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Wow. Where did October go? Well, here's a post for Halloween.
The kid's starting to show signs of intelligence. For Halloween, the next-door-neighbor's house had multiple gravestones, a fog machine, multiple strobes, and a screaming, moaning soundtrack. We walked out the front door of our house, he looked over at the neighbor's house, and
started to say "no". Repeatedly. Like a dozen times. I do not exaggerate. There was no mistaking his intent. We went Trick-or-Treating the opposite direction. It only took him 2 doors to get the whole "walk up, ring the door bell, wait, get candy" routine (he's only 20 months and not really talking much, so yelling "trick or treat!" wasn't really an option). He kept a careful eye on the neighbor's house for much of the door-to-door action. By the time we worked our way completely around the block, and the neighbor's house was next, there went my boy: right past the neighbor's house. He didn't hesitate, he didn't take any faltering steps to the door. He simply walked right past it, while watching the house the entire way just in case something started to give chase.
Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have grasped the concept that Halloween is for one night only. When we walk home from the park, he still walks up to people's doors and rings the bells. The folks that have answered have all been amused when I explain about him "not getting it", but I fear this might be kinda old come February...
