We had such a blast last night!  Last night was Harry's first Trick or Treating experience, and he caught on to the idea of it very quickly!  He was reluctant (to put it nicely) about putting on his costume, but after we got outside and got going he was really into it.  He was very polite when getting candy (always said thank you, didn't grab big handfuls when offerered the bowl) and when he said Trick or Treat it came out more like Colby Cheese!!  I also tried to get him to say "yee haw" a couple of times to get into the cowboy spirit.  He usually said "bye yee haw" to whoever gave him the candy really fast together so it sounded a little like "bye y'all"!  Elliot even scored some goldfish and some pretzles at some houses even though he wasn't officially trick or treating.  We wasn't too jazzed about wearing his monkey hat, but he did pretty well with it.   Harry's little Elmo bucket was full after going down one street in our neighborhood.  He insisted on carrying it most of the time--our offers to help were met with "No! It's mine!".  By the time we were headed back home the thing was basically dragging the ground!  He walked most of the way with nary a complaint, so I was really proud of him.  Our little section of the neighborhood had a block party where we combined all of our candy for the kids, had a cookout/pitch-in, and projected a movie on the side of our neighbor's house.  It was so cool, and such a great idea!  Harry was having the best time sitting on a blanket in awe of the gigantic movie with all of the other neighborhood kids.  Thank goodness for the weather, too!  It got a little chilly after the sun went down, but all in all, it was a really great time. 

 We also decided to go ahead and enroll Harry in preschool starting in January, which means that speech will stop at the end of November!  Woo hoo!  We have been thinking that it is time to stop the lessons for a while, but we really like the therapist and Harry loves it when she comes so it was a hard decision to make.  She was really cool with it and said she will give us a few things to work on.  It also means that he won't be going back to Katrina's unless his school is closed or I work extra.  I was so apprehensive about talking to her about it, because with the extra money we will be sending Harry to school, we can only send Elliot one day a week to Katrina's (Mom will watch him the other day a week that I'll work).  I was worried she would say that it wasn't worth the hassle keeping Elliot one day a week.  I underestimated what a caring person she is though, because she was great about it.  She wanted what was best for Harry, and she definitely wanted to watch Elliot.  We are so thankful that we found her to care for our kids when we can't!  So watch out preschool....here comes Harry Noodle!