Halloween

We celebrated Halloween in a few different ways this year! The day before Halloween, the librarian that leads Toddler Time asked all of the kiddos to come dressed in their costumes.

Sammy the pizza slice and Ryan the cowboy

After the typical listening to books and singing songs, the kids went on a "costume parade" throughout the library.

That afternoon, after Ian and Matt came home from school, we worked on our family pumpkin. After looking at a few designs on the computer, Ian chose an Elsa (from Frozen) pattern that he thought looked really cool.

The boys happily helped scrape out seeds with their long spoons.

Ian and Matt did some of the carving, and then I finished up.  It turned out okay and looked especially good from a distance. :)

On Halloween Day, Ian wore orange to school and participated in a "Pumpkin Party" in the afternoon. Matt came home to enjoy some English muffin pumpkin pizzas for dinner with us before he had to go back to school to supervise a football game.

 The boys were happy to help ... and especially happy to sample all of the ingredients! :)

Aunt Chelsea came over to go trick-or-treating with Ian, Ryan, and me. Here are our adorable cowboy and pirate!

The boys enjoyed the trick-or-treating experience. Even Ryan was good at saying "trick or treat" and "thank you." I should have gotten a picture of Aunt Chelsea pulling a wagon mainly for Ian. (Ryan usually wanted to help Aunt Chelsea pull Ian in the wagon, though he rode occasionally as well.) After 15 houses or so, the boys asked if they could please come home to hand out candy to the other kids.

Ian took his job VERY seriously and carefully parceled out two pieces of candy to each trick-or-treater.

Ryan was content to watch out the windows for trick-or-treaters, to help open the door, and to share random facts with people who came to the door. ("I'm eating a Ring Pop!!")

What a fun evening! Thanks, Aunt Chelsea, for coming over to help and to celebrate with us! :)