Pumpkin Festival

We met up with Grammaw, Gabriel, and Hannah at the Pumpkin Festival one day last month to pick out some pumpkins and have some fun.

First G helped pick out a pumpkin. He liked dragging the wheelbarrow around while we considered the pros and cons of a large number of pumpkins. We finally selected a nice one. (Which I think later became the minion pumpkin at Halloween.)

 

They also had a ton of things to do...bouncy houses and slides, petting zoo, cupcakes, balloon animals, and a photo booth. We all had a lot of fun!

Halloween 2015

Gabriel told me about a month ago that he wanted to be Ant Man for Halloween. I was dubious...but he was committed...so we got his costume, and he loved it. 

He loved trick or treating with our friends from the neighborhood, too...though they didn't do a great job of posing for this picture. 

Left to right:

Good Witch, Strawberry, (I forgot what she called this), Balloon Boy, Ant Man

We went door to door as a group while J stayed at our house to hand out candy. He was kept company by the pumpkins we carved earlier in the day. 

Minion:

Batman:

It was a really fun day!

Halloween 2014

Gabriel decided he wanted to be a fireman for Halloween sometime around the beginning of September. He gave the same answer several times over a couple of weeks, so it seemed like a safe bet. And once his costume came in (thank you, Grammaw), he LOVED it. And continued to love it straight through Halloween.

First he practiced at Grammaw's to make sure it fit.

Then he and Will wore their costumes together.

And then we enjoyed trick-or-treating with two neighbor families. Here's Gabriel's fireman, Ruby's princess, Reno's Marshall (from Paw Patrol), and Ryla's cheetah. (Also, a young kitten followed our group around for a good portion of the night, so it's nice that he/she is in the picture, too.)

I wanted to get a better group shot of all the kids, but it turns out that 1 seven year old and 3 three year olds do not stand still very well. Especially when there is candy to be retrieved from houses!

It was SO much fun to go trick-or-treating this year since Gabriel understood the whole thing and we were with friends. Yay!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2013

This little Nemo did not want to wear the hat to complete his look.
He also did not want to stand still, so our documentation of the event is minimal.

It was Gabriel's first time to go trick or treating. It was actually my first time, too. We had fun together. Though we really only made it to half a dozen houses before he stripped the Nemo costume off and we went on home.

The cutest part was when he ran, the fins on the back wiggled back and forth. I really wish I had video.

These few pictures will have to do.

Halloween Dress Rehearsal

We dressed G up in his costume a couple of days early so I could snap some pics. He really didn't want to wear the hat and was not cooperating in general, so I only got a few good ones.

Halloween 2011

Grammaw helped us outfit our little Monkey for his first Halloween.