Halloween 2013

Can't believe I'm posting our Halloween pictures in December, but I guess that's life with little ones.  It's a bit crazy once in awhile.

 

 My little penguin playing with his 1st pumpkin.

 

This year Mickey and Minnie are the rage around our house.  Sadie and Wyatt's favorite stuffed animals are their big Mickeys and little Mickeys, their jammies are Mickey, their beanies are Mickey, their slippers are Mickey, and I can't tell you how many times we've paused Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so that they could go get their "Mickey the Mouse and Minnie the Mouse."  They of course need to sit on the couch under the blankies as well.  So, it was no surprise when it was time to choose how we wanted to carve the pumpkins that Mickey and Minnie were the #1 choice and that when it came time to throw the pumpkins out there were more than a few tears shed.

 This pumpkin was kind of fun.  It didn't light up as bright as I'd imagined it would, but the kids had a lot of fun hammering the golf pegs into the pumpkin.  Kept them busy for quite awhile which is always a good thing.

 Every night the kids were so excited to light the pumpkins and turn off the lights so that they could see their Mickey and Minnie pumpkins.  I must say I love the enthusiasm that toddlers bring to the simplest of things!

For Halloween this year we decided to go with the Toy Story gang.  Wyatt got cowboy boots from Uncle Robert and Sadie got cowboy boots for her birthday so it seemed like an easy option and they were super excited.  The cutest part was that as soon as they got into their costumes all Wyatt wanted to do was hug Sadie because of course Woodie LOVES Jessie.  Haha!  We may have egged him on a little but it was really too funny!  Cooper was a very cute little Rex although he wasn't so sure about being in a costume.

Robert invited us to join a little group from his church that went out and trick-or-treated a nearby neighborhood.  We went back and forth on what we wanted to do this year but ended up really enjoying being included in this little group for the night.  The kids had some other kids to play with, everyone was very nice, and although we missed our old neighborhood tremendously we enjoyed continuing the tradition of trick or treating and enjoyed continuing the tradition of coming home to chicken tortilla soup thanks to our old neighbors the Tottens.