Dax's Journal

Last year Dax loved Halloween. He adored his costume and wore it several times. He loved pumpkins and skeletons and bats and witches. On Halloween night he ran to the door every time the bell rang so he could help dole out candy to the trick-or-treaters.

This year? Not so much. In fact, I think it is safe to say that he hates Halloween.

Since Dax refused to have anything to do with anything remotely resembling a Halloween costume this year (even turning up his nose at Thomas the Tank Engine, Nemo, Elmo, Tigger, and a very cute monkey), I had to find a non-costumey costume for this year's festivities.

This morning we attended a Halloween party at My-Gym. His behavior in the beginning was decidedly not Punk Rock as he clung to me like a small lemur and cried through circle time. But he eventually adjusted to the huge crowd of oddly dressed people and ended up having a good time.

His favorite activities included playing with some inflatable eyeballs and, of course, all manner of jumping activities. You know....like this....

And this......

He has one more party to get through (Monday night at daycare) and then he can put this silly Halloween nonsense behind him and move on to hating Thanksgiving.