One Cute Pumpkin

We dragged our feet on getting a Halloween costume for Kai this year for a couple of reasons, but last Monday when I got an email about the ward Halloween party that was to take place on Wednesday, I knew we needed to do something. On Tuesday afternoon, Kai and I went to the costume store and found only one left his size--a pumpkin. Now, Kai had his heart set on being an elephant this year. On the way to the store, he changed his mind and said he wanted to be a monkey. And at some point in the weeks prior, he had mentioned he wanted to be a pumpkin. So, I worked the "mommy magic" and talked about how wonderful the pumpkin was and how cute he would be and that he would get lots of extra candy for being so cute. It worked--and we walked out of the store with the pumpkin costume.

Wednesday came and brought a huge snow storm. During the day, we stayed inside and made some Halloween cupcakes. We kept our hopes up for the party to go on, and as we were getting ready to get Kai in his costume we got the news that the party had been cancelled, but that we were invited to join the other ward's trunk or treat on Friday. Not wanting to disappoint Kai, we did "practice trick or treating" in our house that night. My mom, Reid and I all hid behind a door, Kai would knock and say "trick or treat" and we'd give him candy. He LOVED it!


When Friday finally arrived, Kai was ready (but a bit tired). We talked him into his costume again and Reid took him over to the church parking lot. They were gone for about 45 minutes and came back happy and excited. Kai loved it and got a fair amount of candy. For Kai's first time trick or treating, I'd say it was a success!