Halloween - The Story of a Wild Lion

I am sitting here eating my son's Halloween Candy.  There are so many reasons why Halloween is the best Holiday of the year.  This year was especially fun because JAC was old enough to trick-or-treat.

I worked all week to sew JAC a Lion costume. As the project progressed I would try it on JAC. JAC hated his costume. Jess did his best to convince JAC to like the costume but nothing was working.

On Halloween the costume was complete and I think it brought out JAC's inner lion because he was absolutely wild. He raced around the the house trying to catch and tickle the dog. The dog cowered in fear. JAC then ran around in circle chasing his own tail.

It took both parents to trap the wild lion and get him out the door to trick-or-treat. We decided to start with a neighbor he knew. JAC knocked on the door and our sweet neighbor talked to him about his costume and put candy in his basket. She shut the door and we turned to leave but JAC ran up the stairs again. He wanted more candy.  He was hooked.

After the first house, JAC was a pro. He could knock on doors, say "trick-or-treat," growl on command and even said, "thank you" after getting candy. It was a blast watching his excitement as he ran from door to door. When the wild little lion had to go to bed he cried and cried. I'm not sure if he just wanted to eat more candy or really loved Halloween as much as I did.