Sunday, November 1, 2009

Trick Or Treat!

The kids had so much fun on Halloween, and the parent's did too. It was fun to finally have a holiday that Ethan actually anticipated, and really got in to.
The festivities started with the annual Primary Halloween parade at the park near our home. Ethan was a little shy at first, but eventually warmed up and had a good time. He wanted to fly on the swings like Buzz Lightyear. Brooklyn had fun swinging in her ballerina costume.

Since Ethan had to go as Buzz Lightyear, he thought it would be cool if Dad dressed up as Woody. We think the Woody vest that Jen sewed looks pretty good. Kyle was showing his costume off to Jen, and laughed when she saw that he had attached canning lids to as the large buttons on the shirt. She didn't think they would add too much to the costume. When Ethan saw them, he got excited and promptly added Woody Buttons to his Christmas List. Kyle felt justified.
Jen is dressed up as Andy's mom. If we had more time to prepare, we wish Jen could have been Bo Peep and had Brooklyn dressed up as her sheep to complete the Toy Story theme.
After all the kids were gathered at the park, we had our (very short) parade.

Halloween night, we took the kids Trick-or-Treating. Ethan had a BLAST. Brooklyn had fun too, but was pretty tired and indifferent. The ENTIRE time, Ethan ran and chanted, "To infinity and beyond! To infinity and beyond! . . ."
Here's the video to prove it:


Ethan and his loot.
(By the way, Jen and I were wondering: Can you still consider yourself to be "honest with your fellow men" if you sneak a few pieces of your two-year-old's Halloween stash?)

Kyle had fun carving pumpkins this year. He entered the winking smiley at his work pumpkin carving contest, and did the "pumpkin pi" for the trick-or-treaters.

5 comments:

Amy and Micheal said...

You guys all look great! I love Ethan's costume! Jen, you're amazing.... whipping together a cool Woody costume for Kyle. Brooklyn is absolutely adorable. Is Ethan's voice hoarse from saying his Buzz line all night? That was so cute!!

Justin and Kenzee said...

I LOVE the pumpkins you carved! The costumes turned out great. That's funny you mentioned Bo Beep and a baby sheep... I heard of someone that did that. O-well. Brooklyn looks darling anyway. Glad you guys had a good time. And I think sneaking treats on Halloween is a natural part of parenting. I only wish Nolan had more for me to steal!

Mike, Heidi, and Matthew said...

Your kids look so cute in their costumes. I am glad you guys had such a great Halloween. We missed you! Enjoy eating all that candy.

john and amber said...

You all look great! Fun costumes. At my sister's wedding, one of her best friends dressed up as Little Bo Beep and her baby girl was a sheep, that she had made with cotton balls...it was way cute! I love Kyle's carving skills, very creative!

Heather Taylor Photography said...

So glad you had such a great halloween! Jackson's still been wearing his costume(s) all week.... I think, why not?! :) How fun.