Tuesday, November 2, 2010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!




This year was a very fun Halloween. It was a bit low key compared to other years, because I'm basically on partial bed rest so we didn't get to do some the activities that we usually do. But we still had fun. Ron took the kids to choose their costumes. Kaeryn chose to be Cleopatra, Tristan chose to be Mario and Jaxen chose to be Spider man! I was surprised at Jaxen's choice because he's never seen spider man, has never shown any interest in spider man toys, never has mentioned he likes spider man. He had wanted to be Mario also, and mentioned it everyday until they got to go and get their costumes. When they found that there wasn't a Mario costume in Jaxen's size, Ron said Jaxen saw the Spider man and got really excited and insisted on the Spider man. It's so fascinating to me how quickly kids can change their minds. I love to see them so excited! Ron dressed up as Professor Layton and I did my usual witch. I originally wasn't going to because I wasn't planning on going because of my bed rest. Ron could tell that I was sad about not being able to watch the kids trick or treat, he decided to take the car and we drove along as the kids went trick or treating. I was happy I was able to go, I love watching the excitment on the kids faces. it was cute at first they would come back after each house and say what they had gotten. It was like a scene out of the Charlie Brown Halloween special, it was so funny. Jaxen at one time even said he got nothing just like Charlie Brown, and then started laughing. After that, when the kids came back and said what they had gotten Ron would pipe in " I got a rock". It may sound cheesy, but we all laughed and had a fun time. The kids had a fun night. One house gave them each a bag of chips, another house had party bags and another house was giving out bottled soda. It was a fun night. I look forward to next year being able to go with the kids and our new baby. Fun memories! I hope every one had a fun filled Halloween!
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Decorating Pumpkins!

Jaxen's Pirate pumpkin
Tristan's Dracula Pumpkin
Kaeryn's Witch Pumpkin
Our Pumpkin family! Once again this year the kids decided to decorate their pumpkins instead of carve them. I think they turned out really cute! Ron and I used what was left over for our pumpkins. I put together a first mate for Jaxen's pirate and Ron put together another dracula. Ron brought home a tiny pumpkin for the baby. Even though he won't be here until February, he is definitely making his pressence known. Looks like next year we may need a bigger table! Happy Halloween everyone!!!!!!
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