Monday, November 15, 2010

Our Happy Halloween

This is the tale of our Halloween weekend.

Once upon a time there was a pair of parents that excitedly awaited Halloween for an entire year to be able to celebrate it with their little one.  In their excitement they purchased not one, but two costumes for the baby in their lives.  It was a glorious weekend.

Friday:

The little prince dressed up as a doggy and was very well behaved at the Carrollton ward Halloween party.





We went home and had to quickly put him to bed before he actually turned into a doggie because he started acting like one.  You can view the beginning of his transformation here.

Saturday:

Saturday was a magical day.  There were a lot of Halloween activities to choose from in the DC area, but after much deliberation, Mommy and Daddy decided to take the little guy to Glen Echo Park's Fall Frolic.  Trick or treating was of course provided for baby's first trick-or-treat.
Elias mysteriously turned into a little dragon just for the occasion.


We were very glad to have discovered Glen Echo.  There's a lot going on there!  While we were there we saw a glassblowing demonstration where they made a little glass pumpkin.  Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures. 
We also saw a carousel that was almost 90 years old!


Went on a spooky Halloween walk


and there was trick-or-treating, of course!


By the end of the day we were pretty pooped, but very happy!
And then there was Sunday.  After church we drove out to my parent's house where excitement awaited.  Ryan and I had bought a 32 pound pumpkin and we had plans for it.  I knit baby a little green had and *poof!*
He turned into a pumpkin!


And Mommy took loooots of pictures (I won't overload you with those, but there are some really cute ones :))

As baby took a nap, Mama, Papa, Daddy and Mommy carved pumpkins.  It was a lot of fun.  Then baby became a doggie again.

(Daddy made the evil pumpkin and Mommy made the scared one)

As the trick-or-treaters arrived we sat baby on the tray with the candy.  They were delighted.  




Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Baby's napping

I have decided that while the baby is napping I am either going to blog or write letters. or knit.  Today I am actually doing all 3, but not simultaneously.  Hooray for productivity!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Pumpkin Patchin'

The month of October was loads of fun because it was pumpkin patch season.  I had been looking forward to this all year and took Elias to about a million of them.  That is an approximation, of course.
The first one was actually kind of boring, but it resulted in a very successful photo shoot.  We also enjoyed seeing Elias' first reactions to pumpkins.



I told my mom how much fun we had with the baby and the pumpkins, so of course we had to go with her.  Gotta share the joy.  She was there even if she's not in any of the pictures.  Elias went on his first hay ride and saw farm animals.





Then Elias started to enjoy the pumpkin patch with his friends too.  He enjoyed sharing his joy of pumpkins with his grandma and his friends!



They were a little bit more interested in the grass than in the pumpkins, haha, but that didn't last for too long :)



Ruth could pull the wagon all by herself and she's only 3!



He liked to squeeze the corn


Elias and Junior


Elias and Julisa enjoying the pumpkin patch




Can't wait til next year!! : D