Rewind: Preschool Halloween Party

If there's one thing I learned about Halloween and school, if your child is supposed to wear his/her costume to school — count on yours being the ONLY one who refuses. I'm not proud to admit it, but Miles and I did not have a good morning before heading off to his class the day of his Halloween party. We both woke up on the wrong side of the bed and since I was the room helper that day, we were in a rush. It didn't help that he threw the most spectacular temper tantrum when it was time to put on his costume.

The harder I tried to convince him to put it on, the more he refused to slip into it. We ran out of time, so I shoved his Spider-Man costume into his book bag in case he decided to change his mind when he saw the other kids. He did, but only for a minute. He ran into the bathroom, turned into Spider-Man and when he came out, he went back to being Peter Parker. Thankfully his costume had an alter ego we could fall back on.

I think it's amazing that he didn't care one bit that he wasn't in costume. I cared more than he did. Lesson learned.