Halloween 2008

We started the Halloween festivities this year by carving our pumpkins. Henry loved helping scoop out the pumpkin's insides (a.k.a. "pumpkin guts", thanks Dad!) and doing some carving. He was very clear that he wanted moon eyes and a moon nose and two teeth. Patrick and Henry carving

William pointing to the balloon (left over from his birthday).On Thursday morning the children at Henry's school had a Halloween parade. Each class made their own costume, so all of the children in the class were the same thing. Henry's class dressed up as clowns. Their costumes were adorable. I'm impressed with his teacher's ingenuity - it's amazing what they made with a paper bag and some construction paper. Erica and Ben came to visit us Wednesday night and I was thrilled that they could come with us to the parade on Thursday. Henry loved having them there, too! These pictures were taken by Erica - she took pictures so I could videotape for Patrick. Thank you Erica!Henry in his clown costume
William and Ben watching the parade
They were pretty fascinated with all of the children parading by.

Henry parading with his class

On Halloween morning we had a special Halloween breakfast and then got ready for a Halloween party playdate at Henry's classmate's house. His friend John and his mom invited all of Henry's class over for a playdate. Henry had lots of fun - there were about 8 children there and he loved playing with them outside of school.

Halloween breakfast

Who doesn't love to start the day with sugar? hahaha, I know it's terrible, but it was Halloween. Pumpkin shaped chocolate-chip pancakes with M&M faces, and banana slices topped with mini-marshmallows for Henry.Just plain pumpkin shaped pancakes and some eggs for William.

Halloween cookies we brought to Henry's playdate.

And then it was time to trick-or-treat!

William the turtle sees himself in the mirror for the first time

Brandon, Emily and Charlie stopped by to visit before doing some trick-or-treating on their own. Tigger and the turtles had fun playing together for a few minutes. Charlie, William and HenryCharlie and William

The boys both had detachable shells. Hilarious. They bopped all around when they walked.

Henry, William and Patrick

We walked around our neighborhood to do some trick-or-treating. The weather was perfect and there were lots of other children and families out. We went to our neighbor's house first and even though we know them pretty well, Henry was too shy to knock on their door, say trick-or-treat or even accept candy from them. My poor neighbor literally chased him around trying to put the candy into his little basket. Ha! By the time we got to the second house, he was a pro and loved saying trick-or-treat. He collected lots of extra loot for "his baby brother". Everyone saw William and wanted to make sure he got some candy, too. Some people were flustered that he didn't have a treat bag of his own. Henry declared that he would go home "once his bag was full". The shells. My favorite part.

Happy Halloween!