any day is a good day for Halloween

Today it is pouring rain, all day. Jake and Max wanted to pretend it was Halloween. Fine by me, since we will be indoors all day we might as well make it fun. By some miracle Jake was able to squeeze into his "Woody" from Toy Story costume from last October. He wanted the one-piece pull-on pants/shirt/vest ensemble and the red scarf and the hat and the boots. He was so very excited. I pulled down a trick-or-treat jack-o-lantern bucket for him. The works. He was set to go. Max simply pulled on his beloved Shamu costume, a large stuffed Orca with a hole in the middle and suspender straps. He has worn this for the last two Halloweens. My husband and I think he might want to wear it again this year. Max understood we were "playing" and was content with the "pretend" treats I was handing out. Jake, however, was confused and kept looking in his plastic orange bucket saying "my turn", "my turn". Max put a fishing net (yes, a fishing net, often used by parents to corral stuffed animals or bath toys) into Jake's bucket as his "treat". This was NOT a treat to Jake. All in all some plastic fruit and cookies were handed out and we had a good time. For 10 minutes. Max took his costume off and moved on. Jake wanted to keep his costume on; he did so all the way up until lunchtime. He might have even had one boot dangling from his fat toes while he ate his grilled cheese sandwich.