Halloween

All Jake has talked about for Halloween is getting a pumpkin and making a jack-o-lantern. Being the on top of it parents we are, Robbie stops by Wal-Mart to pick one up the day before Halloween. It might have been slightly mildewed and lopsided, but it worked and Jake was happy. Jake was super excited about scooping the goop out of it.

 

Robbie cut the top off and we let Jake go to town scooping out the goop.

 

He did it once and then declared he was done. Seriously? All we've heard for the last month was he couldn't wait to carve a jack-o-lantern and scoop out the inside. He was one scoop and done. So of course Robbie got stuck finishing everything.

Our finished Batman jack-o-lantern

(Can you tell we are a little Batman obsessed?)

 

Jake was so excited for Halloween night & I was terrified that it was going to rain. Thankfully the rain held off and Jake got to go trick-or-treating. He had so much fun. He would run up to the door & ring the doorbell 3-4 times and then knock on the door. We had to keep reminding him to only ring the doorbell once.

 

When someone would open the door, he would just open his trick-or-treat bag up. Once they gave him candy, he would tell them thank you and trick-or-treat. Just had it a little out of order.

 

Many people commented on what a nice looking Batman he was. Every time they would comment, he would say "it's just me, Jake Bush".

 

Were we Batman last year? Yes we were. Batman 2 years in a row? Yes we did.

 

When I took Jake to pick out a costume, he immediately picked Batman. I asked him if he was sure he didn't want to be something different this year, but he insisted. So Batman, 2 years in a row we were.

 

Jake was really excited about this year's costume, because it had muscles and came with a belt. As soon as he put it own he kept pushing the belt and had a confused look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he questioned why he was not flying. Evidently, he thought that this year's costume would allow him to fly. I hated to break it to him that no $15 Target costume was going to come equipped with a belt to make you fly. He was very disappointed and asked if we could take it back & get one that would make him fly. I told him, unfortunately, no.

 

I'm sure you wondering, if you are like my husband, why didn't Jake just wear the costume from last year. First off, Jake has worn last years costume at least once a week for the last year, so the thing is falling apart. Not to mention that it is so short on him now, and I doubt Batman wore capri pants.

Jake kept having to tilt his head back so he could see out of the mask.