Dinosaur Sweet Tooth

So, Troy dressed up as T-Rex for Halloween this year. Every year, we let him pick, and he comes up with some idea off the top of his head. Then, it’s our job to find him a costume. He, of course, has the last word in exactly which one we get before we can push the “Add to Cart” button.

He picked a realistic-looking brown T-Rex costume with a tail, claws, and mask that covered his entire head. My wife decided that it’d be fun for me to dress up too, so she got me a raptor head and claws. Which came in handy, because the mask on Troy’s costume was too small, and he ended up wearing my raptor head instead. I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that his head is almost the same size as mine.

On the night, we set a bowl of candy out on the front porch, in case trick-or-treaters came while we were gone, and headed around the neighborhood. Everyone was excited by Troy’s costume, and he was excited to roar at them for candy. Once again, he was very polite, telling everyone “Thank you!” and wishing them all a “Happy Halloween!” before departing for the next house.

Unfortunately, there weren’t as many decorated houses this year, which is what Troy enjoys the most. I mean he’s been bugging us to take him to see Halloween decorations for a month already. But he enjoyed seeing everyone else’s costumes, and he even complimented a few older kids on their choices, much to their surprise. So, I guess that made up for it.

My wife went back home to check on the candy bowl and get dinner started, so my mom and I were left with the task of trying to wrangle Troy home. He wanted to stop at…every…single…house to make sure that he maximized his candy intake, even though his pumpkin (and my pockets) was overflowing. At some point, I was getting so hungry that I decided to sample a piece of his bounty. Troy immediately started yelling at me not to eat it until he’d had a chance to check it. I guess they’d taught them at the daycare to be safe and let their parents check all their candy. And if your parents are the ones eating it, then I guess the baby has to check it instead.