Benjamin's First Halloween, 2008
**Benjamin's Second Halloween, 2009**
Benjamin's Third Halloween, 2010
Luke's First Halloween, 2011
Benjamin's Fourth Halloween, 2011
Benjamin's Fifth Halloween, 2012
Luke's Second Halloween, 2012
**Jenny and I are always asking ourselves, "Do other people laugh this much???" Because we certainly have our share of funny moments.
Scroll back up to Ben's second Halloween, 2009. He was a baby chick.
We decided to drive over to Jenny's parents' town and surprise them with a visit and a little early-bird trick-or-treeter. They lived about 45 minutes away, and we did not have Ben in his costume when we arrived in their little town. So I pulled off of the road into a gravel lot near a grain elevator. We took Ben out of his carseat and dressed him in his full costume - tights and all. Well, the costume was so fat and bulky that we couldn't get Ben back in his seat. So we decided to let him ride in Jenny's lap from there to the house. It was just a few blocks, and this was definitely a one stoplight town.
As we drove down the main street, we noticed a State Trooper coming in the opposite direction.
Jenny exclaimed, "Slow Down! Ben isn't in his car seat and I don't want to attract attention."
I looked at her and said - somehow with a straight face - "Not attract attention? Honey, he's dressed like a bright yellow chicken."
Guess you had to be there - still makes me laugh.