Fright Night

Connor began his Halloween day with swim lessons at the Y. We try to do lessons during the colder months so he doesn't forget how much he loves the water. I signed him up for the "Pike" class hoping he'd be able to do it on his own (Mommies don't go in with the kids in this class). He wanted to go in the water, but didn't like Mommy 10 feet away. So we had a little talk and he kept pointing to Emily, our instructor from previous lessons. He kept saying "that one! that one!". So I got Emily's attention and she asked us if we wanted to join her class. Luckily, I anticipated such things happening and wore my suit. Connor was as happy as a clam in his old class, so that's where we'll stay. He had more trouble getting out of the pool after the class, so it's pretty clear which class he'll be in for a while.

After grocery shopping, Mom made a Halloween-y lunch of Mummies (pigs in a blanket) and Mummy fingers (sweet potato fries). Connor actually ate both, so Mommy felt a little better about him loading up on Candy later on.

Trick-or-treat time brought a few tears as Connor was annoyed by the circles on his Mickey shorts and his "yellow" shoes (his alternate pair of sneakers covered with yellow felt). So a quick change into black pants and his old sneakers seemed to solve the problem. He even kept his Mickey ears and hat on during trick-or-treating. With one hand being held by Mommy or Daddy, and the other hand holding a lollipop, there were no free hands to take off the Mickey ears.

He got many compliments as we hit the neighborhood houses. He definitely got the idea of trick-or-treating and was pretty tickled to be able to get so much candy. So far his favorites are the lollipops!

Without a nap and so much walking, Connor actually went to sleep in record time (we've had a bit of an issue with bedtime lately, so Mom was super happy to have a break from the battle). We hope everyone else had a fun Halloween!

I wasn't able to get the best of pictures. Everytime I'd take out the camera Connor would turn and yell "NO!". Oh well.