Luke S. ~ Firefighter

It's Halloween Dress-Up at i heart faces!

My boys dress up every year for Halloween, but it has never been a huge deal.
They don't talk about their costumes for weeks (or months) on end.
Actually, I'm usually the one who picks them out.
Don't get me wrong, they love to dress up.
We have bins full of dress-up clothes... and they get used almost daily.
Maybe that's it. Every day is dress-up day!!
This year, though, there is a little story behind Luke's costume.

Luke is my practical guy. He adores doing 'guy' stuff.
Lately, as in the past several months, his favorite book has beenRichard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? He POURS over that book.

One day, he was pouring over the pages about firemen while we were driving along in the car.
Suddenly, he had an epiphany. He saw a fire hydrant on the sidewalk and saw the firemen in his book hooking the hose up to a fire hydrant. The look on his face was priceless. Country kids are so deprived...
Later that week, we were visiting my sister and her husband, Ben. Luke and Ben are two peas in a pod, and Luke ADORES Uncle Ben.Luke was sitting on a fire hydrant outside their house, and the subject came up.
Uncle Ben tells Luke that he is going to be a fireman. He has signed up for school and joined the volunteer fire department.
Luke immediately got very upset and said with great disappointment, "But I was going to be a fireman!"Apparently he thought there wouldn't be room for both of them. Grin.Since then, Luke has come to terms with the fact that both he and Uncle Ben can (and will) be firemen.
We were at Costco some time ago, and I glanced over at the costume rack.There it was... a perfect little fireman outfit. It took me about 2 seconds to throw it in the cart.
So, Halloween night, Uncle Ben has offered to put on his own turn-outs (apparently that is what they are called ~ I learn something new everyday)and take his mini-me trick-or-treating. I'm speculating that they will both have the time of their lives...