Better than he dreamed

Halloween is coming. Oh, you haven't begun to think about Halloween yet? Clearly you don't have a five year old boy at your house then, eh?

My son has been talking Halloween for about a month. A few weeks ago a friend of his asked my son if they could trick or treat together. After my son reminding me of that several times, I finally emailed the friend's mom. "Why did he have to ask you several times?", you might ask. Yes, Halloween is a month away, but the social schedule of five year olds fills quickly. I did finally email her this weekend. And why did I wait so long? Because it was this mom. I was all prepared for her to say no (or nothing at all) as I created some excuse for my son in lieu of the reality of "Sorry, but your friend's mom is mad that I told her about the time her son rubbed a poo covered stick on your shirt."

Well, I was wrong. She sent an enthusiastic, if not awkward email, that her son has also been asking, and that he was very excited when she told him that I asked about it. The awkward part was one strange line in the email: "It's good that we're talking about this." Um, yes it is.

The most important part? My son was thrilled this morning when I told him he would get to trick or treat with his friend. It's also nice that this awkward moment in my history with his friend's mom seems to have passed.

He is also thrilled about his costume, Captain Rex from Star Wars. He informed me that he likes it "better than he ever dreamed". :-)

If his dreams are coming true, and then some, then I'm happy. :-)

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Want to hear what we did Sunday afternoon? Go check out my review of the Red Wings/Penguins game. Thanks so much to EventChaser and Razorgator for providing the tickets!