Halloween:

I am a bit behind posting about this but I wanted to write it none the less.  Halloween was really fun with little Spiderman this year.  We took Spiderman to a place called Pumpkin land with a kid friendly corn maze, farm animals, climbing toys, and lots of pumpkins.  He was just enjoying the stroller ride until we came up on the animals.  He absolutely loved the Goats and one of the workers gave Cory some food to give them which made Spiderman laugh a lot!  He was able to see goats, ducks, rabbits, doves, peacocks, chickens, and lots of other animals.  He even got to pick out his own pumpkin afterwards.  It was a fun adventure.

We went to the supermarket's trick or treat activity a few days before Halloween and although Spiderman didn't understand what the candy was he did enjoy having people hand him things that he could put in a bucket. He dressed up as a dragon this year and Cory and I were both dressed as medieval folk.  We were also able to walk around a fun little carnival and ride in a horse drawn carriage.  The little man's favorite part was a small petting zoo they had set up and he was able to pet a goat and a bunny, both of which made him laugh.

On Halloween day I took him to the city library for story time and then at night we went trunk or treating at our local church building.  Members of the congregation gather together and park their cars in the parking lot.  Then they sit in their trunks and hand out candy.  We decided to hand out candy first so the older kids at the party could go around and then take Spiderman around at the end since he is still pretty young to understand the whole concept and we knew he wouldn't mind not getting a ton of candy if people ran out.  Spiderman caught on really quickly to what mom and dad were doing.  He had just started walking a week or two before hand and he had his candy bucket down next to him.  Realizing what the game was, he reached in his bucket, pulled out a piece of candy, then started chasing down the nearest kid so he could put his candy in their bucket.  This continued until he was out of his candy from the activity we went to at the supermarket.  It was so precious to watch the little almost 14 month old dragon waddle around giving away his candy!  Once we ran out we took Spiderman around and he got a nice little pile of candy that he is still working through.  He certainly knows what candy is now though, thanks to Halloween, and I think he may be a little more excited about people giving it to him next year although we sure enjoyed watching him give all of his away.