halloween-a-comin'

i am so excited for halloween that i've been wearing my bat costume as much as my mom will let me. we haven't carved our pumpkin yet, but this is the kind of face i want it to have: a scary-halloween face. my mom thinks i'm silly.

on sunday my mom & auntie phon and i went over to st. paul to my cousin marin's house and then we all (her mom and dad and baby brother mason) piled into their 7-passenger vehicle and drove down to grand avenue for BOO BASH.

they had an animal petting station and a few other "special" event-things - but marin and i were most interested in trick or treating to the different stores to get candy. we had fun, even though some of the places ran out of candy by the time we got there. marin was a little bummed that we didn't get to go the jumpy-houses (i've never really liked them, so i didn't care) ... because they were "closed for swine flu" (or at least that is what we were told - by our parents......) ;)

we even got a little free face-painting done. nothing too elaborate, or extravagent - but it was free. i asked for a bat - because i was dressed up as a bat.

for the last couple weeks, i've been telling my mom that i want to be a ghost for halloween (like the real halloween - trick or treating - not boo bash) and she really has been fine with it, because, well let's face it. a ghost is a pretty easy costume to put together! but yesterday in the car, on the way to ma-tu's house, while i was (of course) wearing my bat costume, i just thought i would let her know ... "mom, it's ok. i can be a bat for halloween. because, we should be happy with what we have, right?"