Last month when I went home I was there over Halloween and got to go trick or treating with my niece and nephews. I brought Jax the cutest Halloween costume ever- a suagaro cactus made by Sandi. I got the idea from Matt who was a sugargo when he was little. The body was made with green cloth and had ridges and the needles were made of yellow yarn- so cute!
First you will see the fitting. Getting a costume on a 15 month old is no small chore. It took several people. Since Sandi didn't know exactly how big Jax was she made the costume oversized so we could trim it down and fit it to him.
We started our Halloween night at the grocery store where my sister Jamie works. The first trick or treating station was at the store's floral counter. The ladies there knew what Jax was right away!
We took to the neighborhood at about 5:45. I pushed Jax in his stroller. It was a crisp 37 degrees out. Regan, Jane and I shared a thermos of Baily's hot chocolate with heavy cream. I ran Jax up to as many houses as I could. It was a real workout as sometimes we were off-roading through people's yards. He made it about an hour before he had enough. Pete came and rescued him and the rest of us continued for a couple more hours. Half way through we picked up the truck and headed across the main road to the other side of the neighborhood. The kids jumped in and out of the back of the truck as we continued down many more streets (just like the way my dad used to drive us when we were little). By the end of the night the kids had over 22 pounds of candy!
