Happy Halloween!

Halloween hasn't been this fun since... well, I'm not sure when! Chase was very excited about today and couldn't wait for it to get here. He has been wearing his Buzz Lightyear costume for quite some time now whenever the mood hits and he really likes it. Not to mention he is totally, completely, 100% adorable in it.

We've had "bake cookies" on our to-do list for a while and finally we got the chance last night. I'm telling you, I need about 10 more hours in the day to fit everything in! After Daddy picked Chase up this afternoon they were able to come home and decorate some. We took the easy way out and used the store-bought icing but Chase certainly didn't seem to mind! Pretty darn tasty if I do say so myself.



As soon as I got home from work we got Chase decked out and ready to go. Of course Molly put on her Buzz costume too so that she could tag along! We had quite an evening! We made our way to the fire station to play games, put out "fires" when the hose (Chase LOVED this), decorate paper pumpkins, and even jump in the moonwalk. Then we went to a local truck-or-treat before heading to a friend's house that had a special treat for Chase. Her neighborhood has lots of older retired people and they were so excited to see the kids. It was really neat. One older gentleman was waving us down to let Chase come get candy so even though we were ready to go, how do you say no? We walked up and you could just see how happy he was to have Chase trick-or-treating there. Chase picked out his piece of candy and although the man could barely hold the bowl of candy down on Chase's level he continued to offer him more and more a pat on the head. It was very sweet. I think that was my favorite part of the evening.


After that we went up to MeMaw and PawPaw's and Aunt Candy/Uncle Gene's. Chase definitely got more than his share of goodies! We also got to call Duchess and wish her a Happy Halloween. We finally ventured back to our neighborhood and I can honestly say that in the 9+ years that we have lived here we have never seen so many trick-or-treaters. Crazy! We managed to make it to Aunt Stacy's house for a special treat and then we decided that since it was late we were just going to keep the porch light off and call it a night. Good thing because after a tasty dinner of pancakes, sausage, and strawberries Chase fell asleep right in the chair! I guess our little superhero was all worn out from his big night!





**I am grateful for
1) a fun evening
2) warm feelings
3) Buzz Lightyear
4) smiles
5) good friends