Halloween 2011
I told many people that I thought Uncle Chris would have wanted the kids to be able to have Halloween at home. Or that I thought it was important for the sake of the kids to be home for Halloween. What I didn’t figure out until I made this entry was that while the above is certainly true, it was also ME that needed to see the kids at home for Halloween. I needed to know that life in general could still be fun, even if maybe I wasn’t ready to have fun yet.
We start the night before Halloween. After the plane landed we drove around a bit looking to see if anybody had any pumpkins left, but all the stores were out. When we pulled up in our driveway, our neighbor Rob talked to me about Chris a bit, and when he heard we hadn’t found a pumpkin in time, he gave us a great one right off of his porch, ready for carving. What a brilliant neighborhood we’ve found, I love these people!
Halloween pretty much started the moment the plane landed on the 30th. Ian got this cool Halloween shirt from Grandma Sue! See this image larger.
Nina got a book! See this image larger.
Halloween day, the 31st… Ian and I carved the pumpkin that our awesome neighbors gave us. It was huge, God knows how much it cost them. Mental note: Make cookies for those people. See this image larger.
Ian drew up something that looked a bit like this. I approved after altering the eye-size to something a bit larger, and reducing the number of nostrils from 3 to 2. See this image larger.
Here we are on the porch, getting ready to go! See this image larger.
Ian strikes an action pose! See this image larger.
Cutest ladybug ever? If you’re on the fence, you NEED to see the video that follows these pictures! See this image larger.
They have treat bags now, let the hoarding begin! See this image larger.
One quick team chant before we go – “What do we want?” *CANDY!* “When do we want it?” *CANDY!* Close enough. See this image larger.
And…. they’re off! See this image larger.
Brendon and Jake next door paused for a quick picture. These really are two of the greatest boys I’ve met, so it is fantastic to see them being good friends with Ian, and hopefully someday Nina. Brendon, the older of the two, converses with you like you’re a comrade. Very cool. See this image larger.
Another shot… would be better in focus, stinkin’ phone. See this image larger.
Nina was a real go getter… in this case she got a little ambitious and went right into the house. We’re still working on boundaries. See this image larger.
Ian takes a SuperWhy-style flight to the next house! See this image larger.
November 1st, Ian got a nice cookie as well, and ate it all gone. See this image larger.
*I couldn’t possibly eat this beautiful cookie!* See this image larger.
*NOM NOM NOM DELICIOUS!* See this image larger.
Black frosting does not make for the best looking teeth. See this image larger.
Ok that’s just creepy. But he liked it, and it was nothin’ some toothpaste couldn’t fix! See this image larger.
November 2nd, went up to find Ian’s bed empty, and discover Goldielocks in a different bed instead… ours. Apparently it was just right! (And he was having nightmares or something.) See this image larger.
Video, October 31st
Click here to check out a very big, but very awesome music video of Nina on Halloween… this is a MUST SEE, sorry it is so big! 14MB
Video, October 31st
Click here to see Ian running around on Halloween. 4MB
Video, October 31st
Click here to check out a video of Ian squeezing a pumpkin seed. 758KB
Video, October 31st
Click here to see Nina practicing blowing out candles. 1.7MB
