Matus Family Memoirs: Happy Halloween!!!

This year when I asked Ethan what he wanted to be for Halloween, he told me an "ant." I'm guessing this was because he had been bitten by an ant a few days prior and ants must've been on his mind :) Since I wasn't sure how to make an ant costume, I asked him again a few days later what he wanted to be. This time he told me a "star." I think this was because we were sitting in his room and he has glow in the dark stars on his ceiling. Again, I wasn't sure how to dress him as a star, so I waited a few more days and asked him again. This time he told me he wanted to be "robot." The third times a charm... finally, something I could work with! He has a book called "Here Comes Halloween" and in the book, one of the costumes the little boy tries on is a robot so I am guessing where that came from.

In any case, he liked his costume pretty much up until last week. Then on Tuesday, when he was supposed to wear it to gymnastics he did not want to. He ended up going in just the body suit. Then on Wednesday we took him to a Halloween party at work, and we had to bribe him with a Starburst to put it on. Even then he left the hat on for all of 5 minutes. On Friday for school, he was again opposed to wearing it so I dropped him off in just the body suit. I was thrilled to see him wearing the full thing when I got to the school to watch the "parade" and he was soooo excited to see me there! I am incredibly blessed and so thankful to Troy for the opportunity to work only part-time so that I can enjoy these special moments with our special boy <3

Ms. Maria & Ethan led the class in the parade

Ethan was HAPPY to see Mommy!!

Watching the other kids in the parade

Jr. Preschool Class Picture

Enjoying snacks at his class Halloween Party

Friday night after eating a jack-o-lantern pizza, we suited up and headed out to meet up with some neighborhood friends for an evening of trick-or-treating! He was much less resistant to put on his costume this time because he knew he was going to get candy!!! The weather was nice and cool and it was a fun evening with friends. Ethan and Bennett (spider) were especially excited to get candy as they raced up to each house, knocked (each of them), rang the doorbell (each of them) and shouted trick-or-treat! It is a good thing they are so cute or people might have been bothered by their barrage. We were out for 2 hours and when we came home, his first pick was the biggest lollipop in the bag. Did I mention, at every house he requested lollipops? I tried telling him chocolate was better than lollipops and he just said "ok" :)