Halloween.... Hmmmm.....

First of all, I hate Halloween.  I don't like dead things, blood and gore, spiders, spider webs, being scared, etc.  I just mostly hate all of those creepy things.  Now that I'm a mom, I'm not too fond of the idea of loads and loads of candy that I have to keep out of sight so that my child doesn't turn into psycho sugar high child (yes, I know they say sugar doesn't cause them to be hyper, but it doesn't cause good behavior and healthy teeth either....).  He's going to be begging and whining about it for weeks, I know already!  *sigh* A good chance for me to practice my stick-to-it-iveness, I guess. 

Anyway, I had this great idea to have Gage be Max from Where the Wild Things Are. He LOVES that book and it's very HIM. :)  He's definitely the king of the wild things.  SO my mom and I have been trying to figure out how we are going to do this costume for him for the last few weeks. The other day he comes home from school and says "Mama, I HAVE to be a ghost for Halloween so I can say BOO!"  Hmmm.... I can fix this. "But Honey, you're going to be Max from this book *get book, show picture*"  He says "NO! I HAVE to be a ghost, please. So I can say BOO!"  Now, every time he says "BOO!" he thrusts his hands out in front of him like he's casting a spell or something. It's cute, I'll give him that.  Long, repetitive, story short, he's going to be a ghost.  But I should be thankful for the milestone this marks. He's old enough to choose what he wants to be all by himself, and strong enough to convince me to go along.  So now the trouble is, how will I make a ghost costume so that the world will still be able to see that precious little face.  I know I could get a sheet and cut holes in it and call it good, but I really want people to see his cute face.  I'm thinking something hood-like. :) 

We're taking him to the pumpkin patch Saturday. I'm excited. PawPaw is even going to go with us this year! Gage is thrilled! :)  I can't wait to take the camera and get some cute pumpkin pictures :)  I hate Halloween, but I LOVE pumpkins and scarecrows and hay bales and decorative gourds! Whoo-hoo pumpkin patch!!