Halloween 2012

Check out the past years' Halloween posts here (2011), here (2010), and here (2009).

They are totally awesome.  Each year, I tried to really pick a costume for Aiden that had something to do with his life that year.  Each one had an inside joke attached to it.  This year, however, after the catastrophe that was the robot costume earlier in October, I decided I would let Aiden pick out whatever he wanted to be and let him wear it proudly.

So, for this year, we still stuck with the "something to do with the year" theme by picking his obsession.  May I present to you, Halloween Aiden dressed as.... Thomas.  Always Thomas at our house.  Obsession with Thomas.  (There are worse things, I know... Barney, Elmo, Dora... we are pretty lucky that Thomas is tolerable.)

It was a pretty cute costume after all.  He loved it and looked awesome in his slick hat and his poofy Thomas apron thingy.  We had a blast. 

 

First, I have to say, I have raised Aiden with a lot of help from a lot of people.  This person (Nanana) is one of the most important people in Little Man's life.  She is his favorite people in the world and she has been there from moment #1.  And she is not afraid to dress up in 80's workout gear to go Trick or Treating.  Bless you, Nana.

We started out at Broadview U's Trunk or Treat.  Last year, this was kinda a bust, but this year was MAGNIFICENT!  So many more sponsors this year and he received TONS of candy! 

Afterward, we hopped over to Nana's work at the nursing home and went around to see all the residents there.  Once again, he ended up with a bucket load.  The fun thing about doing this activity with some dementia people, is they would forget that they had given you candy so they gave more and more. 

My little man was one of the few kids that was not afraid of the old residents there.  He loved them.  And they loved him back.  I am proud of my Little Mister for having a gentle heart.

 

After our Candy-fest, we went around the neighborhood where I was raised and enjoyed more candy.  Afterward, we crashed at Smed's house for our annual fondue party and watched Sherlock Holmes. 

 

Happy Halloween from our house to yours!

More Fall Happenings

I feel guilty.  My neice from Rome noticed a sharp decline in my blog postings. 

 

So... here are more of the things we have been up to.  First off, there is a blackmail pic that I am sure Aiden and his wife will laugh about hysterically when he gets older.

 

 

This is it.  I love this robot costume.  It is the perfect Silver Telletubby-Look alike costume.  It was not cute, but it was warm on the night we went to the Dino Park in Ogden with Rays to go Trick-or-Treating.  It was warm and fun and magnificent. 

 

Just for the record, we found a new costume.  Aiden chose Thomas the Tank Engine.  So, therefore, although it isn't as cute as years past, it will be cuter than this Robot costume.

 

 

 

 

Last night, we painted pumpkins.  Aiden's was perfect and super colorful.  I love it.

 

 

 

I also enlisted child-labor to get our car clean.  He loves this vacuum thing.  He is such a big helper buddy.

 

We have also been taking long walks in the mornings that are not too cold.  Aiden is sporting his monkey jammies and his nifty family sweatshirt. 

 

And... we have been taking treats into Aiden's super cool and super secret pop-up Lightening McQueen fort that is WAY too small for Mom, but I managed to kinda get in there and watch Madagascar 3.  Boy it was fun.