Halloween!

I looooooved having Halloween fall on a Friday night! The boys didn't have school so I had a really fun workout (in my pinata dress...) followed by lunch with friends (and a little drink too) and then we came home and rested some before it was time to get ready for the big night!

 First, they rested together.... I mean, seriously.  You tell me that isn't some sweetness right there....

And then they got back into costumes....

And we headed over to the May's and Barfield's pre-trick-or-treat party! Andy was excited to be back in costume (forgot to mention he slept in this hat....twice....)

And and Charlie are in the same class and they have become the cutest little buddies.  They both were really excited the other one was going to be there.  And they spent the rest of the night talking each other's ears off! So much to talk about, these two!

Apparently, when boys reach a certain age, they stop smiling in pictures. Thankfully, I can still get one out of my boys.... even though Cal isn't smiling in this one....

Cal ran off to trick or treat with some of the older kids and Andy and Charlie worked the houses together.  They were ah-freaking-dorable together.  They would talk away to each other as they walked up the driveway and then they would scream "TRICK OR TREAT!" and then they would burst out laughing.  It was precious...

After a while, we met back up with Cal and we had to take another picture...

We left the first neighborhood and headed over to another one, just like we always do.  We met up with a ton of friends over there and had a GREAT end of the night there. 

Two of my friends we saw... love them...

I wore fake eye lashes that looked like spider webs.  I took this picture at the very end of the night...pardon the tired looking eyes! I thought they were so neat looking....

And we sat on the sidewalk together and had dad fetch the car.... these boys legs were done by this point!

 **I also need to note that at the party before trick or treating, I went in to go to the bathroom.  I pulled my pants down and heard a PLOP.  I turned around to find my phone at the bottom of the toilet, right in the middle of the hole.  I grabbed it out right away and dried if off the best I could.  I was sooo worried I wouldn't be able to get the pictures off of my phone if it died... I blew out the microphone hole for a while....and can you believe my phone is still working? I am in shock.  I love my phone case...but now I love it even more! It was completely submerged in the toilet.  I am wondering if this will have a delayed shutting down? Has this ever happened to anyone? It appears to be totally fine today-- I have placed and received calls...and I also backed up the phone immediately and downloaded all the pics off of it.  Fingers crossed it doesn't break....!!!


 

Pre-Halloween

The week leading up to Halloween has been busy and full of fun! There were plenty of chance to wear our costumes.

Starting on Tuesday:

My little preschool class is the Mouse class, so we saw it only fitting to dress up as Minnie Mouse...times 2! Kristen and I had the best time together.  My mom made us the matching aprons-- she is so talented!

We had the parents come in for the last little bit for a sing along and for some pictures-- this was the best class picture we could get! 

One last one of the mouse class teachers:

On Wednesday, the rest of the school celebrated Halloween (my class only meets Tuesday/Thursday so we celebrate a different day) with a parade and class parties.  The boys were excited to get to wear their costumes to school....

A football player and a race car driver off to school...

Can you tell how much Andy loves his costume?? He was beyond excited to wear it!

Calboy was excited too!

In the middle of taking the before-school pictures, he had to pee...this picture is just so fitting for a race car driver! ha!

We tried to get a picture with the boys and the dogs (and, um, how much has Bruce grown since the last picture we did on the porch??).  This was a fail-- the dogs just wanted to wrestle-- of course!

When Cal walked into his classroom, he was greeted by super heroes and ninjas-- so I had to do a group pic with some of the boys...

Then, all the parents head up to the court yard to wait for the parade to begin.  Class by class, they walk up and by all the parents who are quickly snapping picture after picture while waving at their little Elsa or Captain America....

Andy, being Andy, wasn't thrilled with the idea of a parade.  He wasn't excited about people looking at him.  As soon as his class walked up, he spotted me...

 ...and bolted. 

The above picture is cute and all, but homie was TERRIFIED.  I offered to hold his hand and walk him in the parade-- he was holding up the line so I was just trying to get him moving....I picked him up and tried carrying him in the parade...which led to a massive meltdown.  So we just moved out of the line and let him calm down. 

Cal with his buddy Jack...Jack's mom sent me this one saying she couldn't figure out Jack's new found interest in football-- until she saw Cal's costume! She had no idea Cal loved it so much.... I would say that's an understatement! 

Halloween: round 1 was a big success...if you don't count Andy's freak out.... on to ROUND TWO....