Another Halloween, come and gone. It seemed like an entire weekend of festivities, starting with his school party on Friday and ending in an evening of trick-or-treating on Sunday. He had a great time at his school party...they had a pinata, a costume parade, crafts, and broom races (his favorite thing though was poking other kids with his plush pterodactyl head). He was all smiles all day long.
On Saturday morning we bought pumpkins, and after having brunch with a few friends we got to the business of carving. Spencer wouldn't clean out his pumpkin...he said it was too 'slurmy' (his word for slimy/gooey/slushy/etc). Which is weird, because he loves mud, dirt, worms, bugs, etc. Oh well. I think he pulled out 2 seeds and I did the rest. He did however draw the face on his pumpkin this year. He did a pretty good job, too! I let him help with the carving a little (no, he was not using that huge knife...just the small,
nearly harmless carving tool).
For trick-or-treating we met up with several neighbors as we have in years past and went through the neighborhood as a group. It's a lot of fun for the kids and the adults. Spencer and a little 4-year old girl from down the street (in an amazing Dorothy outfit...she had sparkly red shoes and Toto in a basket) were the stragglers, but they were ok with that. I enjoyed listening to their 4-year old chit chat as they walked down the streets with candy buckets in one hand and holding hands with the other.
And a few pictures from our annual trip to one of the area corn maze/fall fun farms. We went with some friends to a really fun place called
Corn Dawgs. This particular place had a tunnel slide going through a large hill. At first Spencer was hesitant, but after the first time going down by himself he turned into a sliding maniac and wouldn't stop! He must have gone up and down that slide about 15 or 20 times on his own. He just kept sliding down then running back up the hill to do it again...it was exhausting just watching him.
On Saturday morning we bought pumpkins, and after having brunch with a few friends we got to the business of carving. Spencer wouldn't clean out his pumpkin...he said it was too 'slurmy' (his word for slimy/gooey/slushy/etc). Which is weird, because he loves mud, dirt, worms, bugs, etc. Oh well. I think he pulled out 2 seeds and I did the rest. He did however draw the face on his pumpkin this year. He did a pretty good job, too! I let him help with the carving a little (no, he was not using that huge knife...just the small, nearly harmless carving tool).
For trick-or-treating we met up with several neighbors as we have in years past and went through the neighborhood as a group. It's a lot of fun for the kids and the adults. Spencer and a little 4-year old girl from down the street (in an amazing Dorothy outfit...she had sparkly red shoes and Toto in a basket) were the stragglers, but they were ok with that. I enjoyed listening to their 4-year old chit chat as they walked down the streets with candy buckets in one hand and holding hands with the other. 
And a few pictures from our annual trip to one of the area corn maze/fall fun farms. We went with some friends to a really fun place called Corn Dawgs. This particular place had a tunnel slide going through a large hill. At first Spencer was hesitant, but after the first time going down by himself he turned into a sliding maniac and wouldn't stop! He must have gone up and down that slide about 15 or 20 times on his own. He just kept sliding down then running back up the hill to do it again...it was exhausting just watching him.
4 comments:
I love his pumpkin! Such a good idea to have the kiddo draw it.
Charlotte wants to know what his mom was for Halloween?
I love this post. There is so much pure joy in all of Spencer's pictures. It brings me joy just to see it.
awesome costume!
Sara, I just realized I never responded. Tell Char that Spencer's mom was LAME for Halloween this year :) No costume, but I'm going to try harder next year.
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