Trick or Treating

I'm finally making the true Halloween, trick or treating post. I think we definitely got our use out of the costumes this year! Bring on the next holiday. :)

My little monkeys ready to go out and get some treats

One cute little gorilla ready for some treats....well not quite, but he stayed nice and warm in his little costume.

The family shot

I think this is our third year trick or treating with the neighbors. Braden always looks part of their family. :)

The whole gang...we even had Papa T and Mimi trick or treat with us

After we walked around Braden and Daddy passed out candy and Braden enjoyed MANY treats of his own.

Pumpkin Party

Today we went over to Sarah's house for a Pumpkin Party before trick or treating. Braden had a blast with Tyler and some other little cuties. The kiddos got to make a picture frame, decorate their pumpkins with stickers, and even decorate cookies. Can you guess which part Braden enjoyed the most? Yep, the cookie part because he got to lick straight icing without even getting much on his cookie. :) It was a very cute party and we had a ton of fun. Thanks Sarah for having us over!!

Making the picture frame with a little help from Mom

The finished product

Visit from home

Last night my Mom, Bob, and nephew came down to spend the night with us. Braden had a blast playing with Dylan and was completely exhausted by bedtime. Dylan may just have to come stay with us more often! :) We made homemade pizzas and the boys helped roll out the dough.

Gma Trish and Papa Bob enjoyed getting smiles from Ethan

Pumpkin Carving

On Thursday we carved our pumpkin. Braden did not want to touch the pumpkin's insides last year so we were curious if he would be into it this year. That would be a big NO! He liked watching and would use his scoop occasionally, but it was pretty much Chris doing the whole pumpkin again. :) We baked our seeds and he loved those...no surprise there since they were coated with cinnamon and sugar.

Yummy seeds!

Cutie Patootie

Ethan is smiling all of the time now and I just can't get enough! It is too sweet. He looks like he's laughing with his whole body even though their is no sound coming out. :) I can't believe how fast they change.

Halloween Party

Tonight we went to Chris' mom's house for their neighborhood Halloween party. It was the cutest little event! There were 7 stops during the party each at a different house. We had a pizza stop, picture stop, a pumpkin egg hunt, pumpkin painting, a game stop, a bouncer and treats stop, an outdoor movie, and finally a "spooky" walk to the shelter house for treat bags. It was a really cute event and Braden enjoyed all of the stops, especially the ones that involved getting candy. Thanks Gma Cindy and Pop for inviting us!

All of the kids in the neighborhood

Using lots of colors on his pumpkin

Hanging out at the game stop. Gma Cindy kept Ethan snuggled and warm

The spooky walk. Braden loved his flashlight.

Ooooohhhh, spooky

Trick or treating at Silver Creek

We sure are having some Halloween fun this year! On Friday night we went to Silver Creek High School for their "free" trick or treating event. I say free because I'm pretty sure everyone from the entire New Albany area was there due to the "free" part in the advertisement. It was one crowded place but they gave out some major candy. There were 75 stops throughout the school to fill your candy bucket. Braden had a good time and ran into several friends while there.

Waiting in line to begin...Braden and Tyler shared some love

Ethan waited patiently

Braden shared some more love with a few characters

"trick or treat....thank you" I made Braden say this at every stop. He was loving me!

The neighbors were there too...Braden really thinks he's part of their family. I think he pretty much is-hee hee

One last hug before heading home...ahhhhh

A perfect fall day!

Today was the perfect day to take some fall pictures. Michelle and Jackson came down from Indy today to play so we took the boys to a little church up the road that had a yard full of beautiful fall leaves. I had great pictures in mind but that's not quite a reality when working with two year olds. Ha! So here's what we got. :)

I had to get Ethan in one and you can see that Braden tried to "involve" him in the leave fun a bit too much-oops!

Getting to know each other

Braden is still loving on his brother. I keep waiting for something to change (after all, my brother colored all over my face with marker when I was 2 days old!) but so far Braden has been very gentle and loving with his little brother. He loves to lay on the floor facing Ethan and try and make him smile. It's pretty cute.

How about this buddy? Is this funny?

And a big sneeze from Ethan right in Braden's face. Ha!

Trick or treating at the zoo

Last night we went to the zoo for their annual trick or treating event. We met the Johnsens there and as usual we were entertained by Braden and Jace. This year it seemed to be the amount of falling down and getting muddy the boys somehow managed to do. :) It also felt different this year because we had Little Lexi and Ethan with us! It was a chilly night but the kiddos all managed to stay warm in their fuzzy costumes.

Ethan, the gorilla

Braden, the monkey (literally)

Lexi was Tigger and Jace was a giraffe

Yep, I'm pretty big stuff

Braden was scared of every costumed character...including Bob the Builder (ha!). Chris' parenting style is apparently to get them over their fears fast! It didn't actually work but they got close. :)

Of course Ethan got candy too....A.K.A. more candy for mom and dad

What did they put in here this time?

We also ran into the Ritters so Braden and Jayla, the ladybug got a picture together

Happy Halloween!!