Trick or Treat
…or “Cookie Teet” as Marshall would say. Marc’s been coaching him to say “Trick or Treat” all week for the big night out. We had an early dinner and had Marshall dressed up by 6PM.
Here’s a photo of us before Ora and I took Marshall outside.
Ora and Marshall in the front yard.
We went first to our next door neighbour’s house and as she opened the door and cooed at how cute he was in his pumpkin costume, he overwhelmed her with cuteness by saying, “Cookie Teet”. She let him choose some candy and after doing so he promptly started shutting her screen door for her. He was ready to move on! About six or so houses later, he was starting to get tired from the long walkways and all of the steps to climb. That’s where Ora, his personal valet, came to the rescue.
Ora carrying Marshall between houses and up flights of stairs.
At one point I offered to empty his candy bag out so that he wouldn’t have to drag it on the ground. Of course he refused and started getting upset as I started to remove candy from it to lighten the load. He continued to drag the candy bag because it was so heavy.
We finally came home after an hour and a half, and after it was evident that Marshall was so tired that he could barely walk.
Here he is getting some candy from daddy. Last house of the night!
Sorting out the loot. We let him have a few pieces of candy and he was very excited about it. He also knew that meant we needed to brush his teeth for twice as long!
P.S. I checked in on Marshall as he was sleeping and he momentarily opened his eyes (probably half-asleep but had his eyes open). He looked at me and didn’t say anything for a few seconds. Then he said the words “coco teet” and I told him yes, he had a fun time going Trick or Treat and that it was time to sleep. He closed his eyes and went back to sleep.