Trick or Treat

I knew finding a costume that Dylan would wear was going to be a challenge this year. He hates all hats, hoodies, and basically anything else you could wear on your head! So that eliminates 99.9% of all toddler costumes... at least most of the cute ones!

 I asked Dylan several times what he wanted to be for Halloween and always got the same answer "train tracks".  Hmm.... maybe we could do that, but sure everyone would "get it." :)

Dustin and I really wanted him to be a sailor this year. Wouldn't that be cute? But alas, we couldn't find a sailor costume in his size anywhere, and we looked everywhere! (Yeah, I know most sailor costumes have hats, but I thought he could skip the hat and you would still get the idea.)

Ok so plan B. I thought of several other costumes that might work: Luke Skywalker, a train conductor, a golfer, a football player. Mom thought of a "headless dinosaur", which seemed like a great idea! Dylan loves dinosaurs!! I had visions of Dylan loving his Halloween costume so much he would want to wear it all the time. The headless dinosaur might be my dream come true! So mom went out and got him a dinosaur costume with no hat/hood and a really nice tail (the tail was critical for "Dylan appeal"). Mom spent hours fixing it up to make it super special by adding lots of detailing (she's very crafty)! Dylan was practicing his "dinosaur roar" for weeks. We were all so excited! It wasn't until we tried the costume on, the day before Halloween, that we realized... it was too small. (Mental note: next time try on the costume first.)

So October 31, Halloween night, a Monday this year... I ran to Target to pick up whatever last-minute costumes they had left. I was in luck! They had a bunch in his size: another headless dinosaur (what are the chances of that??), an airplane, a golfer, and a train conductor. Score! I bought them all! I ran home to see which one would light up Dylan's eyes. The only problem was... none of them did!

So it's 7PM and all of the "little" trick-or-treaters are already out in full-force. Dylan is refusing to put on ANY costume! Hmmm... dilemma. Last minute we just decided to throw on his Chargers jersey. Finally, that worked and trick-or-treating could commence. It was a bit of a half-hearted costume, but hey what are you doing to do with a 2-year that knows exactly what he does and does NOT want??

Once he got into it, he loved trick-or-treating! He would go up and knock on the neighbor's front door and politely ask "trick or treat?". He was so polite he often put some of his candy back into people's bowls after they gave him a piece!