Halloween Happenings

So, I'm finally getting around to wrapping up our month of October - just two weeks later! This post is a quick little picture preview of our Halloween happenings.  

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Two nights before Halloween we decided to carve a jack-o-lantern. We all four loaded up and went to Walmart to find the perfect little pumpkin to light up on our doorstep. Easy, right? Wrong! Because we decided to go just a few nights before Halloween, most of the "good" pumpkins were already gone and I had to dig through four giant boxes of rotting pumpkins at Walmart to get that perfect pumpkin (after Jeb had already met me at the check-out with two that I didn't approve of)! We bought the carving kit to go with it and headed home to a fun night of pizza and pumpkin carving!

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Jeb wasn't too thrilled about the tedious work involved but after Reid and I did the "dirty work" of getting all the pumpkin guts out, he kind of got excited about helping out with the finishing touches.

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Reid wasn't that into it at first and thought that jumping off all the furniture was way more fun!

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He got a little more into it when I let him use some of the carving tools to help. He ended up breaking half of them and our pumpkin ended up with little holes all over it - but hey, it was Reid's pumpkin anyway! And I think the little holes gave it some character!

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LilliAnn and I with the finished product!

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I just love this picture!

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Hello in there!

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Reid and I have taken a picture together every Halloween (and I'm wearing this shirt every year), but this Halloween he was just NOT having it. I think this was the best one we got. There were too many kids up and down the street, too much candy, and he was way too tired from no nap all day!

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Lil loved looking at all the kids!

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We trick-or-treated about five houses on our block and then decided to walk over to Aunt Tammy's house for some goodies!

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Our neighbor, Susan, gave him a Hershey's bar before we started trick-or-treating. He ate the entire thing and then was kind of over the Halloween candy.

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Grayson forgot his Ninja mask and swords so he just went as a "kid dressed in black." 

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Visiting cousin Tara

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Lil thought our basket of Halloween candy was pretty yummy - well, at least the paper was good!

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 Little Boo Baby

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Get this big thing off of my head mama!

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Trick-or-Treating at Nana Karen and Papa Kelbo's house

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A cowboy baseball player!

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precious poodle

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It was a fabulous Halloween - and I'd have to say carving the jack-o-lantern was my very favorite part of it! It's a lot of work dressing the kids up, carrying a baby and walking around and trick-or-treating to all the different houses, taking pictures, holding candy baskets, making it back home in time to pass out our candy...whew, I'm exhausted just thinking about it again - but it sure was a lot of fun!