Okay, so when I first asked Matt what he wanted to be for Halloween he replied, "I wanna be Christmas, Mommy!" Hmm...okay, let's work with that. Then he came up with Santa Claus. A few other times I would ask him he would say he wanted to be a turkey, but in the end Santa Claus got the most votes. He knows that the fall is a very exciting time packed full of fun events and he said to me one day, "First it's Halloween, then my birthday, then Ava's birthday, then Thanksgiving, then the baby, then it's Christmas!!!" He didn't exactly get the order correct, but the look of sheer joy on his face about the approach of all these fun things was so adorable. So, I whipped up a little costume that will serve double duty for Halloween & Christmas!
Bryan & Sarah had an awesome Halloween party out at their house packed full of kids and adults, food and games. Matt was very excited to wear his costume so here he his after he first put it on checking himself out in the mirror. He ran all over the place and the kids played in the backyard and we all ate some yummy treats. As soon as it started to get dark the kids were getting antsy to go trick or treating. Here they go out into the cul de sac:
Matt did really well...it was really hard to fight his way through all the big kids to get to the door or to the candy, but he managed. I thought he might be scared by all the decorations people had put up, but he wasn't phased at all. Except for the legs. He stopped dead in his tracks. "Uh-oh! Whose legs are those, Mommy? Who lives under that garage??" He was very concerned and kept asking the rest of the night about the legs. He couldn't understand that they weren't real. The next morning Steven tried to re-enact it with a pair of Matt's pants & shoes and he still asked whose legs they were. So funny!!
Ava (who if you ask her is dressed as a princess even though she looks like a very lovely ballerina) & Matt in the middle of their trick or treating:
After the kids scored their loot, we came back to the house and they began stuffing their faces with candy. Caroline was an awesome looking pirate, and Mary Claire was a black cat (same as Audrey was last year).
The sugar sets in...
Caroline, keeper of the Halloween pinata:
Everyone got a swing, but one of the bigger boys ended up busting it open. Naturally. I love how Matt's face is plastered with tootsie-roll remnants.
Sorry so many pictures, but there were too many good ones not to share! We had an awesome Halloween. Matt woke up the next morning and said he wanted to go to Christmas. The kid has moved on to the next event!
Okay, so when I first asked Matt what he wanted to be for Halloween he replied, "I wanna be Christmas, Mommy!" Hmm...okay, let's work with that. Then he came up with Santa Claus. A few other times I would ask him he would say he wanted to be a turkey, but in the end Santa Claus got the most votes. He knows that the fall is a very exciting time packed full of fun events and he said to me one day, "First it's Halloween, then my birthday, then Ava's birthday, then Thanksgiving, then the baby, then it's Christmas!!!" He didn't exactly get the order correct, but the look of sheer joy on his face about the approach of all these fun things was so adorable. So, I whipped up a little costume that will serve double duty for Halloween & Christmas!
Bryan & Sarah had an awesome Halloween party out at their house packed full of kids and adults, food and games. Matt was very excited to wear his costume so here he his after he first put it on checking himself out in the mirror. He ran all over the place and the kids played in the backyard and we all ate some yummy treats. As soon as it started to get dark the kids were getting antsy to go trick or treating. Here they go out into the cul de sac:
Matt did really well...it was really hard to fight his way through all the big kids to get to the door or to the candy, but he managed. I thought he might be scared by all the decorations people had put up, but he wasn't phased at all. Except for the legs. He stopped dead in his tracks. "Uh-oh! Whose legs are those, Mommy? Who lives under that garage??" He was very concerned and kept asking the rest of the night about the legs. He couldn't understand that they weren't real. The next morning Steven tried to re-enact it with a pair of Matt's pants & shoes and he still asked whose legs they were. So funny!!
Ava (who if you ask her is dressed as a princess even though she looks like a very lovely ballerina) & Matt in the middle of their trick or treating:
After the kids scored their loot, we came back to the house and they began stuffing their faces with candy. Caroline was an awesome looking pirate, and Mary Claire was a black cat (same as Audrey was last year).
The sugar sets in...
Caroline, keeper of the Halloween pinata:
Everyone got a swing, but one of the bigger boys ended up busting it open. Naturally. I love how Matt's face is plastered with tootsie-roll remnants.
Sorry so many pictures, but there were too many good ones not to share! We had an awesome Halloween. Matt woke up the next morning and said he wanted to go to Christmas. The kid has moved on to the next event!
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