Boo, everybody!

Miles was really glad he didn't sleep through Halloween this year (like he did for his 1st Halloween). Although he wasn't so sure about the whole costume thing while I dressed him. He gave me the "you're taking off my clothes to put other clothes on?!??!" wiggle the entire time. And forget about the mane, he was having none of that! Oh yeah, that IS the lion suit, not a turkey or potato as some of the neighbor kids thought. Once we got the dogs tucked away, Miles hosted an early evening costume party in the front yard. Every year the people across the street have a party for the kids to trick-or-treat together. So as they gathered, they detoured to our yard to play with Miles.

And he ate. it. up. LOVED it! And the girls did too. They walked around with him and copied the little tail wiggle. Dad brought out the video camera when he got home and they hammed it up. Looks like we'll have a great selection of babysitters here in a few years!!
A little later he was so excited to answer the door when they came by. He just stood there looking up at at least a dozen kids in the door. And ever time the doorbell rang, he'd scurry over to look at the kids standing at the door. We had our biggest year yet, it's a good thing I got an extra bag of treats at the last minute. Miles even did a little trick or treating... we rang the doorbell at a couple of neighbors' houses just to say hi. But we got back home in time for a Very Special Lady(bug) to stop by - his friend Kate! She looked adorable in her costume and was all grins playing with us.
I guess the only ones who didn't have fun last night were the pups. Halloween ranks right up there with New Years and the 4th of July for dog annoyance days!! Hopefully a little candy corn will get us back in their good graces.