Halloween Fun

Halloween has quickly become a week long event at our house!

Here is our schedule of activities:
Monday- Bake Halloween confetti cupcakes that Gigi sent to Anderson (***Update: Anderson had a blast helping Mommy make and decorate the cupcakes! Although I must say that he was much more interested in finishing the decorating so that he could eat them! He kept saying, "wanna eat 'em." Wonder where he gets that from?!!? My favorite parts were that he wanted to put ALL of the pumpkin toothpicks in his one little cupcake and that he told Daddy that he put "sparkles" on his cupcakes, aka "sprinkles!" Of course he was a mess by the time all was said and done! Thanks for the fun gift Gigi!)

Tuesday- Watch Pooh's Halloween Heffalump Movie (***Update: Mommy had fun watching the movie! Anderson was about as interested in watching it as he is in all of his other videos...he wants to put it in and turn it on himself and then he is fascinated for a few minutes...but would rather run around playing with his toys, while the movie plays in the background! He really is fascinated with Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo and Lumpy but he would rather play than sit and watch TV, which I think is a good thing! Daddy took the day off from work to hang out with us which made the day really nice! He was not that interested in the movie either but that's okay because Mommy wanted them to watch it, not because she thought they would like it, but because she thinks that little purple elephant is so cute!)

Wednesday: Trick or Treat Storytime at Barnes & Nobles with Gabe (***Update: Anderson (Lion!) had a blast at storytime today. He got to play with his little friend Gabe (Tigger!) and Gabe's friend Isabella (Ballerina!) as well as a bunch of other kids! He got to hear the story, There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed a Bat, go trick or treating throughout the store, make a craft and eat pumpkin pie! I think his favorite part was trick or treating and eating the candy! Afterwards, he got to play with Gabe and Isabella at Gabe's house! It was a fun day and I am actually surprised that we made it out of the bookstore without buying anything because he wanted everything in sight! This was the 1st of 3 times that he will wear his costume this week!)

Thursday- Bake Pumpkin cookies that Mommy bought (***Update: Anderson had a fun time helping Mommy make, bake and decorate the pumpkin cookies! Of course he also loved eating them! He played with the dough like it was playdough and he smeared the icing with his fingers so by the end he was a huge mess as you can imagine! Today at preschool, he got to wear his lion costume again during the costume parade that ended with the church staff giving the kids candy! He ended the day by watching the Halloween video that Gigi sent him called, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. But as I mentioned before, he will not sit still long enough to watch the entire thing! Tomorrow is the BIG day...EJ's 1st Halloween! Have you been wondering where EJ has been during all of our Halloween fun?!!? He's been doing what he does best...sleeping! He did go with us to the bookstore but he just hung out in his carrier while we were there! You will get to see him tomorrow in his CUTE costume...any guesses as to what it might be?!!?

Friday- Fall Festival at AMBC with Gigi & Grandaddy (Update: ***Today is EJ's 1st Halloween! Here is a picture of EJ in his 1st Halloween outfit that Gigi sent him and a picture of the boys with their pumpkins! I gave EJ the littlest one and of course Anderson wanted the BIG one! Tonight we are going to the fall festival in our costumes, I will post pictures later. Happy Halloween!) Well, the week of Halloween fun is officially over! It ended tonight with the fall festival at our church. Anderson had a great time running around playing games and winning candy and of course, eating it! His favorite activity was the balloon room, which was basically the raquetball court filled with balloons and foam noodles, where the kids could run around hitting the balloons, trying to keep them off of the ground! EJ cruised around in his little stroller, watching all of the kids play! As you can see, Anderson was our cute little lion, EJ was our sweet baby elephant and Mommy and Daddy were the safari hunters! EJ was the inspiration to our theme because Mommy wanted him to be an elephant so the other costumes evolved from there! All in all, it was a great night and we enjoyed having Gigi and Grandaddy there with us!

Happy Halloween! Hope your week was as fun-filled as ours!