Halloween 2013

We carved our jack-o-lantern the night before Halloween. We had to work around a rotten spot, so he had a big ole' mouth. Spencer made him look nice and spooky by adding toothpick teeth.

The Nature's Way Fall Festival was on Halloween morning. Like last year, there were all sorts of sweet activities like songs, stories, pumpkin rolling, peanut tossing, apple peeling, pumpkin scooping, pumpkin painting, face painting, the Hokey Spooky and the Chicken Dance for the big finale.

This picture KILLS me - those are 3 super sweet (I mean tough) boys right there.

I took the day off, but the afternoon was a little rushed because we had to take Spencer to an unexpected doctor's appointment (luckily it was nothing that kept us from enjoying Halloween!). We did have time to watch "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and relax/play a little before time to get ready for trick-or-treating. We met up with some of our new neighborhood friends and hit the streets. Dave created Spencer's one-of-a-kind costume again this year and it turned out great! Spencer wanted to be a ninja, but an ordinary ninja would not do. He was a "wandering ninja" complete with straw hat. Dave's sewing skills amaze me - he took in that vest to fit the boy, added the grommets and cord to hold his knives, used the scraps to make shin guards, made a sword holder, etc. Ninjas were really popular this year, but I have to say I didn't see any as cool as Spence! And it was cute to watch him be in character - he really played it up.

 

 

Spencer's sixth (!) Halloween was a blast. We are really enjoying have kiddo friends in the 'hood.

Trick-or-Treat 2011

Hard to believe this was Spencer's fourth Halloween. He was just 3 weeks old in 2008; had chicken pox in 2009; was a cute little cowboy in 2010; and this year, Spencer the Happy Ghost made the rounds. Thank goodness the random 105° fever he had over the weekend didn't last!

Daddy and Spencer carved our jack-o-lantern Monday afternoon. Spencer wanted him to have a grouchy/grumpy face and Daddy worked his magic.

We have to give major props to Daddy for constructing Spencer's costume. Spencer had been telling us for two months that he wanted to be a happy ghost this year. So Daddy borrowed a sewing machine from Lisa and created the cutest little ghost costume while I was in Minneapolis last week. For you Project Runway fans, it was definitely a "make it work" moment!

We trick-or-treated in our neighborhood for about an hour. After he got acclimated to what was going on, Spencer had a blast and came home with a pumpkin full of candy. I told him he could have a treat so he sat on the floor and started digging through the bucket, but then he said, "I don't want to eat any candy. I just want to get ready for bedtime." Ahhhh, music to my ears! For those of you who are afraid we don't let the child eat sweets, here is evidence to the contrary - having a Twix after his school party. (Whatchoo talkin' about, Willis?)

Remember the I'm a Cowboy video from last Halloween? I took a little footage at the same house this year for comparison. Our little guy sure is growing up. Hope you had a wonderful and spooky Halloween!