Nathan's Preschool Halloween Party

Nathan is loving preschool and enjoyed his first party!  The parents got to come the last little bit to hand out treats and get some pictures.  They also sang a Halloween song for us and the dance group did an Itsy Bitsy Spider dance (Nathan is in the tumbling group).  James enjoyed tagging along and watching his big brother.  James always misses Nathan when we take him to school and is always ready to take off his coat and shoes and join the group too.

Halloween at the Library

Nathan took this picture on the way to the library.

The boys loved the broomsticks they made out of paper bags.

We love the library and there were a lot of fun activities for Halloween this year and it is always more fun with friends!

The Costumes

Last year Nathan's friend Adam was a hamburger for Halloween and he thought that was pretty cool.  At first he wanted to be a hamburger for Halloween this year so we borrowed the costume and as the month carried on his mind changed a few times and he finally settled on the costume he wore two years ago..a fireman.  It  was easy enough for me because we pretty much had everything already.  It does make me laugh that this year the sleeves are a little short. (:
Because Nathan was originally going to be a hamburger I thought it would be cute to have James as a hot dog.  I made him an awesome costume and when it came down to it he didn't want to have anything to do with it.  He only wanted to wear his costume from last year...a dragon.  The pants didn't fit but the top did.  Again very easy for me because we already had it.  What was I thinking trying to plan costumes? (:  James loved his dragon costume and he wore it everywhere.  I did a lot of errands with a dragon in my shopping cart.  I thought he was the cutest little dragon there could be.
I like to try to coordinate costumes or go with a theme and while I thought my plan fell through with the hot dog and hamburger Nathan made the comment that he was the fireman to put out James the dragon' fire. (: Next year maybe I will just leave it up to them.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins and had dinner with our friends the Haskins.  The kids loved Mummy Hot Dogs again and enjoyed drawing designs to be carved on their pumpkins.  Once the pumpkins were carved and lit James was fascinated.  He just stared at the candles inside and had to check on them each night.

Halloween Treats

Mummy Hot dogs, Ghost Pie and Jack O' Lantern pancakes were some of the other Halloween treats we enjoyed.  The boys loved all of the festive food.  Just the other day Nathan requested an orange pancake for breakfast. 

Halloween Treats

Banana Ghosts: half a banana on a stick with chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth.  They were a hit with the boys and requested often.  
We also made some fun Halloween sugar cookies.  The boys enjoyed choosing which shapes to make.  We even made a Jack O' Lantern one with the cookie cutters from Grandma Marla.  They enjoyed eating them just as much as they did making them. 

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treating in our neighborhood and the Trunk or Treat
We had so much fun with the boys this year!  James was a little confused at the Trunk or Treat and couldn't believe all of the "tweets" he was getting.  He caught on really quick and wanted to eat them all at once.  James had a great time keeping up with his big brother for Trick or Treating and was running from one house to the next most of the time.  He was happy to carry his bucket almost the whole time.  I helped carry it at the end because it was loaded with candy but he wanted it back each time we knocked on a door so that he could hold it out and say "twick tweet".  Nathan was a pro this year and unlike James he loves to savor his treats.