The kids waited patiently impatiently for the day to paint
pumpkins + carve them. The three younger painted theirs and Ruy carved
his with some help from Nathan. His was super thick so some of it was a
little hard for him to cut through. But we got through painting with
minimal stains :) And they enjoyed every minute of it.
Seeing Ruy carve his own pumpkin was just another little
reminder how fast he's growing up. It's also exciting to see him learn
and try new things as he grows into a "big kid." Alanna, Liam,
and Jude were all pretty interested in his whole pumpkin carving adventure.
They were all pretty proud of their pumpkins. There is
certainly never a dull moment with Liam around :)
Liam decided to be Spiderman for
Halloween months ago. We found the perfect costume. He wore it
every day most of the day for a month. And then Halloween morning came
and he decided he HAD to be Buzz Lightyear for the THIRD year in a row.
There was no convincing him otherwise and honestly I didn't really care.
I think he'll always love Buzz the most.
Alanna wanted to be Elsa and then decided she'd rather be a
ballerina. We fond this little costume at the consignment store for about
$8 total! Love deals like that. She was SO happy and twirled and danced
around and I loved watching every minute of it.
Jude wanted NO part of wearing any kind of costume. He
won't wear any thing we have at home and so I didn't even bother buying him
anything. Halloween evening came around and Ruy had the dress up things
out and Jude saw the fire helmet. He grabbed it put it on and I
remembered he has a fire fighter rain coat. He LOVES all things fire
truck or fire fighter since going to Nathan's fire station is his
favorite. He put it all on and didn't want to take it off. And he
looked adorable. He absolutely loves that his Daddy is a fire fighter.
Ruy had the hardest time picking out
a costume. He bought one but it was so complicated to put on that he got
super frustrated so we took it back and he got Jack instead. He looked so
cute. He would have stayed out for hours looking for candy but we had to
head in earlier than he wanted due to Alanna getting so chilly and tired but he
still had almost a full pumpkin by the time we headed home so he was happy with
that.
I never celebrated Halloween as a kid
since my parents didn't allow it so sometimes Halloween still seems so
different for me. This is only my 7th time doing it my whole life.
But I love seeing the kids pick out their costumes and get so excited about it
all! They are already asking when is it Halloween again! Liam's
decided "I'll be Spiderman next time" :)
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