The Finn Files: Trick or TREAT?

Last year Finn was still a little young to get the concept of Halloween. Not the case this year. After explaining how it worked, you could almost see the wheels turning in his head. Three little words + cool costume + smile + outstretched hand = FREE CANDY (and mom doesn't object?) Best holiday of the year, so far! Needless to say, Finn was all about Halloween this year. He practiced saying "trick or treat" and you could almost see the awe on his face when, lo and behold, it worked, and he got lots of candy.

For the big event, we went with our friends, the Simons, to Old Town, Alexandria. They block one street off and all of the houses along the route go all out with candy, decorations and spooky surprises. There are hundreds and hundreds of kids, and that is probably underestimating the crowd size. The best part is the people watching, so many fun and creative costumes to see. Finn loved it and kept a death grip on his candy basket. Everything was going great until we happened to run into the Big Bad Wolf. Finn took one look at him and it was game over. We were going to the car, that very minute. In his defense, it was a scary looking wolf and the fact a big man was wearing it, didn't help matters. Even the promise of more candy, wasn't enough. Finn was done. Once we got back to the car, he was okay, but still wanted confirmation that the wolf was walking the other way, away from us. He also wanted to be reassured that it was just "pro-tend" and the wolf wasn't real. We let him pick out a few pieces for the ride home and that seemed to make everything okay.

Fireman Finn is on the scene and ready for action