The diaper was actually part of the costume

Halloween is difficult for us, mainly because we make it difficult. Like most things in our lives, we tend to over think it. Last year, even though we had pretty much settled on Park being Toy Boy early on, we re-evaluated and critiqued our decision right up to the last minute. This year we didn't know what he was going to be until four days before Halloween. We had a couple of ideas floating around in our heads but ultimately, when push came to shove—and just as time was about to expire, we decided to play to our strengths.

While Park may not be the most mobile kid around, he just might be the friendliest. Take the kid to the grocery store and he'll say "hi" to everyone he sees … at least five times each. And when it's time to go they'll each get an equal amount, in both quantity and volume, of "byes."

So of course, Park had to be a …










Walmart greeter.












Carrie made the vest and shirt (which, if you can't tell, features a tie much like last year's Toy Boy costume) and I made the flair by creating the graphics on the computer and then printing them out on iron-on transfer paper.

As for Halloween itself, we first hit up an elementary school/middle school/high school party before heading over to the parents' house of some of our oldest friends before our little greeter got so wound up we weren't sure we would ever be able to actually get him to bed.

Oh, and the true spirit of procrastination, we also went to the pumpkin patch (or depending on how you look at it, the side yard of a church) the day before Halloween.