Halloween

Halloween is a big holiday for everyone, especially kids. There is so much to do, apple picking, hay rides, dressing up, and more. The first is carving the pumpkin. To do that we have to have the pumpkins.


Check. Maybe the boys are still too young to use the knife themselves, but they can help pick patterns and supervise the carving.


Our final result covered the gamut from traditional to a witch on a broom. We weren't used to the warm weather here in Virginia so they didn't last as long as we're used to, but it was still adequately festive.


The other must-do is the costume. Liam got a recycled turtle outfit that would have been perfect if he was crawling around. I'll trade sitting in place rather than crawling down the stairs for a little cuteness at Halloween. Besides, crawling and being still look the same in a photograph.


Finn saw a pilot costume while we were at the BX in Germany. He wanted to get it but they didn't have one in his size. So when we got back to the States, we ordered on off the BX on-line.


Finn wore it around the whole DC/NOVA area on Halloween. We went to the Native American Museum and then walked to where he wold be more appropriately dress, the Air and Space Museum.




After the museum, we came back home and practiced carrying the plastic pumpkin around the house.


Once we thought that task was mastered, we went to the party in our community. He met up with the next door neighbor girl there. They had fun until there was an unplanned diaper change.


Finally the real trick-or-treating could begin. Finn didn't quite get the bucket like we hoped and carried all the candy in his hands and carried the bucket along with it. Once the haul outgrew his number of hands, he used the bucket to carry it all. He said that we'll be all ready for next year with all the training he needs.