We had "Trick or Trunk" last night at our church. This is our Halloween thing. Our family does not go out traditional trick-or-treating. I just prefer this tradition instead. So as far as my kids know, yesterday was Halloween.
And I cannot tell you how excited the boys were all day yesterday. Scot and I heard Parker and Peyton waking up yesterday morning in their room and the first thing Parker said was, "Peyt! It's Halloween tonight!!" It is so neat how he knows what's going on and can anticipate things.
Here a a few pictures of the boys in their costumes:
Parker was an army man. A big shout out goes to General Papaw for getting all the army patches for his outfit. And the boots. And I've got pictures at the end with the green beret, so it's worth soldiering through this post to get to them. (excuse that ridiculous pun...I couldn't help myself)
Peyton was Spiderman. I feel sort of guilty because I spent so much time and effort making Parker's uniform and all Peyton wanted was the $9.00 old school costume from Target. But he was happy. (and I can always remind him of
last year...)
Patrick was Elmo. He had an official Elmo costume, but he was scared to death of it. I figured this t-shirt would work just fine. (In case you are not up on your Sesame Street, his bucket is a fish bowl with Dorothy, Elmo's goldfish, in it.)
Okay. I mentioned Patrick was not happy with his furry Elmo costume. I should have known better. I tried it on him at Target and he screamed. I bought it anyway, thinking he would come around. Every time I pulled it out at home, he would cry and run from me. Last night I put it on him for the second time. At the church. With lots of people around. It was not pretty.
I tried my best to get a group shot of my kids. In the next picture, Patrick was so done with me. He was
mad. He had just thrown his bucket and sunglasses down in protest.
I took the costume off right after this picture. I am not
that mean of a mama.
The boys loved trick-or-treating. Patrick picked up on it really quickly. And he was not shy about going up and grabbing candy either. He even pushed some big kid out of the way to get to the candy. He was so into it that one car was giving away drinks out of an ice chest and they just had it open for the kids to walk by and grab one. Parker and Peyton both reached in and got a coke but Patrick reached in and got two pieces of ice, put them in his bucket and said "thank you". Is that not the cutest thing ever?
Patrick having a super fun time.
(and check out Papa the Ghost)
Now...what in the world are we going to do with all this candy??? It most certainly cannot stay at our house!!
Here is a picture of Parker in his army man costume. (I do realize that his beret is not on correctly, but it's the best picture I've got.)
And here is a picture of Scot wearing the same exact beret when he was Parker's age.
Cool, huh?
And, yes, I was a nervous wreck last night with that beret. I would never forgive myself if something happened to that thing!
Peyton showing me his happy face.
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My sweet Peyton (who is in love with those shark pajamas by the way...he had a melt down just today because he wanted to wear them to take his nap, but they were in the wash...seriously)
My precious Patrick. The sweetest two year old I know.
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