Superman, Batman, and Scooby Doo!!!

John's office had Halloween Trick or Treat party for the children of employees and the boys had a blast going to Daddy's office AND getting a lot of candy. 

Daddy had a spider that went up and down and the boys are still talking about it.

Let the fun begin!

Scooping out the pumpkins

Luke was probably the most interested in carving the pumpkins and scooping out the inside

Grrrr.....The pumpkins mouth

Liam and I did a portion of his pumpkin and then John finished it out

Rawr.....the skeleton's mouth

The boys standing in front of their pumpkins.  Liam has a skeleton, Aiden has a slightly different skeleton, and Luke has a pumpkin of sorts with a funny/scary mouth.  Not sure exactly how Aiden ended up without clothes on, but he was busy with several different things while John and I were carving.

Movie night with popcorn!!  John is introducing the boys to "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" on the ipad. 

In previous years, John and I have carved the pumpkins for the boys during nap time, but this year was different.  For the first time, we involved the boys in the whole carving process and they loved it.  John let them each pick out or describe what they wanted on the pumpkins and then he found a template of sorts for us to follow after we verified with the boys that we were on the right track.  Luke assured us that his pumpkin was the biggest one and he wanted a normal pumpkin face with a kind of scary mouth.  Liam quickly decided on a skeleton face and Aiden went along with Liam's idea because I am pretty sure he wasn't totally sure what we were talking about.  Aiden quickly lost interest and got into several other things including a little time on the iPad while John and I finished up the pumpkins for Luke and Liam.  Overall, I would say it was a big success and the pumpkins turned out pretty good.  The boys were pleased and that's all that really matters.



Batman, Scooby Doo, and Superman ready to go!

Walking to the parade

The boys with our neighbor friend, Jack (Power Ranger)

Just a few of the kids in the neighborhood.

Our neighbor's dogs, Batman and Superman, with the boys.

 

This year we had a Superman, Batman, and Scooby Doo for Halloween. These were all choices made by the boys. We started talking about what we wanted to be for Halloween probably around the time we finished trick or treating last year. No, seriously, they have been talking about Halloween all year long. We have talked about being a rainbow dragon (Cousin Calvin's costume last year), various super hero costumes, a couple different animals, an astronaut, and a few other random things. But, we finally decided on Superman for Luke, Batman for Liam, and Scooby for AJ. I am not exactly sure how AJ decided on Scooby Doo. We have watched a few cartoons, but not a lot. 

 

John and I both agreed that trick or treating was a breeze this year compared to previous years.  The boys knew the routine, they can maneuver steps much easier, and the move a lot faster.  Liam seemed to quickly learn that the faster he went, the more houses he could cover and that meant more candy.  Luke and Aiden were their typical speeds of slow and slower, but overall it was a great night.