Happy Halloween!

Last night was Halloween, and boy did Nathan have fun! Our friends, Meredith and Darin and their little boy, Andrew came over. Alison, Shawn, and Lauren also joined us, but they came a little later. Nathan and I have been practicing saying "Trick or Treat" all week. I thought the best way to teach him would be to actually give him a treat when he said it right. He soon got the hang of it, and would even come up to me on his own (with his pumpkin basket) and say "Trick Treat!"


"Hey, that's a frog!" Andrew looked so cute in his froggy costume!



After playing inside for a while, we packed up and headed to our neighborhood block party. I kept trying to take a picture of Nathan and Andrew next to the pumpkin, but I could never get BOTH of them to look at me at the SAME time :)

Nathan pretty much ran the whole way there. Here he is following some other kids. He kept yelling for us to hurry up!

Darin and Meredith wore their best outfits for the party :) Darin had the best wig, but he "forgot" it at home.

The first thing Nathan wanted to do was jump in the bounce house.

"High five Daddy!"

And then Nathan participated in the hula hoop contest!

When Lauren got there, Nathan gave her the biggest hug! They almost fell over :)

"I like your skirt, Lauren. Will you marry me in 25 years?"

After hanging out at the block party for a while, we went back to the house, ate dinner (Meredith made the best casserole!), and then got ready to go trick or treating ourselves. We really wanted to get a picture of all three kids sitting on the step in their costumes...easier said than done!

Andrew, sit on the step. Nathan, sit down...

Lauren, put your tiara on. Nathan, stop chewing on the wrapped Tootsie Roll...

Smile! This is as good as it gets! Let's go Trick or Treating!

I was worried that Nathan would be shy about actually going up to a door on his own. Wow! Was I wrong! He loved it! He yelled "Trick or Treat" really loud the very first time. He was soooo cute!

Nathan LOVED going to each house, ringing the doorbell, and getting candy. In the beginning, he just yelled "Trick or Treat!" Then he started saying "Trick or Treat," get his candy and then say "Thank you!" And then, Nathan started saying "Trick or Treat," get his candy and then say "Thank you, You're Welcome!" It was so funny. We had planned on just going to a few houses, but they were having so much fun, that we stayed out for at least an hour. What I really loved was that there were SO many kids and families out. There were lots of families just hanging out in their front yards, handing out candy. Maybe we'll do that next year. I just love our neighborhood!

When we got home, Lauren, Nathan, and Andrew couldn't wait to dump out all of their candy!

Daddy opened M&Ms for Nathan, plus lots of other goodies. After we told Nathan he couldn't have any more candy, he soon disappeared. I found him hiding under the dining room table with a sucker he had gotten out of the big bowl of candy that we were handing out to other kids. He opened it on his own, and was trying to eat it without us knowing :) Someone sure does like candy!

Here is a short video of Nathan going up to a door.