My Multicultural Family: Halloween Hangover Edition

This was our first real Halloween together. Last year, I was huge pregnant, Joel was gone on a work trip, and little Liam wasn't really interested in the idea of Halloween. This year was a completely different story. Liam has been obsessed with this strange day when people give candy to him. What's better for a two year old really? OK maybe I was much more excited about it this year too. I couldn't wait to dress my little babies up. My aunt, cousins, and I met up at the mall to trick or treat at a few stores before nap time. Apparently, we missed the memo that it started at four not 2. Oh well. What can you do? Luckily, most of the stores were nice and gave the kids candy early.Could you really say no to Curious George, a sour grape, and a calf?Can anyone guess what my cousin chase was? He is the one with the box... We had quite a few guesses Halloween night and only the kids knew who he was!My son Liam loved it! He had such a great time going around with his cousins. We even changed his cousin's costume title to just a grape, when she perked up. I guess candy can do that to you.As soon as my son Levi realized what was going on, he was super excited! Or when he stole a sucker... After the mall, we decided to go home, take naps, eat dinner, and start again. We went around a few neighborhoods with my family. It was great until my son Liam saw a dad in a scary mask. He started yelling and looked for him, around every corner, for the rest of the night.He even went up to his cousin and said, "Havensong, there is a scary guy over there, but I'm not scared."I guess he needed to reassure himself. Then he asked if his cousin would protect him. Next year, I think we need to go before it gets dark to avoid the creepy costumes. We went to one house and a dad was sitting on the porch, waiting to jump up and scare kids. Liam and my husband Joel were already walking up when I noticed. I was hoping and praying he wouldn't jump up because I knew Liam would end up traumatized and blaming us for ruining his childhood. The guy put his head up, saw Liam, and put his head down right away.Too late.. Liam started freaking out and good daddy, Joel got him out of there. He may have been laughing hysterically, but he got him out of there.The whole night wasn't scary though. We went up to one house with a sweet, older, Indian woman. Liam went up, looked at her, grabbed the candy, looked back up, stared,  and said, "Thank you Naynama (grandma in Telugu)." We all lost it laughing! He thought she was his grandma!Overall, we had a great night, got a bunch of candy, and now Joel and I get to enjoy our first year of eating all of the boys candy. Hey, my parents have done it for years. Now, it's our turn!