Halloween

Sorry, for the lack of updates.  We had the hard drive that we store all our pictures on go bad (Thankfully, I had purchased a backup machine to save everything.)

Carter had a couple of choices for his costume.  He tried on his sister's minion outfit for fun and also a dragon costume that Gigi got for him.

He ultimately decided on being Elmo along with Avery repeating her performance as a Minion from last year.  The kids ended up having a blast running around the neighborhood and collecting at least 3 gallons worth of candy.  I am not sure if that is the proper measurement, but let's go with it.

 "Strike a pose"  I think this is Avery's go to sassy pose.

We met our neighbor Max very shortly after we started.

 We had to remind Carter about the concept of trick or treating with some starter candy, but it didn't take him long to pick the concept up.  Later on in the week he asked if we could go trick or treating again.

Halloween

So we are going to jump around with a few posts, because I finally got our pictures in order and wanted to start with Halloween.

This year, Avery wanted to be a minion and she wanted Carter to be a teddy bear (one of the minions has a teddy bear).  This worked out great for us, because Avery was a teddy bear when she was Carter's age.  We both rushed home from work and got the kids fed, dressed up, and headed out before it got dark.

The kids in the wagon.  Carter didn't know what was going on other than he was hot in his bear costume, but is always down for a wagon ride with his sister.

We made it a solid 10 yards before they wanted out of the wagon and to walk.  At this point we thought it might be a long night.

The first house was a bowl, so Carter was just passing us the candy.

The second house had someone home, but Carter was a bit hesitant.  Avery was a pro so she dove right in.

By the third or fourth house, Carter had it all figured out.  He did have a bit of trouble only picking the one piece of candy he wanted and tried to touch them all.  If they tried to give him two pieces at first he would try to give it back.  Towards the end of the night he was taking 2~3 pieces instinctively.

Overall, the kids made it all the way around the neighborhood and did great together.  I can't wait until next year, when Carter can talk a little bit more.  We actually had to empty their buckets into the wagon because the brought back so much candy (which I have almost enjoyed all of it).

Halloween

So our Halloween this year was a little different than previous years since it was on Saturday and conflicted with a football game.

Carter had this great monkey costume although we didn't send him to school in it.

Avery went to school as Tinkerbell.

 Since we were going to go to the game on Saturday and wanted to have a trick or treating experience with Avery, we found a local church that was having a "Trunk or Treat" event.  Avery was pretty excited about it.

 Carter....not so impressed.

 This was the church that Laura's cousin Jonathan got married at and we randomly ran into them there.  The kids had a great time chasing each other around while the adults got to have adult conversation...you know Disney, candy, and costume stuff.

On Saturday we went to the football game in costume as well.  There were tons of cars that were doing trunk or treating, so after we saw the band and cheerleaders we took a lap around the parking lot to pick up some bonus candy.  Shoutout to the people passing out samples of Super Spicy Takis.  Avery got pretty proficient in picking out Reese's cups and Milky Way's for Laura.  She didn't mind digging to the bottom to find something that Laura liked.

 Tinkerbell part deux.

 Morgan and Macey also came to help us passout candy from our tailgating spot.  I was surprised at how many kids showed up in costume to the game.  It was also funny to see which kids would go into the bowl for a piece vs those who went for the big handful.

 Silly Graydon dressed up as a laxy Mexican and Avery enjoyed his hat.

And of course we had a blast at the football game!  Go Pack!

HALLOWEEN!!!

Work was a bit rough this week, so I didn't get around to posting Avery's halloween pictures until......now.  Halloween started early with a costume for school.  She reprised her role of a purple butterfly from last year so that she had a manageable costume to go to school and so that the teachers wouldn't hate us forever.  

Laura painting on her cheeks.  I think the outline of the circles still can be seen.

 Our cute little bug...

 Avery also had to decorate a pumpkin for school.  She used a ton of glitter paint and one of the 45 pumpkins we have at the house now.  And the pumpkin came back home as well....

At the school party with some her buddies

So the entire month of October, Avery was set on being a purple butterfly again.  That is until searching through the Target Halloween aisle, she came upon a Rapunzel dress.  After watching the movie "Tangled" (Rapunzel) a least a thousand times and naming her future sibling Rapunzel, she decided that she would like to be Rapunzel.  Take the dress, buy a wig, and some accessory donations from her BFF Lily; we have a full Rapunzel costume and one happy toddler.

I think it turned out pretty awesome.

 Mommy dressed up as well.  Daddy dressed up as a guy carrying a camera and then later a tired princess.

 We hit the houses in the neighborhood as soon as Avery got home from school.

 Since it was relatively early in the night, not many folks were home.

Overall the night was a blast.  Avery walked around the neighborhood ringing on quite a few doors and coming away with a good haul.  About 3/4 of the way around she said "My bag is too heavy to carry, I want to go home."  That is when I got to carry a toddler dressed like a princess on my shoulders the rest of the way home.  Once we got home she probably had the most fun handing out candy to the kids passing through.

She would yell from the porch, "COME GET YOUR CANDY! WE HAVE CHOCOLATE (snickers), CANDY (twix), AND M&M'S!!!"  The next day she sat outside during a snack hoping more kids would come by.  I think she is going to enjoy having a sibling.