Trick or Treat!

Miss Mattison and I went to Mason's school yesterday to see him march around in his costume at the Halloween parade. I loved seeing all the kids costumes! I think Mattie liked it too...she was staring intently at each costume that went by, but didn't say a word. I wasn't sure if she was scared, but she didn't cling to me once like she usually does so maybe she was just watching in her own little way. I think the ladybug costume was the most popular girls costume this year for sure.

While waiting for Mason's class, I got all panicky because I thought that my video camera wasn't working. I really wanted to videotape the parade for Daddy to see. I don't know what I did, but i flipped some button up on the side and it magically came on. Pushed record to make sure it was REALLY going to work and the low battery light flashed...and then turned off just.like.that. Yup...just my luck. I really need a new one like asap. I did quickly turn it back on to at least get a few seconds of Mason when we saw him. Oh well...I guess a few seconds is better than nothing.

When we did spot him in the crowd, Mattie got really excited and starting yelling for him. "Mommy, there's Mason! Mason here we are!" I wonder who she gets that from. =) I have to say that I was impressed by how nicely all of the kids were walking in line. Not one of them jumped out of line or anything. I couldn't see him smiling behind his little mask, but Mason didn't even run out of line to give me a hug when he saw me. What the heck...lol. As we were walking back to the car when the parade was over, Mattie said to me- "Mommy wheres Mason? Can we pick him up now?"  Even though they have a very hard time sharing toys, she just loves him so much.

We had a great trick or treating night too.The weather was great especially two days after it snowed! Crazy right?! It definitely wasn't as cold as I remembered last year's Halloween to be though. Our usual Halloween crowd came over again this year-Kristina, Rian, Mom-Mom & Poppy Mesmer, Amanda, & Kayla. Rian was Daphne from Scooby Doo (probably the only Scooby Doo costume that I saw this year) and Kayla was a pink mermaid. The girls were such good helpers and handed the candy out all by themselves to the kids that came to our door. Man, would I have loved to be a trick or treater last night! Little did we know, those girls were handing out fistfuls of candy to each kid in costume! I had to laugh to myself when I heard Mattie say "trick or treat little boy, have fun with your candy, happy halloween". Shes a trip!  

After pizza, we took a walk around the neighborhood on the lookout for the houses "with their front door lights on". Mason would scream--"There's a house with their light on! Lets go!" and the kids would go running.They were all just so excited! I love it. I think we did nothing but laugh the whole time. Mattie fell 5 different times from being overly excited (yes we counted). She would fall, but then get right back up, let everyone know that she was OK, and get right back to running up to someones house for her candy. She also felt the need to announce to everyone that her name was Mattison the second someone opened their door. I told her that she really didn't need to do that because Mommy didnt think it was safe. She says, "but im Mattison" and of course went off and running again. We also saw three big signs - two on someone's door and one in their garden - announcing that they had no more candy, which made us laugh too. Oh well, at least they apologized. Halfway through, Mason asked if it was time to go home yet. I knew that was coming...he was the first one to want to go home last year, but that was because his legs were getting tired. Since then the muscles in his legs have gotten stronger especially with wearing the leg braces. He told me last night that it was getting too dark out and that means it's time to go. I told him that it was OK for today and that it was safe because we were all there with him. There was one house that had one of those misting machines outside of it. As soon as Mason saw that he made it clear that he was NOT going to that house. "It's scary", he tells me. Of course Mattison came running to his side and said, "Come on Mase, lets go" and they left hand in hand. I hear her telling him that it's OK over and over and that it's all just fake. She amazes me. Can you tell who the leader of the pack usually is? :)


When we finally got home, the kids just wanted to eat nothing but candy. I don't blame them, BUT it was late so I INSPECTED THE CANDY FIRST (yes that's right...I told the kids that I needed to check the candy first before they ate it, lol) and let them eat one piece. Of course, Mason chose a kit-kat, his favorite this year. Last year, it was a plain chocolate hershey bar. Mattison doesn't really have a favorite. That girl will eat just about anything. When she talks about kit-kats though she calls them kitty kats, which I think is funny.


My favorite thing to end our fun night was when Mason was sitting next to me on the floor, searching through his candy bag. He said (in words that probably I understood the most of) "Mom, I was so happy when Mattison put her arm around me and told me that it would be OK when I was scared so I'm going to share with her and give her THIS" and pulls out a pack of nutter butter cookies from his huge candy filled bag. Such a sweet way to end my wonerful Halloween night!