Campbell has been sick for the past week and half.  We thought it was just a cold that he would get over, but he seems to be getting worse – green gunky nose and persistent and increasing fever.  And, you can tell that he just doesn’t feel good.  So we went in to the doctor this afternoon and it was strep and the beginnings of an ear infection.  And the doctor said he was extremely congested.  Poor little guy.  So, Campbell and mom picked dad up after the doctor’s appointment, picked up and both started antibiotics (since I’ve been persistently sick with whatever he had) immediately, and rallied for trick-or-treating.  We did let dad do all the candy selection to keep Campbell’s germy hands from infecting all the other kids in the neighborhood, which worked surprisingly well.

In any event, sickness aside, we had an extremely successful first time trick-or-treating.  We made it all the way to Ben’s park before turning back toward home, and Campbell loved his fire truck costume!  (A lot of the neighbors thought it was pretty cute too).  The down side of all that success + getting back after trick-or-treating had already started was that we had tons of leftover candy and only had one person ring our doorbell all night (at least when we were here).

We ended the night by stopping by Megan and Matt’s house, where lots of people were gathered and where they gave Campbell a fire truck toy that he loved that their kids had outgrown.  This had the side benefit of even distracting Campbell from his need for Halloween candy.  🙂

Here are some shots of Campbell in his cute costume.  🙂

Later, dad got this cute one, which is pretty remarkable considering how sick he’s been.  And, you should look back at the past few days – I added some new pictures I found that hadn’t downloaded from dad’s phone.