Before we get into tonight's Halloween festivities, here are a few photos from the days leading up to it.We made cupcakes for our playgroup Halloween party. While I still can't get Jack to try anything new, Ethan LOVED licking off the beaters.
While he didn't want to lick the beaters, Jack really enjoyed helping me make the cupcakes and then decorate them. I think he might become a chef -- he LOVES to watch cooking shows on TV!
Below is a photo of the boys in their Halloween costumes before we headed out to our party. Jack is a Power Ranger and Ethan is a pirate. I couldn't find the devil costume Jack wore when he was Ethan's age so I found a t-shirt that had a pirate pattern and then popped Jason's pirate hat on him. It didn't stay on long but at least I got a quick photo of him in it!
Here is the group of old friends from the playgroup. We've been doing this since Jack was 2 years old. It's fun to see them all grow up and change.Below is them "trick-or-treating" to each of the mom's to get a goody bag.
Here is Jack with his loot from the party. He had so much fun going through all the bags to see what he got.
For Halloween, we started off the festivities at Publix (local grocery store) where the kids can trick or treat at locations around the store for candy. In the bakery they got to decorate their own cookie (above), in produce they did a ring toss and a basketball toss, in the seafood department they went fishing, and in the dairy section they bowled. Jack kept telling me that this was the best Halloween EVER.
For dinner I started up the tradition that my mom always did with us kids growing up, Halloween pumpkin burgers! I loved and looked forward to this every year. Hopefully my boys will do the same.
After enjoying dinner, we headed out to trick-or-treat. I felt like I was back in Seattle - it rained the whole time we were out there. This is the first time since we moved here 6 years ago that we had rain on Halloween. In fact, normally it's really warm and we walk around without jackets. Oh well....we still had fun!
We were supposed to go out with friends from the neighborhood but they had a last minute change of plans so it was just us. I was really proud of Jack for going up to each door and trick-or-treating by himself. And he said thank you to everyone!
Jack had so much fun, but we lost Ethan towards the end!
Here is Jack, talking to Daddy on the phone while checking out all the candy he got. He's now counting down the days until next Halloween!
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