No, not the start to a bad joke. Not the desire to force and destroy evil on the world. Not even the similarity of a three person name. (Ok, so they actually do have the prior things in common, but that isn't the most important.)
Their most important similarity is that my boys all chose them for Halloween costumes this year. For the past three years, I have easily escaped the purchase of new Halloween costumes. Essentially, Andrew and Brendan had to always decide which football jersey to wear, and then we would don helmets and pants. And Evan would just look in his dress up box and find an outfit of his favorite superhero. Then, we'd be off for the night.
But, this year the boys wanted to buy something new. They were tired of the same outfits. So, I tromped off to Target with the boys and each chose a scary guy to dress up as for the holiday.
Halloween was chilly this year; we had spent the day at a football game freezing! But the wind died down, and the evening was calm and cool. This year, Evan was a joy to watch! His enthusiasm for Halloween surpassed everyone. He ran gleefully from house to house with no concern for anything else but candy. He could be heard chiming, "Trick or Treat" as soon as the door opened. Then, he would respond with "Thank you and Have a nice Halloween" after each piece of candy was dropped into his bag.
Andrew and Brendan were excited but absolutely much more focused on the candy than the joy. I can't believe how quickly enthusiasm wanes. But, they all had fun.
And the results. . .
. . .Our dentist weeping in his sleep at the thought of the impending cavities!
3 comments:
Now that is a candy haul!! Noah is green with envy. :)
They all looked great and wow they got a ton of candy!
I love it. Camey had no idea what was going on, but Daddy sure enjoyed all the candy! Looks like the boys had a great haul!!
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