Halloween 2013

We had a great Halloween week again this year.  It is crazy to think this is Jack's 3rd Halloween and so fun to celebrate Madelyn's 1st Halloween.

It was a week full of dressing up!  Monday we met up with friends at Monkey's Treehouse, Wednesday we went to storytime at the downtown library which is always fun on Halloween, and Thursday Jack dressed up for school and we had our evening Halloween activities.

I started asking Jack what he wanted to be for Halloween a couple of months ago.  I would list things and he would pretty much say yes to them all...so that didn't really work.  I knew I could take him to the store and let him pick out his costume, but we started reading his Fisher Price Little People Halloween book and every time he would repeatedly point to the little boy dressed like a cowboy/Lone Ranger...So that's what we went with.

With Maddie being so young, I didn't really put too much thought into her costume...and I wasn't finding too much in the 3 month size to choose from.  My mom picked up the cutest strawberry bubble and she looked adorable and didn't cry when I put it on her which was a win in my book.  I'm sure the Lone Ranger likes strawberries, right?  He wanted the strawberry to wear his hat!

 

It was a crazy morning before we headed to the library for storytime so I just threw both the kids in the "Dr. Jack" scrubs.  I love seeing Maddie wear the same things that Jack wore!

Storytime selfie

On Halloween Jack wore his costume to school and then we made a trip to Krispy Kreme afterwards for a free donut.

 

Nashville had rain & strong winds in the forecast for Halloween night so the traditional trick or treating in the neighborhood was out of the question.  We waited until the last minute but decided to head up to the mall for some store trick or treating (I guess this happens every year but who knew!). There were so many people and it was CRAZY (just getting both kids into the mall in the rain & wind by myself was an adventure), but the stores were handing out candy so Jack had lots of fun. We met up with the Schot's & Buzz (Hudson) & Jessie (Mackenna) were so cute.  Hudson and Jack have so much fun together and I cannot wait to see Mackenna and Madelyn interact as they get older. 

 

 

The next morning Jack carried his pumpkin around and pretty much ate candy for breakfast.

 

Another memorable Halloween in the books!