Halloween BP style

Ok NOT the most creative photos, but I think we would have won "Most Creative" at any Halloween costume party. Ryan is slightly obsessed with the BP oil spill. He even opted for a book from the school book fair about this topic (his new favorite book). He knows more about oil spills then Valdez and Tony Hayward. So naturally when I asked "what would you like to be for Halloween?" he said without skipping a beat..."the oil spill!" So then he looked to ME to come up with HOW we'd do this. Thank you Glad trash bags, internet pics and BP logos. So many of the neighbors complimented Ryan on his creative costume. This was so much better than two years ago when I attempted to make him a snake costume. We thought it looked like a snake...instead he got:
"Are you a frog?"
"Oh you are a gecko!"
"Ummm...little boy...what are you exactly?"
It broke my heart seeing his rejected, sad, cute face walking back to me after yet another failed attempt at guessing what in the sam hell he was. Epic fail Mommy!

So this year we scored and I treasured trick or treating with him. I'm not sure how many more years he has in him. I packed up the skulls, bats, skeletons, ghosts and thought about how lucky I am to have a son that loves Halloween as much as me. And I'm so proud that when he went to a house that had a sign by the bowl of candy that said, "please only take two pieces" he would only take one. He said, "I don't want to bankrupt them so I only took one." I also love that he saves all the Tootsie Rolls for me because they are my favorite. He's a great kid even if he's obsessed with oil spills, Jason Voorhees and ghosts.