Halloween Fun

I think Jack started getting excited about Halloween in August...he was really ready this year!   He kept asking me "Momma, when are you going to decorate the house for Halloween?!"  I'd never really done that, short of a couple of pumpkins on the stoop so it caught me by surprise.  I hope he's going to be like this about all holidays now.  I admit, it kind of makes it a little more fun! Anyway, our Halloween fun started with a trip to the pumpkin patch around my birthday (more about my birthday soon!).  We've been going to the same pumpkin patch since Kenny and I were dating and always have such a good time.  I think all kids are cute in a pumpkin patch but these red-heads always seem to take the best pictures there!

We didn't even tell them to hold hands, Jack just reached out and grabbed Max by the hand to make sure he didn't fall off his pumpkin I think!

Do these 2 look exactly alike here or what??

They picked out 2 great pumpkins and we were on our way!

The next thing we needed to do was call in the master pumpkin carver, Gramps!  They each picked out their own patterns they wanted.  Jack's was a ghost and Max's said BOO!

Jack has been very much in love with the Detroit Lions and decided pretty early on that he wanted to be a Lions football player for Halloween.  It was between that and a dragon.  He's been obsessed with football since it started this Fall and knows everything about who played who and who won.  He's even picked up on some of the rules.  He's memorized every mascot and logo and studied a map of where the nfl and college teams are for weeks. It's beyond comprehension for me, how a 4 year old can be so interested in something like this but it's true to form for Jack that whatever he's excited about, he has to learn EVERYTHING about.  He only ever wants to go outside and play football and one day he even dug out his bike helmet and put it on to be more like a real football player!  So I told him I'd look around for a football player costume and when I found this one, even though the price tag was a bit bigger than I'd hoped, I knew he'd think it was the greatest thing ever.  And I tell you what, Santa is going to have a hard time this year because Jack Lion truly thought it was the most magical moment ever!  He thought he was getting a plastic suit that looked like a football player, not an actual uniform with a helmet and shoulder pads!  He was completely overwhelmed with excitement and wore that uniform every chance he got for the 2 weeks leading up to Halloween.  He would ask to put it on the second he got home from school and he even asked if he could sleep in it.   Turns out it has been worth every penny!

Max didn't have any opinions about his costume or understand at all what we were talking about, so we let Jack decide about Max's costume this year.  He always wants to dress like Jack anyway so we made him the mascot, Roary!

The kids paraded through Carytown at school that day and then we trick-or-treated in the neighborhood that night.  Our new neighborhood is perfect for trick-or-treating!  Our block was lots of fun as we got to enjoy seeing all the neighbor kids and parents enjoying the evening and then we ventured to the block behind us which is really into it!  It was packed with cute kids and friendly adults and lots of dogs for Max to "touch!"  We had a great time and the kids loved it all!  

Thanks to Grandma for manning our door so we could both go enjoy the evening with the boys!  Hope you all got more treats than tricks...Happy Halloween!