Jesse-o-saurus
Though he wasn't yet a year old Jesse Taylor still went trick or treating.
At daddy's workplace anyway.
He couldn't eat candy because he didn't have many teeth but he could eat things like baby biscuits and soft cheese puffs. Everyone at the lab had some of these on hand for the little guy when he dropped around.
"Cutest dinosaur I've ever seen," Lindsay Messer said, while giving Jesse a hug. The baby grinned, two of his bottom teeth showing. Jesse's dinosaur costume was green with blue polka-dots in the front and blue scales on the back from head down the tail on the costume.
That morning before Mac left mom had put Jesse in his costume and she took a picture of dad and son together. She also took one using Mac's cellphone—a photo he had showed everyone when he got to work. While visiting, Hope and her son also ran into Trey Flack, now eighteen-month-old—who was a mini version of his dad—and was dressed as Woody from Toy Story. Another playdate for the boys was arranged for the following week. Trey wasn't enjoying his trip for treats as much as Jesse. Some of the decorations put up for Halloween scared the toddler. He spent most of the time with his face buried in dad's shoulder.
Stella and Mac were out at a crime scene and didn't get to see the children visit. Disappointed that he missed his "little man" visiting Mac arranged to meet up with the two for lunch. Jesse had had enough of his costume and wasn't wearing it when Mac came to the booth at the diner. His wife had ordered his usual roast chickrn dinner with baked potato and green beans. She ordered the meatloaf and gravy with mashed potatoes and honey-glazed baby carrots. Jesse had already eaten his lunch, jarred baby food. Seeing his dad, Jesse although he was sleepy-eyed, squealed and put his arms from where he sat in his stroller. Mac scooped him up before leaning over the table to kiss his wife. Hope told her husband how Trey Flack was afraid of the Halloween decor. In Mac's opinion that was because both encouraged his fear when Trey saw elaborate decorations around the city during the holidays so they avoided certain places, a big mistake in the Taylors' opinion, instead of showing Trey there was no need to be scared. Jesse, on the other hand, laughed at animated decorations, no matter how scary or ugly they were supposed to be. That was possibly because from the time he was a newborn he was around everything. Stella and Don were beginning to see how they handled son's reactions wasn't the right way. They just weren't sure how to reverse it. Lindsay had told them that when Trey became scared by something Halloween to tell Trey that mom or dad were there, he was okay and they were not leaving the situation. The toddler would eventually get used it. That was the same thing that the Taylors would have said.
Although she loved to look at and handle things that were supposed to be gross and scary—she was Danny's daughter, after all, Lucy Messer was dressing as Tinkerbell for trick or treating. With her blonde hair and blue eyes, Hope thought the little girl would especially adorable. Lucy would be coming by the lab with her babysitter in her costume just before the end of her parents' shift and would be coming by the Flack and Taylor homes that night.
Lucy was indeed an adorable Tinkerbell. The Taylor Residence was her last treat or trick stop at 7:30. She was disappointed to see that Jesse was gone to bed. Hope suggested that the little girl have her parents ask her babysitter to bring over to see her "cousin" the next day.