Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Halloween Time Warp

Is it possible? I blinked, and Halloween came and went.

Ian is officially a fan of Halloween. We have some books about growing pumpkins and Halloween festivities. His favorite book is Trick-or-Treat, Little Critter by Mercer Mayer. For the last two weeks, we've read that book everyday at nap or bedtime, or both. We always tell Ian a fly by the seat of your pants short story just before going to sleep at night. He always requests a garbage truck story, but lately he's demanded a trick-or-treat one.

Of course, it wouldn't be Halloween without a jack-o-lantern, and the accompanying whining of a toddler during the creative process. "Ian do it," kept ringing through our ears as we cut into the beloved pumpkin. One of us needed to restrain Ian from grabbing the knife.





At least he thoroughly enjoyed taking out the seeds and gooey pumpkin guts.









Laurel peeked inside and let us know in no uncertain terms, she wanted no part of it.
















Spooky, yes? He turned out pretty good, especially for us amateur pumpkin carvers.







Both sets of our parents came over, along with Ian's friend Riley and her parents. With all the people over, and trick-or-treaters ringing the doorbell, Ian got overly excited and just could not sit long enough to eat dinner. I finally had to place him (more like wrestle and hog tie him) in Laurel's highchair in order to get him to eat a few bites. Getting him dressed in his costume didn't go much easier. Too busy pushing Riley around in a car, he just would not willingly sit down to change his clothes. After much chasing, we finally cornered and dressed him. Finally, it dawned on him that it was time to go trick-or-treating, so out the door he bolts, leaving the rest of us in his dust.

At each door, Ian and Riley seemed hesitant. But the minute they saw the candy, the shyness dissipated. Just happy to be out and about, Laurel watched from either Paul's or my arms, taking notes for next year.





Well, hello there, Bob the Builder!
















MOO!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

My gosh but your kids are adorable! We dressed Beth up as a pumpkin and took her around to a couple of houses as an excuse to meet our neighbours, and I think she captured a few hearts.

The Domesticator said...

Ohhh..I LOVE the costumes! They look so cute.
You know, we carved four pumpkins with our kids this year, and I can say that it really is an adult thing. I mean, my kids were squeamish and didn't want to touch the "guts" inside, and I certainly couldn't let them wield a sharp object independently.... Hmmm...


Anyway, your pumpkin came out beautifully!

Elizabeth said...

oh so cute!!!

carrie said...

Looks like a happy Halloween was had by all -- especially those cute kiddos!

Carrie

Lady M said...

Can we carve it? Yes, we can!

Laurel looks like she's ready to dive into the pumpkin. :)

The Sheppard's said...

You have a beautiful family.
What great halloween costumes. Glad to see both of your children enjoying carving the pumpkin. Thanks for the comment on my blog.

Anonymous said...

You have beautiful children, Tina. I love reading your blog and remembering what it was like to have little kids at home. Enjoy! They grow up much too fast.

Knitting Maniac said...

That is an AWESOME pumpkin!