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As a kid Halloween was always one of my favorite Holidays. When I was little I would ask my mom to tell me "spooooky" stories at bedtime, I loved Casper, I loved my older brother Ryan telling me the scary story of the old lady making soup with a...bone! Shriek!

Halloween is still one of my favorites! I love fall, pumpkins, and costumes. It is just as fun being a mom on Halloween.  This year Hudson learned what Halloween really consists of, and excitedly took part in all the classic activities.   All month long he told me he "wanted Halloween!' He was a cowboy, and the weeks before Halloween he would put on his little cowboy hat and ride around on his bike.

This fall has been extra amazing this year.  The past few years fall has felt kind of non-existent and once October rolled around I just started dreading the cold months approaching way too fast.  This year I relished every little thing about fall I love.  Hudson and I went on bike rides/walks up the canyon and watched the leaves changing color.  We crunched dry leaves on the sidewalk every chance we got.  I tried to show him how amazing pumpkin flavored hot chocolate is, but he doesn't get that yet, why would a drink be hot?

This year our Halloween consisted of the classic Halloween church party, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time making Chicken Gnocchi soup to bring, and it one second place, which I felt pretty good about, but I'm still not sure the hours of cooking was worth having the giant pot being gone so fast.  Hudson ran around stage posing for everyone in the costume parade and helped me further realize that his little two year old self is the opposite of my two year old self.

I have always loved Halloween.  Fall time, costumes, and of course candy, what's not to love!?  It is fun to enjoy Halloween a little differently with a toddler and watch him enjoy himself, observing so many new things. We went to the trunk or treat in my parents neighborhood to let Hudson do a little trick or treating. 

I was impressed with how well he picked out candy!  I was expecting him to try and eat every piece he got, but was so good!  He would take his time and look for just what he wanted from the bowl, grab a hand full, and carefully put it in his bucket.

He did get a bit overwhelmed by all the costumes.  For some reason he would not let me or Jason hold him, only my mom, he cried every time she tried to let him walk, or we tried to hold him.  Maybe it was our cowboy hat "costumes" we had on?  But really, I don't think his Grandma was complaining at all.

The next morning I walked into the living room and realized I forgot to put his candy away, he had climbed onto the couch and was sorting through the candy. It was one of those moments where I felt like I was the mom of a boy and not a baby.

On the way to trick or treat we stopped at a park we took pictures at last week, which Hudson loved, to let him play a little, see him in his spooky pjs...

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.  When I was a little girl I would beg my parents to tell me "spoooky stories" at bedtime, and I love dressing up for any reason!  In fact, I think I usually have more fun putting a costume together and getting ready than actually going to Halloween parties.

Now let me flash back, Halloween 2010, Jason and I's first Halloween married, I can't even remember what we did, boring! Halloween 2011, we played games and passed out candy at my parent's house, and announced to friends that we were pregnant with Hudson!  Still pretty uneventful (Besides the prego part)!  Halloween 2012 we had Hudson to dress up and show off, which turned out to be my favorite Halloween yet!

While I waited for Jason to get home from class, I carved three pumpkins in a row, all by myself.  THREE!  Who does that!?  Someone excited for Halloween!