1. PJ's ~ In the past I haven't been into Halloween PJ's, but Tyler's were in his hand-me-down pile and him wearing them prompted Timmy to ask for some too. I have to admit I've had them in them every night they could be considered clean, they cracked me up!
2. Costume Auditions ~ We had a harder time deciding what the boys should be for Halloween this year. Neither Tim or I were determined for the boys to be in coordinating costumes, but Timmy was. After our trip to Disney World, Timmy debated between being Captain Jack Sparrow, Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, or Yoda. Tim suggested a human Jedi, I liked the idea of Jake. When Timmy wanted to be Jack Sparrow, he wanted Tyler to be "Jack's friend." When he wanted to be Jake, he wanted Tyler to be Cubby. When Tim was trying to get him to be a Jedi he tried to bribe him with Tyler being Yoda. Finally we decided on Tyler's costume, Buzz Lightyear. We know that Tyler actually likes Buzz, because he does an impersonation of Buzz by waving his arm around in a funny way, which he started on his own in Disney World. Once we told Timmy that Tyler would be Buzz, he immediately said, "Okay, and I'll be Woody!" We did borrow a Yoda costume for him to try out before the final decision, and he enjoyed playing dress up at Miss. Suzanne's in a Pirate costume too.
3. Playgroup Party ~ As I mentioned in a previous post, I snuck out of work for a little while last week to go to the Saint John Neuman's Playgroup Halloween Party. The kids were really cute and had a great time.
4. Costume Birthday Party ~ Last weekend I took the boys to their friend's Carter and Callie's Joint Costume Birthday Party! Even the grown ups dressed up and the kids had a great time playing in their huge yard and on the swing set. Timmy was happier to oblige my requests to pose for pictures then Tyler was, I finally had to give up on getting one of them both looking at the camera!
5. Pumpkin Patches ~ I met Suzanne and the kids at a small pumpkin patch while she was picking up pumpkins for the preschool Fall Festival. They had a haunted bus, some slides, and a moon bounce, so the kids were in heaven. Timmy went through the bus and was very proud to not be afraid of it. On Tyler's trips through the bus he would stop at each row, point at the spooky mannequin and state, "Ah." in a very unimpressed but "it's my job to be scared" tone. It cracked me up.
The past few years we have made a day of going to Cox Farm. This year our attempts failed. We went one day, even parked and got in line at the gate, but we realized that with the lengthy line outside, the inside would not be fun. Standing in that line also showed us what kind of mood everyone was in, which would also not make it fun. We decided to save ourselves the money and just went for a photo op in the pumpkin patch. Even that felt like work! The weather has foiled any other try at it. We will have to go early in the season next year for sure!
6. Pumpkin Carving ~ Timmy asked to carve our pumpkins almost every day after Tim brought them home from the store. It was a good indoor activity while we were hunkering down from Hurricane Sandy this week. Notice the tongs? Timmy is still his mother's son in some regards! Watching a commercial where a child was holding handfuls of pumpkin guts he actually asked, "Why is he holding the pumpkin stuff..?" Tyler enjoyed checking out the guts for the first time. Timmy had a first too, he helped to carve the spider pumpkin! We were so proud of how well he stayed on the lines and what a great job he did!
7. School Party ~ On Thursday Timmy got to enjoy Halloween with his buddies at school. He helped me make juice box mummies by gluing on the eyes, also while we were trapped at home. The kids loved being dressed up together and did a great job singing their Halloween songs.
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