Happy Halloween (I'm so original, I know, especially since this is the second time I used this title)

We made it more of a Halloween weekend, rather than just one day. It started with a Halloween party on Thursday night. Fun times were had by all.

After reading about bobbing for apples in one of our favorite Halloween books, Rhett was so excited to try it at the party. He was not as successful as Chuck. I did not try.




There was some pin the nose on the pumpkin...


And cookie decorating...(and eating, of course)




And even mummy-making...


...and mummy breaking.


The whole PacMan family.


Due to a storm that freakishly brought snow, we stayed in on Saturday. We carved pumpkins and make some batches of pumpkin seeds.


Argh. You can't see the snow coming down, but it was...for about a minute. Well, maybe 26 minutes.


We even got Ollie out in his first snow.


I had to add this. Ollie is really starting to watch us, especially Rhett. Here Ollie is straining to see his big bro.


On the way to Rhett's grandparents' house, we listened to some Halloween poems. One of those scares Rhett very much and this is how he deals.


Some of our friends have a much friendlier neighborhood so we went there. We'll go there next year. And the next. And the next. It was such a happy time to be trick-or-treating as most homeowners not only had on their lights but had done awesome decorations. Look at these fun kids! Sadly I cut off baby E's head at the top of the shot.


And the big one doing his thing. He led the pack and just had an awesome time. Ollie stayed in the stroller.


The loot. It is way better this year. The only odd ball candy was this "watermelon with chile:" too wacky to not try, but too wacky to keep in your mouth for too long. Strange.


And a Halloween video only family will watch in entirety; I'm okay with that.


See last year's post here. It's awesome how much Rhett has changed. Although I'm sad that he didn't demand chocolate again this year.

Happy November!