Halloween

Bubs loves Halloween and all the "scary" decorations. He rides in the backseat of our car, going down the street and points out all the "dead men" he sees (also known as skeletons). He gets so excited when he sees a big blown up Pumkin or a fake grave yard. But, if ever we actually get close the decorations - he freaks out. We get costume magazines almost daily now & he loves to look at anything that has decorations in it. He "talks" about going to the scary store & begs us to go. One day I took him & K to the Halloween Spirit store near our house. The 3 of us walked in the store and I almost had to hold him back from running back out the front door into the street. I tried to calm him by getting down to his level. Told him that I could carry him through the store and that everything was just pretend. He would not have any part of it. He froze up & started shaking. I didn't want him to have nightmares, so I convince K that Daddy would bring her back. He went home & told daddy that he got scared, but a few days later he convinced daddy to take him & K back to the store. He was ready this time. So Daddy and his friend Tom picked up the kids from school Friday and swung by the Spirit store on the way home. No chance. Tom had to stay in the car with Bubs, while Daddy took K in to look around. They captured a few cell phone pics of themselves trying on scary masks. K was brave (she said she was just a little scared). Now what do you know, Bubs says he's ready this time. He wants to go back. I think he's just all talk! We'll wait awhile now. I wonder how he'll be trick or treating???