Costumes of the Past to the Present...

Luke's First Halloween: October 2006

Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin


Luke and Jamie went trick-or-treating together - how cute are they!


Mr. Charlie Brown...



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Luke's Second Halloween was celebrated in December as he was ill on Halloween. So these pictures are from December 2007...

Monkey Boy!






Celebrating Halloween with his buddies EA, MC and Will A. who were also sick over Halloween. We had a grand time celebrating together - even if it was right before Christmas!


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Luke's Third Halloween and Will's First Halloween: October 2008

Arrrrggg Matey!

I thought I had bought Will an alligator costume...and it wasn't until I put it on him that I realized it was a dinosaur! Oh well - he's a cutie either way!

Nothing says dangerous dinosaur like a box of Huggies Diapers...

Watch out Dino!

I'll post more pictures after Trunk-or-Treat tomorrow night! Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Tonight we decided it was "now or never" on carving the pumpkins for this season. I allowed Luke to stay up an hour past his normal bedtime to help us carve the first two pumpkins. Right after I got a tired Will into bed - we started in on the pumpkins. Guka is very creative, so the pumpkins turned out great! You'll notice my triangle eye and nose pumpkin...that's about as far as my pumpkin carving ability goes! =)

"Arrrggg Matey - this is a mighty heavy pumpkin -aye it is!"

Mommy and Luke before the carving began!

And the "gutting" begins!

Gotta make sure it's all outta there!

Luke thought he was helping mommy by smacking the pumpkin in the face....-sigh- boys...=)

The pumpkin carving crew! MeMe found the candles for the pumpkins - thus she opted out of the gooey gutting and carving stage of the evening. =)


Luke was very diligent in getting all the insides out...

A finished product!

All lit up!

Pumpkins peeking out the window...

We all had a fabulous time! Luke is really looking forward to Trunk-or-treat (an event our church puts on where people decorate the trunk of their vehicles and hand out candy in the church parking lot.) I'll post pictures of that very soon!

And -because a blog just isn't complete without a picture of Will - here's two! =)

Out for a wagon ride! Brrrrrr - it's cold ma ma!

Will loves bath time. He loves it so much that he even tries to climb over the edge of the tub...and the scary thing is - he can do it - and he can do it in a flash! I have to keep my hands on this child his entire bath because he's such a daredevil!

More later!

Sunday Cuteness

Pumpkin Patch!

Tuesday afternoon, Aunt Jamie and I took the kiddos to the pumpkin patch. Jamie had the day off from work, so after the boys took their naps, we ventured off to find pumpkins. We all had a really good time! The boys each got pumpkins to carve. I also indulged in some yummy apple cider and apple butter....mmmmmmm....=) Here are pics!

Will enjoying a sippy of cold water on this warm day...

Luke and Aunt Jamie checking out the corn stalk Teepee...


I had no idea goats were such climbers! They had this huge - and high - contraption in their little pasture. The goats loved to climb up and down - so funny!

They had corn to feed the goats...but the goats already had corn in their gate...so they weren't too interested in the kernels we offered. Oh well!

Pumpkins! Luke loved trying to pick up the pumpkins. If it was too big, he'd still try - then proclaim, "too heaby!"


Luke picked one of the white pumpkins to take home.


Yummy water!


Cool Dude!


Here Will is playing in the midst of the pumpkins...





Us...


Will is trying to figure out how to drive this rig!


Luke loves tractors. He was very impressed with the size of this one!



Aunt Jamie and Luke going through the "pumpkin maze."


"Which way should I go?"





The boys rode the wagon as we navigated through the corn maze...it took us close to 30 minutes to find our way out! The look on Luke's face is his silent way of telling me he's tired of me taking his picture...



A quick rest before purchasing our pumpkins!


Here's Will in the wagon full of our purchases!


He wanted the apple cider...


We hear that this pumpkin patch makes apple cider donuts on the weekend...that may be reason enough to visit again soon! =)