Happy Halloween!

It had been raining all day and tornado warnings right before Trick or Treating time.

Thankfully the rain stopped for a short time for us to make it around the block before getting a little bit wet on the way home!

Ready to go!

Hunter

These two had a blast!

Harry Potter

Halloween tradition to go with the Loucks

and Titus!

All he cared about was his candy! :)

Always a fun time with friends and more candy than we need!

Trick or Treat

We had a great time with friends this Halloween.

 Before trick or treating, we went over to Jackson's friends house for a little party.

The cutest dragon I've ever seen!

 Lincoln and Titus trick or treating.

 Lincoln was super into it this year. I loved listening to him roar and say trick or treat, thank you.

I was also impressed he kept the costume on the whole time.

5 years later, same dragon costume and 2 sweet boys!

Trick or Treat 2014

I love that Trick or Treating was on a Friday night this year! We ate our tradition of Sonic 50 cent corn dogs for dinner, and then got ready to trick or treat. Brian decided to get in on the fun too! He keeps our life relaxed and full of smiles!

Jackson dressed up as a nice ninja. 

Lincoln wasn't feeling his monkey costume, so he wore his fox pajamas. (Turns out he had an ear infection:( ) He loved riding in the wagon with Garbageman Titus!

He also couldn't have been any cuter holding his bucket, walking up to a house, and then smiling real big when he got a piece of candy.:)

Love him!

Jackson ran ahead and from house to house with his friends from down the street.

It was a beautiful night, and we had a lot of fun with friends!

We spent the rest of the weekend enjoying the cooler weather at the park. 

Do we have to go back to work on Monday?:)

Trick or Treating

Captain America has had a busy week!

We had so much fun trick or treating last night. The Yangs joined us as tradition would have it. Titus and Lincoln was happy to be along for the ride. 

Lincoln wore the same skeleton pajamas that Jackson wore his first Halloween. 

Daddy and his two x-rays:

Jackson and his friend Noah ran from house to house. They had a blast together!

Holidays are so much more fun with kids!

Trick-or-Treating

Halloween was such a fun night!

It is not a holiday we make a big deal about or spend a lot of money on. Jackson will never dress as anything scary.

Jackson got to trick-or-treat with Aaron, Garrison, and Katelyn.

He was SO into it this year! He ran from house to house and up to the door all by himself. The candy got him excited at every house!

 We trick-or-treated up and down our street and around our block. The kids had 2 buckets full of candy by the time we were down.

All the kids were sweaty and headed right to the bath when we got home!

I love spending time doing fun activities with my boy Bob the Builder!

Visitors

Where has the week gone?

My parents arrived last Saturday night. Jackson had been waiting all day for them to arrive!

My dad broke his leg and has 5 weeks off of work, so they made a trip down to see up.

 

Sunday morning we went to church. Garrison loved the Sunday school class they had for him. He asked if he could go every week.

Mom didn't get the memo to smile:)

 My parents and me!

 After church, we came home to wait for Aunt Midge and Uncle Dan to go to lunch. I love this picture Brian snapped of Katelyn while the kids were playing.

Waiting for lunch with their fire hats on!

 

 Later on Sunday, my mom made a batch of rollout cookies. Jackson helped her cut out pumpkins, and we all chipped into frost and decorate them.

 LOVE this picture of me with the boys.

 Yummy cookies!

Pumpkins and Sugar

Friday when Brian got home from work he helped Jackson carve his pumpkin. Jackson told him exactly what to do.

Jackson wouldn’t actually touch any of the pulp and seeds. This is a staged photo!

Supervising Daddy!

Jackson and his finished Jack-o-lantern!

After dinner, Jackson got dressed up as Bob the Builder.

We went trunk-or-treating at the YMCA.

Jackson got lots of candy and had lots of fun!

Saturday morning, I took Jackson to a friend’s birthday party.

Love this picture of us!

Captain America’s cake was very cool and looked like an American flag on the inside.

We had a lot of sugar and fun and that was only the first half of our weekend!

Trick or Treat

Monday morning started like any other Monday, wishing I could stay in bed and cuddle with Jackson a little longer. I was in the middle of meeting with a reading group when I got the call. Sandy, Jackson's babysitter, never calls. I knew it wasn't going to be a good thing, and I was right. Jackson fell when dancing, cut his head, and was going to need stitches.

I have never left my classroom so fast and in such a mess. On my way to get Jackson I called Brian to meet me there. I didn't want to watch Jackson get stitches on my own. We first went to the emergency room but after waiting 40 minutes and not even registering, we left. Just down the road was an urgent care that did stitches. We were in and out within 45 minutes.

 Jackson was very brave. He cried hard when they put the numbing ointment on his cut. Hearing him in pain made me cry. That's why I needed Brian. He was calm and kept talking to Jackson. Five stitches and many tears later we were done. We promised Jackson chicken and ice cream when he was all done.

 He was good to go by Trick-or-Treating time! Here is our monkey pre-stitches and...

With stitches!

 Right before we left, Jackson was ready to go.

He was really into trick-or-treating this year. He would say "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at every house and run from house to house.

 He would run back and say "I got more!" Every now and then, Jackson would make monkey sounds.

 Louis and Katrina joined us again this year. We only went down about 2 streets and Jackson's pumpkin was full of candy.

I am so glad the ending of our day was better than the beginning. I love my little monkey!