Halloween Weekend

Happy Halloween!!  As I am getting in this post prior to the last candy bar being eaten, I think I'm in the clear.  Plus, I am getting it in before the big holiday this week.  Double clear. 

We carved pumpkins for the first time with the boys (and Molly).  We've been either traveling or too tired in years past, and I don't think anyone remembers that we didn't actually carve a pumpkin.  But, after their experience this year, it looks like we are set for doing this tradition for years to come.  And by we, I mean Eric.  This year he was assisted by our good friend, Jeff, who came to visit with his fiance, Tracy.

Here Will poses next to his pumpkin.  A pumpkin that he picked out the spider web design for and then didn't touch again.  But it was most definitely his pumpkin.  Do not question it. 

The morning of Halloween we hosted playgroup which naturally had a Halloween Party vibe to it.  I am sorry to say I did not take pictures of the extensive Halloween decorations.  Eric's spider web hanging talent was unknown until this year.  It is amazing.  I started the task, but Eric quickly took over and far surpassed my vision. 

Here we have the gang.  I think that is a dinosaur, Spiderman, alien, Spiderman, Darth Vader, Superman, and Poppa Smurf.  As you can see, Darth Vader had his hands full convincing people to join the dark side of the Force.

At 6 o'clock we headed out for some pilfering of the neighborhood.  This was our first year (and probably only year) to actually trick or treat in our neighborhood.  We got some great intel about where the best houses were (next door:  They give the BIG candy bars and the boys hit it twice).  The evening ended a little earlier as Dom wanted to get back to help hand out candy.  Silly boy.  We could have gotten a lot more!!

I decided to get into the spirit of the holiday at the last minute.  Not bad.  Plus, I earned some good treats myself.  For those curious, Molly went as a cute, but cold, baby.  I have a whole theory on dressing children under the age of 2 up for Halloween, but I will not bore you with that here.  I will summarize it with this thought:  Big Headache.  The one exception to the theory is if you only have 1 child and therefore no other way to get free candy.

Look how festive I am getting with our lawn decorations.  This is Katie.  Our dog.  She is the best pet ever.

As I said earlier, our friend Jeff came for the weekend and helped with pumpkin carving as well as entertaining the boys.  He also spent a little quality time with his God-Daughter, Molly.  It was great to see him and meet Tracy and we look forward to seeing them again when he gets back from his deployment.