Candy! I want more candy!

Halloween was a blast this year. First we carved some really awesome pumpkins at my parent's house with Aunt Bella and Uncle Max. Collin was so excited about his Mario pumpkin which I couldn't find a template for and had to draw by hand before carving it. I was glad Nick wanted the Charlie Brown pumpkin because I've wanted to do that one for a couple years now. Tim chose the Ravens pumpkin and it was pretty hard but he did a great job. On Halloween morning the boys were so excited they were in their costumes right after breakfast. We were going to go trick-or-treating that night with our friends Jane and Scott and their boys Trent and Brady but Brady wasn't feeling good and had to cancel. Poor little guy! Just after I found out Brady wasn't feeling good our neighbors called to find out what our plans were for the evening. It ended up working out really well. We ate dinner and then went trick-or-treating in the single family homes behind our house. They were really into Halloween. There were several houses that were all lit up and decorated and playing spooky music. There was another house that had people (or statues) standing in the driveway and you had to walk through them to get to the person giving out the candy. I think if we had been a group of big kids they might have jumped out and scared us but we got lucky because we had little ones with us. Collin and Nick got tons of candy which I've been giving out a piece at a time (they are not happy about it either). After we finished we walked back to our neighbors house and hung out for a few more hours. The kids finally crashed around 11 and it was time to go home. The weather was beautiful until the very end when it started sprinkling. We couldn't have asked for a better night and it was so neat to see both boys so excited and into trick-or-treating. Can't wait to see what they want to be next year!

Nick's Halloween Costume

It's here!!! It came super fast, I'm so thrilled with the person I bought it from on ebay. Nick is really excited that its here too. He couldn't wait to try it on and as soon as we zipped it up here ran around the house saying "I'm a raffe. I'm so scary!" He was so darn cute.

Another Collinism

I got Collin a spiderman costume for Halloween and he got to try it on tonight. Despite the fact that it is supposed to fit sizes 4-6 it just barely fits him. When I realized this I jokingly told him he'd better not grow any bigger between now and Halloween. He said "Ok Mom, I'll stay up all night". All night? Now this is definitely not what I wanted to hear. I was pretty certain I knew why he was saying this but I asked anyway. He told me that he would stay up all night because he grows when he sleeps and I had just told him not grow any before Halloween. Collin hates to go to bed at night so I do tell him that he has to sleep because that is when he grows bigger so his logic makes perfect sense. I just made me laugh because he was so earnest in his desire to stay up all night so he wouldn't grow. In other news I was able to find Nick's "raffe" (giraffe) costume on ebay for a reasonable price. So it should be here in about a week. He's still got his heart set on being a giraffe. Why he picked that I have no idea, last week he wanted to be Mickey Mouse.

Happy Halloween

Unfortunately I didn't take too many pictures of the boys on Halloween because my camera battery was not charged and died after two pictures. I did get some when we stopped by my Mom's house but they're on her camera so I'll post them when I get them. Collin was a pirate and Nick was supposed to be a lion. He despised his costume and sobbed when I put it on him so I didn't make him wear it for trick-or-treating. Instead he wore a pair of jeans and a Halloween shirt and Collin's pirate bandanna on his head. We were gone trick-or-treating for all of 20 minutes and then we came home and sat outside with our neighbors and passed out the candy. I think the boys had more fun doing that than actually trick-or-treating. They got to hand out candy and run around after dark. What's not to love about that? They even gave away some of the candy that they had gotten and after we binged today, we are done with Halloween candy.

Happy Halloween

Tonight was so much fun! Collin and Nick had their party at daycare. When I got there to pick them up, all the kids were dressed up and looking so cute. Collin was a dragon and Nick was a wizard. Then we stopped by Grammy's to see Aunt Bella and Grammy and Grampa where Collin got to practice his Trick-or-Treating. By the time we got home to really go trick-or-treating he had gotten the idea. He went to some of the neighbors houses and then came back and hung out in the front yard with us while we handed out candy. He had a blast handing out candy to all the other kids. Every time a group of kids went up to my neighbors house, he went up and trick-or-treated too. He ended up going to Ms. Lisa's at least 3 times. Fortunately, she didn't mind. Nick sat on my lap and helped hand out candy too. He got lots and lots of compliments on his adorable costume. I took lots of pictures at Grammy's (with Grammy's camera) but we were so busy here I didn't really take any with our camera. I will post pictures as soon as I get them from my parents camera. The boys really did look adorable. I think Collin is going to be really bummed that all the Halloween decorations are going to go away. For once, I'm glad they start all the Christmas stuff so early because it will give him some new decorations to enjoy.