Halloween Pictures

As our frequent readers may remember, we gave Malcolm a mohawk at the start of June for a fun summer one-time haircut. As things turned out, he loved his mohawk and asked us very sweetly not to cut it off. We're now in November, and every morning while I'm combing out the mohawk strip, "Mommy, please don't cut off my mohawk!!" Fresh out of the bath, oiled and combed, it's nearly an inch tall now!!

Ever heard the phrase "play to your strengths"? Well, if you're son thinks he's a rockstar . . . and it's October . . . what else are his parents to do?

Please note all the fabulous details . . . florescent red mohawk, tattoos, spiked metal bracelet, (ribbed jeans not visible in the picture), the Pez-candy rolled up in the sleeve (Matt's awesome idea) and the inflatable guitar (or as the little Rockstar calls it, his Air Guitar).

Halloween adventures included all sorts of fun. Such as the Al Sigel Center Walkabout at the Mall . . .

. . . including an impromptu guitar solo in the middle of the walkway . . .

We also enjoyed a Halloween Parade at his preschool . . .

. . . followed by a Halloween Party.

Sadly, Trick-or-Treating was called on account of rain, sleet, snow and hail (yes, all in one day! Thank you upstate NY!)

Happily, we continue to find all sorts of dress up fun.

Happy Halloween!

Malcolm the Ninja!

Ninja Malcolm with Mommy the Kitty Cat

Malcolm's Mighty Ninja Hands . . . Hai-Yah!

Matthew is down with a cold this year, leaving just Malcolm and I to go trick-or-treating. Our apartment complex doesn't have much in the way of chocolate-seeking fun, what with having to buzz into each building . . . so we branched out a bit. We ended up over on the other side of town, trick-or-treating at his honorary Aunt & Uncle's house. In addition to trick or treat chocolates, they also invited Malcolm in for homemade cookies and a glass of milk.

After that, Malcolm and I tootled off to explore the neighborhood. Malcolm loved trick-or-treating this year, and really got into it. "Mommy, I want to trick-or-treat that house, right there!" he would declare, pointing imperiously at one house, and then the next.

Let me preface this last part . . . what Malcolm did next was entirely of his own accord, with absolutely no prompting from me at all!

As we were wrapping up for the evening, with a just a few houses to go, the nice lady of the house opened the door, and Malcolm said "Happy Halloween. Trick or Treat!" (This is what we'd been saying all night at each door. After she held out the bowl and he picked out one (just one!) treat, he said "Thank you." (Again, we'd practiced this all night as well.) But then, he decided to chime in with a new request:

"I want to take one for Mommy, please!"

Needless to say, the lady was (very) charmed, and I was (a tiny bit) mortified. Malcolm truly meant what he'd said though. With her permission, he picked out an extra candy, and turned and handed it to me. "This is for you, Mommy!"

Too sweet! (He even picked out a Reeses. My favorite!)

Halloween Fun at the Zoo with Friends!

Halloween 2008

Happy Halloween!  (Okay, so I'm a little late in posting pictures.  I know you'll still be happy to see them!)  Malcolm had two costumes this year (thank you "half price sale" at the thrift shop!)  In the morning, we dressed him up in a brown dog costume, complete with red bandana, so that he dressed as "Elly Bean."  For those who don't know her, Elly Bean is Malcolm's favorite "lovey," a stuffed dog from L.L. Bean (thus the name "Elly Bean") that my Dad got him for Christmas two years ago.  Elly Bean now goes every where with Malcolm, including to and from school each day.  If you look carefully, you can see her in many of the photos on this website!

For his second costume, he dressed as The Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz.  Matthew dressed as the Scarecrow, myself as the Tin Man, and our cousin, Liz, here visiting from CA, dressed as Dorothy!  Too cute!  Check out the pictures below.  My favorite is the one in which Malcolm is "roaring" at the camera!  We took him trick-or-treating, where he dutifully whispered "tri-tree" to the nice folk with the candy, but then would gleefully ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!

The not-so-cowardly lion, after all!