Happy Halloween!

Will and Braedan teamed up again this year to take Alexa and Jeff's neighborhood by storm on Halloween night. Alexa and Mom stayed home to prepare Robin's birthday dinner while Larry, Jeff, Andrea, Robin and I took Will and Braedan Trick-or-Treating. It was a lot of fun, and both boys came home with bags full of candy and huge appetites from all their hard work!

Pre Trick-or-Treating pictures

Pre Trick-or-Treating warm ups

Aunt Rah-Rah brought goody bags for the boys

Yay - a recorder... (Thanks Robin!!)

A fancy new Halloween plate

A big hit...bugs that crawl down the wall!

Aunt Ee-Ah lending a hand

Playing with bugs!

Daddy giving Will a Trick-or-Treat pep talk

Off we go!

Trick-or-Treating under a full moon

Will was on a mission to find some candy

He may be short, but he was determined to ring that bell!

Waiting patiently

Will quickly got the hang of ringing door bells!

All worn out and catching a ride home

The Finished Product

It's been a few years since I've carved a pumpkin, so I stuck to the basics. I thought our pumpkin turned out pretty well, though, so I took a few pictures of it all lit up last night. Getting ready for Halloween this year has been so much fun since Will is at that age where everything is so exciting to him. I can't remember the last time I had this much fun around Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving!

Last night Will helped me carve the beautiful pumpkin he picked out at the Pumpkin Patch. As I was carving around the top of the pumpkin, Will said "Don't hurt my pumpkin! I LOVE Pumpkins!" I took plenty of pictures of Will helping to get the seeds out - he was not afraid to reach in and get slimy at all. I think he had a practice round at school because he just knew there were going to be seeds inside! I also got a video clip - enjoy!

Halloween Dress rehearsal

Will is dressing up as Spiderman for Halloween. Originally, he was going to be Scooby Doo, but when we tried the Scooby Doo costume on, "Dooby Doo not fit" (in Will's own words). So back to the store it went, replaced with the ever popular Spiderman.

Larry first introduced Will to Spiderman with bandaids. Whenever Will goes to Daddy's, he inevetibly comes home with a Spiderman bandaid covering up a non-existent boo boo. Because of that, Will associates the word Spiderman with bandaid right behind it, so if you ask him what he's going to be for Halloween, he'll tell you he's going as "Spiderman bandaid."

We've been breaking the costume in at night after Will's bath...if I let him, I'm pretty sure he would sleep in it. We also have to wear our Spiderman hat and glasses to school now. These are the moments I know I'm going to miss as Will gets older! Sorry about the fuzzy pictures - I took them on my phone.

Boo at the Zoo

Sunday night Stephanie, Hailey, Will and I met Jeff, Alexa and Braedan at the zoo for a fun night at Boo at the Zoo! There were lots of cool lights, creepy exhibits, a haunted carousel ride, and of course plenty of trick or treating at various stations along the path. All three kids had a great time, and did NOT want to leave when it was time to go home.

We started the night by posing with the lion at the entrance

Next we observed a Grizzly Bear

One trick or treat station gave out cute animal masks!

This place was set up to touch creepy crawlies and animal skins

We skipped the creepy crawlies, but the boys liked touching animal skins

Heading up to a Trick or Treat Station

Next we entered a bat cave!

Stephanie remembered to get a picture of me and Will together!

We got to check out the Zebras at dusk

This Ostrich was entertaining!

Will really enjoyed the carousel ride - "Look Ma! No hands!!"

Who knew posing on the animal statues would be so fun?

Will and Hailey

Cool Pumpkin light show

At the end of the trick or treat trail, Will decided he needed to boogey. It was a riot...