Halloween!

As much as I love fall, I've never been a big Halloween person. Even as a child, I was never super into dressing up, and mostly just did it for the candy! Brett's never been a huge fan of dressing up either, so like me, he mostly does it for the goodies and fun of trick or treating. We kind of missed out on Halloween last year because my brother and sister in law got married that day (my brother loves Halloween!), plus we had literally just moved into our house so the holiday went by without much celebrating. Brett was a little sad to miss out on all the fun, but that didn't last long once he realized our wonderful friends and neighbors on Howard street still had candy to pass out to Luke Skywalker once we returned :-) Fast forward to this year, and we were all excited to celebrate on the actual day, and Kyle's mom, Mary, even came to town for the festivities! 

A few days before Halloween, I joined Brett in his 2nd grade classroom for a celebration at school. The kids watched a Charlie Brown movie, did a Halloween craft, and had yummy treats to munch on. Brett is always SO HAPPY to have me in his classroom with him, and the look on his face when he first spots me is one of my most favorites because his whole face lights up! I treasure these special times together, just the two of us, and I know he does too.

After the movie, getting ready to start the craft!

Cathy couldn't make the party, so I took a few pictures of Carolyn for her :-) 

Workin' hard on his creepy spider!

And Ta-Da! Brett and the finished product :-)

Brett took me around his classroom to show me different things, including this Jack-O-Lantern that he made! Pretty cute, huh?

The boys were so excited when we went to get our mail one evening and noticed this bag on treats on our porch! They got BOO'D! Camden had fun pulling out all the goodies; chocolates, suckers, little flashlights, and glow in the dark eye balls (that you could freeze to put in your drinks!).

The boys also had fun making Halloween Luminarias that night!

High on sugar and life.

The weekend before Halloween, we decided it was finally time to carve pumpkins. There was only one minor setback....because of all the warm weather we had, Brett's pumpkin had turned to mush! Fortunately, Camden didn't mind sharing, so Brett was still able to carve a pumpkin and no meltdowns followed! 

Surprisingly, Camden didn't care to get into the action of carving, and was content to just work hard on his own creation....with markers!

Brett was quite proud of himself this year because he did all the carving himself!

How cute is this picture?! Camden and his little pumpkin :-)

Brett enjoyed looking at Grandma Mo's pictures after the carving was complete.

Love his concentration as he colors his pumpkin some more....

And these close ups!!!

Then finally the day came.....HALLOWEEN was here!!!  Kyle grilled up some brats and burgers for everyone to mow down on before trick or treating, and then we were off! Mary stayed back to finish eating and enjoy some down town, while my dad handed out candy and my mom walked around town with us :-) And guess what? Apparently we had no idea what "a lot" meant when we asked the neighbors how much candy we should buy....we ran out TWICE!!! 

Our family (with my dad photobombing in the background!). I still can't get over how cute Camden was in that lion costume!  

I mean, seriously. Does it get any cuter than this?!

Luke Skywalker was thrilled to run into his best bud, BB8 (aka Albert) while out on the town!

Zoey happily smiling for a picture with our cute little lion (who is looking away!)

Camden refused to get out of the wagon so he got star treatment :-)

Love this candid picture of Brett looking through his stash. 

Brett never lasts long trick or treating because he is so excited to get home and eat his candy! He did later tell me that he wished he had gone back out....but I surely don't mind, the less sugar in this house, the better! 

Camden was happy to share the non chocolate pieces!

Hamming it up for the camera....oh how I love these two!

Although this American celebration isn't one of my favorite holidays, it IS one of my favorite times of the year. Seeing the joy it brings my boys is priceless!