Halloween 2011

What a fun but busy Halloween! Thank you Nana for once again making adorable Halloween costumes for the kiddos and for celebrating Halloween with us!


Diana was a very cute ladybug...

Jonathan at his Halloween parade at school. Lucky for him he was the door holder today so he got to be right behind Alex (line leader) for the parade.Jonathan even carved his own pumpkin this year...he did say "Eeewww gross" a couple of times but he did it. I love the crazy hair in this picture from his hat he had on earlier. Thank you Suzy and Don for allowing the whole neighborhood to "preparty" at your house before trick-or-treat.Trick-or-treating with his buddies...Paxton, Connor, Evan and Alex. Jonathan was very into trick-or-treating, I was a little surprised. He had no problem walking (well running) up to people's house and saying trick-or-treat.

Diana got to hang out with Mom while Jonathan trick-or-treated.After about 4 blocks of trick-or-treating we convinced Jonathan to go back and help daddy hand out candy. I am not sure which part he enjoyed more. He had to learn quickly though to hand out only one piece of candy per kid and to be ready. We went through about 700 pieces of candy in an hour and a half...no joke!Jonathan and I were very into making crafts for Halloween...here are our "ghosts" and pumpkins. Thanks Nana for making Halloween so special!

Halloween Crafts

Jonathan and I were very busy making Halloween crafts this year. Here are our favorites.

Decorate a Pumpkin

Tonight was "decorate a pumpkin with someone special" night at Jonathan's preschool. Jonathan was lucky and got to bring GB as his someone special. His pumpkin looks adorable and when I asked him if he did the decorating, he said "No, I had GB do it." Apparently he was more into socializing with his friends than decorating the pumpkin. He had a lot of fun seeing his friends and showing GB his school.


This is what GB had to say about it...


He was very social at the Pumpkin Event, in that he was more interested in seeing his friends than decorating the pumpkin. It was very important to find classmates, as we switched seats to join 2 dads, Lauren and Annie(Classmates) He was happy to see Mrs. Eagle and I allowed him to circulate to other tables when he saw other classmate. He would orderly walk to the other cafeteria table after asking permission. We checked out pumpkins decorated by Danny (soccer team), Olive (his special friend) and other classmates I can't remember. We saw another teacher Allison, who is in your circle of friends with Palmer. He checked out several other boys from his class to say Hello, but they were just running around and Jonathan didn't consider joining them. It was great to see him in his school environment.

Another Shower

Jonathan got another shower tonight...he was in the bathtub and then decided he wanted to shower. Since Daddy wasn't home tonight, it was just Jonathan. Once again he had fun in there, was singing and being silly. I couldn't resist pictures this time. Doesn't it look like he knows he is getting away with something. He also thinks it is hilarious that it looks like he is "peeing" while he is in the shower.

Trunk-or-Treat

Tonight was Trunk-or-Treat at St. Mary's where we had a pizza party, did some crafts and then the kids got to trick-or-treat at the "trunks" of people's cars. Jonathan met a couple of new friends and of course had fun with his normal crew of friends. Jonathan enjoyed being a Gladiator with his sword and shield (thanks Shonda for the adorable picture). I loved that Jonathan decided to make himself comfortable in the back of Mackenzie and Katie's car to eat his candy too at the end of the night (thank you Christie)!

Burger Farm - Hayride #3

Jonathan and I went to Burger Farm today with my mom's group. It was a lot of fun and the weather ended up being beautiful! Thanks to GB who came down and watched Diana for us...little stinker has been taking a bottle fine from me but refuses to take a bottle from other people. Not sure what we are going to do about that yet.


Jonathan got to do a maze, look at some animals, go through a "pumpkin head" house, watch a puppet show, go on a hayride and pick a pumpkin. It was an eventful morning! He really seemed to enjoy it all but I would say the maze and puppet show (the popcorn helped) were his favorite.

Here Jonathan said "Pigs STINK!" We of course then talked about what Farmer Denny says about pigs smelling.

Shower

Jonathan took his first shower tonight. It took some convincing and for Brad to join him in our shower but once he got in there, he loved it! He kept saying it was raining in there and would sing the song "singing in the rain" and said he was just like Grandpa Weeks. He also liked using the wiper/cleaner. We had a hard time getting him out of the shower. We kept asking if it was time to get out and he said "No this is a lot of fun!" I was laughing because he was having so much fun, it really was cute. For obvious reasons, no pictures will be posted of this event.