Overview of Halloween

The start of the holiday season this year was a busy one for us. We attended 2 different Halloween celebrations, and both with the Perez family. The first event was Zoo Boo at Point Defience Zoo and Aquarium. It was during the day and was for kids to go trick-or-treating during day light hours at the Zoo. There were lots of cute little tykes running around in very nice costumes. It was so cute to watch the kids running around, then stop and look at each other so curiously. Jack himself found a little boy in a bear suit and a little girl in a flower suit that he had a lot of fun playing with. Jack was a dragon this year, which was a good follow up to the monkey last year. We got A LOT of compliments on his costume this year. I bought it early off the internet so I wouldn't have to worry about if the company had it in stock, but I didn't realize that Jack was going to grow SO much. By the time we went to our Halloween events, I had to shake him into his costume. The legs were tight, and I had a hard time closing the back of the costume. Next year, I'm ordering the next size up. Hopefully by next year, Jack's size will be a little more stable. He's growing so much. His 2T shirts are getting too short anymore. Pretty soon, we are going to have to put them away. That means more shopping for shirts for him, again. Reaghan and Ryan, along with their parents were there are looked TOO cute in their costumes. Ryan was a dalmation, and Reaghan was a white and pink kitty. I got pics of Jack and Ryan, but not too many of Reghan. Ryan is a little slow on the move so it's a little easier to take pics of him. After working an 8 hour shift at work, I wasn't at the top of my picture taking skills.

The second event that we attended was Hoot-n-Howl at Northwest Trek which was a trick-or-treating event held at night so you could see the nocturnal animals doing what they do best. Come to think about it, most of the animals there are nocturnal so it was nice to go and be able to see most of the animals awake. Jack wore the same costume, but we didn't get any pictures because it was so dark by the time we got to Northwest Trek. We also went to Hoot-n-Howl with the Perez family and had a blast. (Thanks Crystal for telling me about it!) All in all with Halloween, Jack learned a great love for lollipops and wasn't too interested in the animals which is fine. I'm sure as he grows, he'll get more interested in the animals themselves, but when there is candy to be had, I'm not too sure what he would find more interesting.....