Halloween

We didn't go to the pumpkin patch this year.  I think I'm still sad about that.  But I was too busy replacing carpet in the boys closet because they had turned their closet into a urinal (grrrrr).  It was part of their consequence for that behavior but I'm pretty sure I was the one who cared the most about missing the pumpkin patch experience.  Oh well. 

We ended up picking up a pumpkin while running errands on the Saturday before Halloween and carved our solo pumpkin the following Sunday.  Nora loved watching it all.  She was fascinated by the pumpkin guts.  But she didn't want to touch them too much.  And Ben flat refused to help with the scraping.  Isaac did a little bit of it, but Jacob did the most.

This white pumpkin was actually pretty cool.  The whole thing glowed with the candle inside.  It was neat.  Too bad I didn't get any pictures on actual Halloween night.  We had friends over for dinner and trick or treating that night and I got busy with that and neglected pictures all together.  Halloween fail I guess.  But the actual dinner and trick or treating was a success so that's all that really matters I suppose.  

Anyway...back to pumpkin carving.

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Ben and Isaac were super excited that I let them help carve with a real knife.  I guess I was feeling brave this year.

This year we took the easy route for Halloween and bought costumes.  The kids loved these swat police officers so we just decided to go for it.  I'm hoping they keep using them as dress ups throughout the year.  They played with them the whole week of Halloween at least. 

These pictures are from the day of Jacob's work party. His work party was a full 5 days before Halloween, the day before Isaac's birthday.  It was a busy week!

I can't get over Ben in these photos.  He's using his binoculars and walkie talkie like they are real.  So funny!

And Nora!  She killed it at the work party.  Everyone loved watching her walk with the wagging dragon/dinosaur tail.  I scored this costume at a yard sale for $5.00 brand new.  She had a love hate relationship with it.  She did not love the hat because it kept falling into her eyes.  But she couldn't get enough of watching herself walk with those feet.  So cute and funny.

We brought home a few balloons from the work party and the kids loved playing with them the next day.  Until I got tired of them and popped them.  I had to retrieve them from the super high ceiling too many times.

We had really warm weather for actual Halloween and it was so fun.  Dinner and trick or treating with friends was great!  The boys were troopers and trick or treated almost our whole neighborhood.  Ben petered out a little earlier than Isaac and chose to walk along with me.  Nora was sent home really early with Grace and her younger daughter, Lauren.  I was done with Nora wanting her candy and not wanting to stay in the stroller.  She was loving being out at night and would have stayed longer if I let her.  Too bad baby girl.  Maybe next year.