Finally, I get around to blogging about Monster’s Halloween. Better late than never, right?
We had bought him a Pirate costume, since he had taken to saying “Ahoy Matey” and playing on boats (around these parts, boats play a big part in play structures). We tried to get him to wear it to the birthday party he attended a while back (with no success) and we again had no success on Halloween. I got him into the pants (over his sweats) and they lasted just under 2 minutes (which is about a minute longer than the first time he put them on). So we went with our backup plan-Spiderman PJ’s with Monster being Spiderman.
In the past, Monster would last about 2 houses around Grandmas’ neighborhood, so we didn’t really expect to go trick or treating. Our town, however, had a great even planned at the firehouse. They built this big “foam pit” filled with white soap-like foam. This thing was huge! At the deepest parts, it would have been about 3-4 feet deep. I half expected kids to get lost in the stuff.
At first, Monster was very tentative about going in the stuff. He has always been sensory defensive to tactile sensations such as foam and shaving cream. He dislikes having his hair wet and rarely wears hats (except when it's raining, I guess a hat is preferable to wet hair).
He was so cute. The first thing he did after getting really into the stuff was to take off his socks and shoes (thank Mother it was a warm night). He then would hold up his pants legs (like picking up a skirt). At one point he had the pants up high enough to look like he was wearing underwear briefs! Eventually, Mr was able to convince him to drop the pants. And man, once he took the plunge, did he ever take the plunge. Mr had told him it was the last time and then we were leaving (We had been there about an hour). Up until now, he would go in, hang out a bit, come out of the foam, run around, then back into the foam. He knew that when he left the foam this time, we were going to go home.
All in all, it was a great Halloween. We got to see some classmates and one of his teachers there. It is very nice living in a small community.
