Happy Halloween
I really wasn't going to do this, but I am skipping "ahead" 10 months to catch up to present day. Hopefully, I'll go back to fill in with pics and details of the missing months but in the meantime ... here's the report on Firefighter Luke ...
We are very pleased to report that Luke happily wore his costume all night long. We had low expectations because anytime we showed him his yellow jacket he wanted me to wear it instead and he would look at his very nice boots from Nan, but wouldn't try them on. At first, he was pulling at his coat, but once he saw himself in the mirror he seemed to get it and was quite pleased with his get-up.
Trick-or-treating was almost a bust though because the first trick-or-treater to come to our door was a ghost-witch. Luke took one look at it and burst in to tears (he's not a fan of masks, mascots, faceless witches, etc). After that he didn't want to go near the front door and kept pointing at it and saying no. Once we made it through the door and outside, he was ok ... but then we went to the first house. Our neighbor, Marj, greeted Luke with a smile and bowl of candy and Luke greeted Marj with lots of crying and trying to escape. He calmed down when we opened the Kit-Kat.
Then next few houses were rough, but got a little better each time ... especially after Patrick opened a tootsie pop for Luke - his first lollipop ever and he loved it. I think it lasted 30 minutes.
After trick-or-treating, we walked over to the shopping center across the street and Luke went for a nice long run ... he just kept going and going. I don't know if it was the excitement of being out at night or the sugar from the tootsie pop, but he had a lot of energy!
(Luke loves fire hydrants.)
Then we came home and checked out Luke's Loot and brushed the sugar off his teeth.
We are very pleased to report that Luke happily wore his costume all night long. We had low expectations because anytime we showed him his yellow jacket he wanted me to wear it instead and he would look at his very nice boots from Nan, but wouldn't try them on. At first, he was pulling at his coat, but once he saw himself in the mirror he seemed to get it and was quite pleased with his get-up.
Trick-or-treating was almost a bust though because the first trick-or-treater to come to our door was a ghost-witch. Luke took one look at it and burst in to tears (he's not a fan of masks, mascots, faceless witches, etc). After that he didn't want to go near the front door and kept pointing at it and saying no. Once we made it through the door and outside, he was ok ... but then we went to the first house. Our neighbor, Marj, greeted Luke with a smile and bowl of candy and Luke greeted Marj with lots of crying and trying to escape. He calmed down when we opened the Kit-Kat.
Then next few houses were rough, but got a little better each time ... especially after Patrick opened a tootsie pop for Luke - his first lollipop ever and he loved it. I think it lasted 30 minutes.
After trick-or-treating, we walked over to the shopping center across the street and Luke went for a nice long run ... he just kept going and going. I don't know if it was the excitement of being out at night or the sugar from the tootsie pop, but he had a lot of energy!
(Luke loves fire hydrants.)
Then we came home and checked out Luke's Loot and brushed the sugar off his teeth.
posted by Pmcd @ 11:00 PM
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