a (little) halloween parade

eli is sort of new to halloween. last year, the first year for him to really get it, he was a little sick and only took a stroller ride in a half hearted costume around our neighborhood for some halloween festivities near our place. that was last year. this year, we tried to explain he gets to dress up. i suggested he could be a construction worker and he insisted on being a…. digger! and if you're going to put your kid in a costume it might as well be one they love. so i decided to find my inner cardboard box crafting skills… and with the suggestion of a friend who reminded me that they make yellow duct tape, went to work. 

today was his preschool's halloween parade and party. it was pretty adorable. they walk around the block in their costumes--a little parade of 3 and 4 year olds! henri and i were able to be there too, hang out, eat snacks, watch a little performance (they sang some songs--eli was very serious the whole time). then we eat, they let the kids dance to music (henri was dancing too--he wanted to be right where eli was!), then we went outside and played on their outdoor play structure. it's a sweet little school and was great to see eli have fun--usually i just drop him off and don't get to see what his mornings are like. of course, we took that excavator costume off after the parade and his time on stage. got to make sure it lasts until saturday! (i only have so much duct tape).