My mom always made my Halloween costumes, and now it's tradition that she makes Ryan's. This year Ryan was a bat for Halloween. NOT Batman. A BAT. 
 
 I may be biased, but I think Ryan's bat costume turned out really well!
 Ryan and I went over to Mike and Casey's house for dinner, and to go trick or treating with Dylan and Madison. (Casey's best friend, Andrea, and her husband, Matthew came along, too - as well as Matthew's niece, Treasure, and her friend, Crystal. Treasure and Crystal went as ladybugs, so Ryan was referring to them as, "The Ladybug Friends." ) Dylan went as Wolverine, and Madison went as a fairy princess. Mike was dressed as a ghost pirate a la Pirates of the Caribbean.(Even after digging around in my storage shed for over an hour, I was unable to local my Ren Faire costume, so I didn't dress up.)
 Matthew accidentally called Ryan, "Batman," to which Ryan replied with much annoyance, "I'm NOT Batman! I'm a BAT!"
 Unfortunately Casey wasn't feeling well, so she stayed home while Mike, and Casey's mom, Rondi, went out with us.
 Casey and Mike live in a great neighborhood for Halloween. A lot of people go all out. Their neighbor across the street even had a maze set up in his front yard, with the reward of candy at the apex of the maze.
 We began our trick or treating right at dusk. It was a beautiful evening. We all had a great time making circuits around the neighborhood. Ryan did really well, saying "Trick or treat!" and even "Thank you!" This is the first year I stood back a little and let Ryan go up to the door with Madison and Dylan. (There were several adults in our group very close by at all times.) There were a couple of times Ryan wanted me to go with him, so I did. Ryan didn't seem spooked by much, but there was one house that had a HUGE inflatable spider which Ryan didn't like at all. I don't blame him!
 After every house, Ryan would hold his trick or treat bucket up and say, "Look how many I've got!"
 One house gave out delicious hot chocolate, with lots of cinnamon in it. Yum!
 After a while, the kiddos started to get tired. We headed back to Casey and Mike's house with quite a haul of candy. Ryan slam dunked about half a dozen pieces or so before we headed home. When we got home, I let Ryan have all the candy he wanted, before putting him to bed with the Great Pumpkin. All in all, a very good Halloween!
 Here are our photos from the night. Enjoy!

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