halloween 2009

we had a happy halloween this year. porter dressed up as rocket from disneys little einsteins. rocket happens to be his latest obsession, and he has loved his costume for the past week and a half. we have had meltdowns at our house when bedtime has come, and we have insisted he take the costume off. he has slept with his costume in his bed. we took porter down to santaquin to trick-or-treat with his cousins. it was much more fun to be with the kids, even though he had to run to keep up, especially in his costume.
here are notable memories from porter's halloween experience:
1) he said trick-or-treat once when he knocked on the door, and again when someone answered.
2) he tells one lady "thank you" but she is too busy talking to hear. he watches her and waits patiently, before finally telling her "yo welcome" and walks away.
3) porter's final house: nobody is home. the kids move on to the next house, but porter sits down on their doorstep, leans against the door, and closes his eyes. he stays there for a couple minutes.
4) at a halloween party- a game is being played with dice, and everyone is yelling "Doubles!" Porter is getting really excited with everyone and is clapping his hands and jumping up and down. Soon we hear him yelling with the group, but when we listen closer we hear he's yelling "Bubbles", not "Doubles".
5) i dressed up for the ward halloween party as a police officer and wore a wig. porter didn't recognize me, even at home. he was going to the stairs yelling "mommy, where are you?" at the party, he was terrified any time he lost sight of jared, and did not want to be left alone with me. when we got to the car to leave, i put him in his carseat and then took off the wig. his eyes changed to something of recognition, and he put his hands on my face. "HI MOMMY!" he says, as if I just got there. i decided not to dress up on halloween so he'd actually want to play with me.