Halloween!

So our Halloween festivities have come to an end...but the candy still remains! Is it possible for it to ever be gone?!

We had a ton of fun this Halloween. Cooper was so into it that it made each event more fun, because he was so excited about everything.

PLAYGROUP AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH


This was tons of fun. Both boys picked their own pumpkins, and loved the animals, play area, and tractor ride.

HALLOWEEN PLAYGROUP PARTY


This was a fun party. The most surprising thing was that Gunner kept his costume on and actually enjoyed himself! I guess throughout the month he slowly warmed up to the idea of Halloween. He loves pumpkins...and recognizing them from the car on peoples porches. The only problem with having two superheros, was that anytime they are in their costumes...they are like magnets, wrestling each other. The best part about this playgroup was the yummy food everyone brought!

MOMS AND TOTS PARTY


We attend a little group on base that meets at the Teen Center gym once a week and plays with bikes, balls, toys, etc. A music lady comes once a month, and a librarian does storytime. We had a fun little Halloween party...and another great opportunity for the boys to wear their costumes.

PUMPKING CARVING FHE


Although they say it is never too young to talk about strangers...it was quite an amusing topic to speak to an imaginative 3-year-old about. After our "lesson", we carved pumpkins. Our kids have yet to find the "guts" fun..but did enjoy picking our the faces and seeing things materialize. Mom like the roasted seeds the best.

WARD TRUNK-OR-TREAT


Tuesday night was a fun ward party. They had a magician, and a chili cook-off. The Bishop and EQ President's costumes were pretty hilarious. The boys LOVED trunk-or-treating and Gunner caught on quick.

HALLOWEEN NIGHT


I think the hardest thing about Halloween, is that until your kids are in school, the anticipation of the festivities that night make for a very long day! We tried to kill some time at storytime, played outside, forced a nap, and cleaned house...constantly counting down the hours for our anxious Cooper. Then we had some new friends over who also recently moved to the area, and who were still living in a hotel and on a food budget. They needed a neighborhood to trick-or-treat in, and even brought us dinner from Applebees! It was really fun to have them over, and the boys absolutely LOVED trick-or-treating. About half way through Gunner found his place in the wagon with his candy...happy...although he was too impatient to ask us to open it for him. He would just chew the candy through the packages.

The night ended with a bang. I let the boys hold their glow sticks while "winding down" to a movie on mom's bed. All of the sudden Cooper came running into the living room covering his mouth with tears in his eyes, and saying, "It's burning!". Andrew asked, "What is burning bud." Cooper pointed at another glow stick. Andrew rushed him to the sink, and after about twenty rounds of swishing and spitting, and a whole glass of water, things were under control. He had chewed through the stick and quite a bit of the liqued was gone. I brought it into the kitchen and Andrew actually touched it with his finger and licked it. He said it burned and numbed his tongue and was fowl tasting. Cooper's breath smelled SO bad! Poor kid just kept saying, "I promise I'll never do that again!" We felt bad for him, but I guess kids learn lessons the hard way sometimes. BEWARE of letting your kids chew glowsticks! :)

So now it is on to the next countdown...Cooper's 4th birthday on November 13th. His wish-list continues to grow!