Welcome to the Buckley Family: Happy First Halloween!

We could not wait for Tyler to wear his first Halloween costume! Since we have a puppy dog theme for his room, I decided to continue to go with the theme and get him a puppy dog costume. I think Steve was a little weary of it at first, but he was suckered in later which I will explain in a bit. Getting the costume turned out to be more of a task than I was planning. I ordered his costume and was so excited about getting it in. I ordered one that was for 12 months because that fits even though sizes vary by who makes it. So when it came in, I tried it on him and it was TOO SHORT! I could not believe it and I only had like a week or two to get a new one. I made Steve go with me immediately the next day to this Halloween place that only comes during Halloween time. We needed to get out costumes anyway too!

So we went to the Halloween store and fortunately they had the puppy dog outfit. I tried it Tyler in the dressing room to make sure it fit and it did - so relieved. Tyler pulled the curtain back and took one look at daddy and daddy was sold. He said "we are taking it!"

On Halloween, we decided to go to our church for the Kids Karnival. We met up with our friends the Hortons at the church so Tyler and Grace could experience it together. We realized it was mostly for older kids (older than our kids), because there were games for kids to play and candy they gave out. Tyler and Grace could not really play most of the games and they don't really eat candy either, but I think they had fun anyway. Tyler always enjoys watching other kids. I had to chase him around a little too. After the Karnival, we went back home and made it in time for a few trick-or-treaters. We still had lots of candy left over. It was definitely a good first Halloween!