Halloween 2011

Halloween was so much fun this year now that Connor is old enough to get it. Connor was a cute astronaut (costume courtesy of Grandma Brenda (Brad's mom)). He hated the suit at first, but once he discovered he gets candy if he wears it, no problem. His silver motorcycle/astronaut helmet (love the head-body ratio it creates) and black Ugg/moon boots made the outfit.

We celebrated Halloween for a whole week and did a lot of fun activities.

First was the pumpkin patch on the 24th. Connor had a blast but was terrified of the worker who dressed up like a scare crow with a hollowed out pumpkin on his head (wish I would have gotten a picture of him!). He tried to pick up the biggest pumpkins and we finally found one he was happy with that he could carry everywhere. And he did.



We had a MOMS Club Halloween Party on the 26th. Food, treats, costumes, crafts, and play time with friends. Our ward trunk-or-treat was also that night (it was FREEZING!)



We carved our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch on the 29th. We covered our table with trash bags and went to town. Connor couldn't get enough of the ooey-gooey pumpkin seeds. Later that day was the Halloween story time and craft at the library.



This baby pumpkin is perfect for our gap-toothed 2 year old. :)

Our front door.

Another kid at the library had the same astronaut costume. Thank you Costco.

And finally, trick-or-treating on Halloween! My favorite of the night was how excited he was for the apple given to us by our dentist-neighbor. But when he got his first sucker, the apple was long gone. After trick-or-treating, Connor loved passing out candy at the door. When he heard the knock: *Gasp* "Kids!" and he would grab the bowl and run to the door, giving each kid a toddler-sized handful. Grandma Brenda also came up to spend the night with us.


Happy Halloween!!