Halloween was a little bit subdued for us this year. Eoin really didn't want to dress up at all. This stems I think from a very firm sense that he is 'Eoin'. If we say oh thank you you were a gentlemen for opening the door he'll say no I'm Eoin. Or Eoin your jumping like a kangaroo - no Mommy I'm Eoin not a kangaroo. Eoin has never liked dressing up so we weren't too surprised that this Halloween he really didn't want to participate. We got him a train engineer costume and we got as far as getting the pants on him.
However it all changed once he realized candy was involved. Then he was leading the pack of kids door to door saying 'trick or treat'. He even tried going first and then waiting till everyone was done and going up again to see if he could get more! We did come up too one house that was just a little too scary for him though. He stood for quite a while trying to build up the nerve to walk through the display with weird scary noises. Eventually he decided he didn't need to walk through he would just walk around it! Clever kid.
