Costume Contest

At Garrett's work they hold an annual costume contest on Halloween. Every year the lighting department comes up with a group theme for everyone to follow. This years theme was "dark Disney characters". Garrett went as Peter Pan.

His department won the "best group costume" award again for the third year in a row!

And just for fun, here's an image that someone took of Peter Pan at work:

Trick or Treat!

This  year when we were discussing whether or not Ethan was really old enough to go trick or treating he piped up with "Trick or Treat!". So we decided that maybe he did get the concept after all!



And boy did he. For the month of October everytime we opened a door, even the car door, he would yell "Trick or Treat!"
 

Our neighborhood doesn't have a lot of little trick or treaters probably since our neighborhood is small, doesn't have many kids and is sort of tucked away. So for Ethan's first year of trick or treating we went along with his best bud, Gabi. He loved it. Not sure if he liked the candy or riding in the wagon more.



The kids got the hang of it fast. They had fun running up to the doors and knocking.



They did a good job of remembering their maners too. It was super sweet hearing them say "trick or treat" in their high pitched sweet little 2 year old voices.

Like most two year olds, distraction was a bit of a problem. We came home with a few sticks and leaves in his Halloween bucket.

He also liked to stop and look/touch the decorations and a couple of times he sat down on the front porch to start going through his candy.

About halfway through he started to get a bit tired and I heard him say "The end! The end!". But that didn't stop him from wanting to go to more houses. 

A couple of times Ethan's tried to trick or treat again at the same door. And people thought it was funny so he ended up with a lot of candy. In no time at all his pumpkin was filled up halfway to the top. Ethan started walking funny and grunting saying "It's heavy, its heavy". It was pretty funny how dramatic he was being.

Funny story about his costume. He was going to be a robot but since we ran out of time we figured he could go ahead and wear Rowdy's old dinosaur costume even though its still a little too big. However, Halloween afternoon Ethan decided that he was scared of the dinosaur and wouldn't come near it. I tried coaxing him but he wouldn't even consider putting it on. So we scrapped that idea and decided he would wear his super hero cape, a t-shirt, and pj bottoms like he wore to the Halloween party. However, we were running late with traffic and construction and Ethan got carsick on the way there. So he ended up wearing a spare outfit that we keep in the car along with his cape.

It didn't ruin his enjoyment- the candy was the important part!

Look at those full buckets!

I'd say his first trick or treat experience was a hit!

Pun'kins, Halloween Pun'kins!

 We have been hearing a lot of "Carve Pun'kins!" and "Halloween Pun'kins!" lately around here. We have a 2.75 year old who loves pumpkins and has been beside himself with excitement for Halloween. In fact, one day I caught him with a popscicle stick trying his hardest to carve his pumpkin on his own.



Everyday he asks to see YouTube videos of carved pumpkins so we bought three pumpkins this year. One for for G and I to carve and one for Daddy and Ethan to design/carve together.



We didn't make it out to the pumpkin patch this year so Ethan and G went to Walmart together to buy the pumpkins. Once the pumpkins had been selected,  Ethan wrapped his arms and whole body around one of the pumpkins as if it was very precious and needed to be protected. That earned him some smiles on the way to checkout.



When Landon started to fuss, Ethan rolled all three pumpkins over to Landon's swing and started talking to him about the pumpkins. "See baby? Pun'kins!". It is so sweet how much he loves and cares for his baby brother.

 Ethan wanted his pumpkin to be "Happy" so Garrett drew several designs for Ethan and Ethan picked which one he wanted for his pumpkin.

Looking for the seeds. He also liked putting his face up to the open pumpkin to smell the pumpkin smell.

Ethan's finished pumpkin!

He loves his jack o' lantern so much that he has been giving it kisses. So sweet.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love this age?

Trying to blow out the candle before bed! Goodnight Pun'kins!

Halloween party

Ethan had a playgroup Halloween party mid-month. It was my first playgroup outing since I hurt my back so I didn't take very many pictures, but here are a few that show our costumes!

Tummy time with Mom

Child, most photos of you seem to be taken around midnight. Sad but true. One of these days I hope things will calm down enough to get photos of you in daylight!

Your Daddy took these photos of you doing tummy time on my chest while I rested my hurt back. The problem with you doing tummy time on my chest is that you get comfortable pretty fast and end up falling asleep. I love these sweet little moments though!

{Landon at 5 and a half weeks old}