Both boys were so excited about Halloween because we had been talking about the school’s dress up days and trick or treating for days; and the fun day finally arrived.  Connor had two dress-up/parade days as the class tried to accommodate the part time students; so Connor was a doctor yesterday and a fireman today. 

    I was fortunate to get the day off today so we could make to both kids’ parades, in the morning and in the afternoon.  Before 10:30am, Stuart and I arrived Connor’s classroom.  Connor was excited to see us; he came over to give me a hug then returned to line up with his classmates.  Connor apparently had Logan’s previous signature arm stretch too, but he also added big smiles for us.  All the parents were sent to another classroom and watched a little skit by the teachers with the kids as their audience.  Then we proceeded back out to the courtyard and watched the parade of the kids.  Connor became so shy that he was the only kid who needed the teacher to walk across the stage with him.  Afterward the parents followed them back to their classroom which marked the end of their Halloween parade.  The parents were also given a nice handmade card with a great class photo with some pumpkins.  Right when the parents started saying byes to the kids, Connor looked sad and became clingy.  He was willing to follow the teacher to the courtyard after giving us a hug, but he was quietly tearing which was so sad.

    In the afternoon, I made a huge error; somehow I had the wrong time down for Logan’s parade.  We arrived 15 minutes before the time I had on our schedule, but obviously the show was going on already.  Logan’s class was singing in their classroom when we walked in.  We missed their parade in the courtyard.  I felt so horrible, but I could only jump in and enjoy the rest of the show.  Logan did not participate as much as his classmates did, but it was still fun watching them.  Afterward, Logan came over for a hug and we hung out a bit longer in the class to take some pictures and chat with other parents before picking up Connor too to go home.

   We had an early dinner to get ready for trick or treating.  The boys were excited to go out but the day light seemed to take longer to go away.  We finally decided to get out there before it turned completely dark.  Connor was a bit scared to go up to the houses initially, but Logan was bold this year.  We visited a few houses and met a couple of new neighbors.  We started seeing other trick-or-treaters, and Logan decided to walk along with them.  After just a few more houses, Logan declared that he had enough candies and wanted to go home.  So Connor and I dropped him off so he could give out candies with daddy instead.  Connor and I went on another block.  There were tons of kids out there, and Connor was so polite that we often waited for the kids to pass us before he got his candies.  After his bucket got slightly heavier, Connor wanted to go home to eat them and to see daddy.  The boys enjoyed a couple of candies of their choices, and had fun giving out candies the rest of the time.  This neighborhood had loads of trick-or-treaters that we ran out of all the candies and had to move on to granola bars from our pantry.  Fortunately shortly after 8pm, the door bell ceased ringing and we proceeded with our usual bedtime.