Trick or Treat

On the morning of Halloween we woke up early to check out some garage sales. First, we had to make a couple of stops at Starbucks and the donut shop to get some fuel food.

Of course he had to wear his costume.

I dressed up as "sleepy mom still in her pajamas".


In the afternoon we headed to Old Town Monrovia where all the shop keepers give out candy on Halloween. There were a lot of trick or treaters and it was really hot. My poor little giraffe was sweating in his costume.


It was a long walk.

Stopping in the shade for some rest.

Almost there.

Jeff and I had been so excited about Halloween for Zeke this year. We thought it would be the perfect holiday for our crazy kid who loves to dress up and also spends a lot of his time hanging out on our neighbors' porches. We practiced trick or treating and Zeke had it down. He could even say trick or treat. However, the first shop we came to had a girl passing out candy in a pretty awesome Scooby Doo costume. Our social butterfly quickly became a very nervous giraffe. I ended up doing the trick or treating at the first and second store.

By then, Zeke was bored with the whole thing and ready to dig into his candy.

Looking for just the right piece.

I know it's in here.

Found it!

Another rest stop and candy break after visiting two more stores. And that is pretty much how it went the entire time. Lots of stopping and eating.

It took us about 45 minutes to go a block and a half. But, he had a great time.