarious!

He did pretty well for his first time trick-or-treating. He dressed up in his lion costume and got his treat bag and would walk right up to the doors and attempt to knock. When the candy came, he got pretty excited and tried to take as much as he could. He would then want us to open it right then and there. Sometimes we would hold his treat bag until we got to a door but as soon as we gave it to him he would sit down and pick something out of it. It was a confusing night for our little lion! After we hit about 10 houses, he was done. He looked like he would fall asleep in the car and just stared off while we were visiting with people.

When we got back home and dumped out his candy, he was pretty happy with himself and picked out quite a few to eat. He had plenty of sugar and was bouncing around pretty good until he finally crashed and went to bed. It was a fun night and we enjoyed Ky's first "real" Halloween (last year he was too small to really do anything - we didn't even dress him up until a couple days after, and just for a picture). Next year should be even more fun when he actually understands that he doesn't need to eat each piece of candy as it is given to him.