"The Best Halloween Ever!"

Originally posted 11/1/09
Teddy declared that Halloween this year was "the best ever!" Of course, last year, we ended up in the ER about 2:00am with strep throat, so this year was bound to be better. He was in a great mood and really enjoyed being a pirate. He made a real haul and it is amazing he hasn't gotten sick with the amount of candy he has eaten. A lot of our neighbors were demanding jokes in exchange for candy last night, which for a special needs child can be challenging. At first, he didn't say anything and just left, then later he started just saying non-sensical things and the "joke demanders" would relent and give the candy away unearned...I wasn't sure what to do, but then luckily I remembered a joke he liked and we worked it out so that we did it together. So for the second half of our Trick-or-Treating it went like this:

Dad: Hey Teddy what does the spider want with his hamburger?
Teddy: French Flies!

Everyone enjoyed the joke and then Teddy began enjoying himself and got his confidence back up. After the big haul, we visited his babysitter and then, on the way home, Teddy was determined to find the "big flashlight" (a strobelight) that has been on every night south of our home for a month...we finally found it and the haunted house which it was advertising. We skipped the haunted house for now...maybe next year. Another highlight was our neighbor across the street. Teddy brings Bob's trash cans up from the curb for him twice a week and Bob "paid" him for his work last night: a bucket of candy bars and two $5 dollar bills...Teddy was thrilled: "The Best Halloween Ever!"