Can I just say that some things do get better with age? Seriously - the older I get, the holidays just get better. Take for instance... Halloween. Here's a quick flashback.

Here I am as a baby - about 4 months old or so. Not doing much... just hanging out, spitting up, etc...

The next year was a bit better, but as you can see - I'm still looking a bit lost and unsure of myself and also quite oblivious to the goodies that were going into my bucket.

This year? Do not be fooled by my forlorn expression. I know what's up.

I had an entire day of halloween festivities. Here's the rundown.

First up, I prepared for my first ever school performance. I think you'll see evidence below that proves I was the shining star of the class.






This is my class. I'm not really a big fan of group photos. But get me by myself and...





I. Come. To. LIFE. (Sans my "lid"/zebra head of course. The bane of my mother's existence.)







After the in-class preparations, we headed to the gym for our performance. Here I am, forcing myself to talk to the cooey-est (scariest) kid in the entire world. I, in-fact, referred to him exclusively as "Cooey Kid."



Ahhh... and then the performance. Click on link below (it wouldn't embed for some reason). Believe me - I am not at all hard to identify... And my mom would like for me to note that I was candy-free during the spectacle.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu6O3XjU4YM




So moving on... Despite the fact we had a morning full of activity, the day was in diapers. I still had trick-or-treat coming up!!!



I prepared for my rounds that evening by letting my fellow trick-or-treater, Christopher, push me around on a little car. Note the crazy face... We were pretty much wiped by the time we were supposed to head outside. Oops.



We rallied though and headed out! Initially, Mom felt it was necessary to take me around by hand.



She quickly learned that I needed no such help.

Here I am letting the good people know that their decorations are very cooey. VERY.




Christopher, his mommy and Peedles brought up the rear in case I "tried to make a run for it." Yeah... like that would ever happen.




So as you can see, Halloween was a total blast and I can't wait until next year.

In other news, Daddy is away for a while so we have headed back to Peedle and Poppy's house. Nothing too new - same old story...

Mom wishes I was more like this.



But I can't help it! This is just the real me.