Halloween

We had a great time on Halloween this year. It's so fun as Will gets older that he starts to really get into the holidays. He was talking about his costume for weeks if not months before Halloween, and he was so excited to go trick-or-treating for the first time.

To start the day, we went to Gaga's house, changed into his costume, and then went to the retirement community where GG and Granny (my two grandmas) live so he could trick-or-treat at their apartments. He didn't really get the trick-or-treat part and just walked right into each of their apartments. :) He was excited about the goodies he got. We stayed and had lunch with them, then headed home for naptime before the evening festivities.

Getting ready at Gaga's


First stop...GG's


Treats from GG and Auntie Teresa


Riding on GG's cart to Granny's apartment


I guess I didn't get any pictures of Will and Granny. :(

For Halloween night, our friends Mike and Laura invited a bunch of people over for a potluck dinner and then the kids all went trick-or-treating together. It was so much fun, and Will had a great time going out with his friends.

Connor, Josh, Will, and Tyson eating dinner


Tyson/Frankenstein, Josh/Spiderman, Connor/Lion, Nathaniel/Cowboy and Will/Pirate


Practicing at Laura's before hitting the neighborhood


First house!

Carving Pumpkins

When Will and I went to Tolmachoff Farms earlier in October we each got to bring home a pumpkin. A few nights before Halloween we got out all the stuff to carve them. This was the first time Will had carved pumpkins (and I think the first time I had since college), and I figured he'd love it. Not so much. He didn't dislike it but he wasn't really in to it either. We ended up only actually carving one since it wasn't really holding his interest.

Ready to start!


What is all this stuff?!


Helping Daddy


The final product