Halloween fun

I was a bit nervous about Halloween this year. Daniel got scared at the grocery store when he saw scarecrows. You know the ones: they're cute and colorful, made to sit on your front porch as a nice fall decoration. Yeah, THOSE scared him. So while we'd originally made plans to go trick-or-treating with some good friends, we had to re-vamp and stick close to home in case he couldn't handle the events of the evening.

Overall, everything turned out okay. We started well before dark and I think that helped a lot.

Most memorable moments of the night:
~ Daniel encountered a grown man in a (slightly creepy) monkey suit, and loudly exclaimed "I no like you!"
~ We repeatedly reminded Daniel everything was pretend. One man handing out candy had a VERY scary alien costume on and his voice was super creepy. Daniel told him "You pretend", then came back and said "I no like that house"
~ A kid said to Zack, "I didn't know Luigi was that much taller than Mario." Zack's response: "I ate the mushroom."
~ Daniel repeatedly fussing at William for walking too fast (his little legs couldn't keep up with big brother)
~ William gently taking Daniel's hand to walk him across the street