halloween 2012...

We're not big celebraters of halloween, really.  I'm personally not into all that halloween represents; I'd much rather celebrate my husband's birthday, which happens to fall on the same day.  :)  That said, it is kinda fun to dress kids up while they're young, and to see what their reaction is when you tell them it's okay to go to your neighbors' houses and ask for candy.

 

I mean, really.

 

How awesome is this?!  :)

 

Deacon is very much into trains right now so we had already decided to do a train theme for his birthday party.  Considering that we already had some train paraphernalia, it was pretty easy to come up with his costume. 

 

And what an adorable little train conductor!

 

 

We had several trick-or-treaters come to our house, and then we took Deacon to a few of the houses in our neighborhood before it got dark.  He did great and the way he says "trick or treat!" is so cute!  It sounds more like "tricky treat". 

 

Yeah, sometimes.

 

Anyway, he was very polite, saying thank you when getting his piece of candy, and he even tried to trade out a few things, putting some of his candy into their basket.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

Once we were done with that, we headed into town to celebrate Jeff's birthday at his fave restaurant: Outback Steakhouse.  That's pretty much an annual meal.  We ALWAYS go there.  And that's okay, cuz we don't go there very often during the rest of the year.  Everyone thought Deacon was so cute (duh. :).

 

I would say we were much more successful this year than last with the whole halloween thing -- anyone remember how those photos turned out??  We had fun watching Deacon experience something new.  Even if we do have to explain to him (A LOT) that we can't have chocolate all the time.