Happy Halloween!

Luc was a (Red Hot) chili pepper this year (costume handcrafted by yours truly)... or was he a tomato? a strawberry? as some people guessed (I thought he looked exactly like a pepper, but maybe that's just me- see for yourself). We went to an event at the library this morning where he ran around with about 40 (!) other costumed babies and toddlers, playing with books, balls, and music toys, and looking utterly adorable.

Then tonight we went trick-or-treating with some of our neighbors. He actually walked up to a few houses all by himself, trailing the bigger kids, dragging his pumpkin goodie bag behind him. He collected the candy and then in some cases, invited himself inside! He had absolutely no idea what was going on, but he played along. The whole thing was just freakin' cute as can be. We only went to a few houses, but he pulled in quite a haul! I snuck some organic oatmeal cookies into his bag too- so there would be something in there he could actually eat (no chocolate yet). I knew he wouldn't care, but it was fun for us- and neat to share a tradition with him that I love so much!



And I do love Halloween... I mean, what's not to love? Candy! Decorating! Pumpkin carving! Pumpkin flavored breads, spreads, coffee- you name it! Planning, designing, making, wearing- everything about costumes! Trick-or-Treating! Cool weather! Autumn leaves! I love Halloween!

And this year, something sentimental... I made a trip to BRU last weekend and happened to notice that their Halloween stuff was on clearance- so I checked it out. Pretty much all of it had cute little designs that read "My/Baby's First Halloween!". And I realized that this is actually Luc's second Halloween, and his first-second holiday! I don't know why this thought stopped me in my tracks more so than celebrating his first birthday did last month, but wow... (big sigh) my little chili pepper is growing up.