halloween.

Halloween was a marathon this year. I'm not sure if it's because he's older, if trick-or-treating with a friend encouraged him, or if he snuck some candy throughout the evening (or all of the above), but we more than doubled the number of streets we went through this year. Last year was adorable when Nate was Woody from Toy Story. This year N picked his own costume and decided to be the Joker. I snagged a decent deal on Amazon for a costume that had pants, a jacket with a made-in vest, and a mask. Out of the box, it looked like this:

 

Not bad, but I felt the need to improve on it. Plus, what's more fun than spray-in hair dye and some costume make-up? The end result was pretty awesome (we got lots of compliments!) and the Joker character suits N's personality so well.

After Nate and his friend tromped around our neighborhood and filled their buckets to the brim, we headed over to my parents' house where Nate promptly made himself at home by discreetly hoarding their candy when no one was looking.  Oh, and I "dressed up," if you count cat ears and drawing on a nose with whiskers. Once we got home one of the dogs promptly ate the ears. Lovely.

Happy Halloween!