Our Little Monsters

The boys had a great Halloween. Our first activity was carving pumpkins. Anton loved helping. Zackary would show interest for a few minutes every once in a while. I am sure next year we will have more fun with both of them helping. Zackary did decide to help by finding the magic marker I used to mark the pumpkin and coloring all over the table. Luckily, thanks to Sol u Mel, I was able to get most of the marker off the table. Anton and I carved the spider with the pumpkin. He chose the design and helped me clean out the guts and was quite intent the whole time we finished carving, making sure I was still doing the spider with the pumpkin. Linden created his own design and carved the boys' names in the other pumpkin (which they loved seeing) after he got home from his study group.



The next activity was on Friday. We went to Melaleuca to the Trick or Treat path they have for employees' children. Anton went as Sully. Zackary was a pirate. Anton was sure to get extra warm in his outfit, but he LOVED being Sully (thanks to Aunt Lori for letting us borrow the costume). We had Zackary be the pirate so he wouldn't get to warm in his cow outfit. And, of course we have to use both the costumes that Aunt Misti and Aunt Claudette got for the boys. Thanks.



At Melaleuca the boys enjoyed getting the candy. We couldn't get either of them to relinquish their candy bags so we could help carry them. As always, Melaleuca was decked out, from a Winter Wonderland, to a Pirate Ship, to Disney themes, to an Alien Experience, to Dr. Suess, we saw it all. Zackary had a blast and Anton at certain times was afraid to continue walking. During the Alien Experience all he would say as we tried to encourage him to continue along the path was, "I don't like it, I don't like it!!" Luckily we made it through. He was also pretty hesitant about the pirate ship and the guy with the skeleton mask he didn't like very much. Zackary could care less, as long as he got more candy. It was fun and we got WAY to much candy. Of course we had a chance to visit Uncle Brad while there and he spoiled the boys.



After the trick or treat path at Melaleuca we stopped by to visit Jen and Sadie and got a cute picture of Sadie in her Eeyore costume. She is so adorable. I am sure Chris loved seeing his little girl as Eeyore.



Up next was going to the Pumpkin walk at North Bingham County Park on Friday afternoon. It was incredible. We got pictures at some of the character boards. The boys enjoyed it. I should have also taken pictures of some of the pumkin scenes. They were amazing. We saw so many great ones. The artistry and creativity in painting the pumkings and creating the scenes was incredible. Can't wait to take the boys again next year. We enjoyed looking at everything. They especially enjoyed the Sponge Bob scene and the Monsters, Inc. scene. Anton also got pretty excited when he saw spiderman, superman, and so many other characters that he recognized. I really liked the scene that had all of the animals made from pumpkins with the different plants used to create the fur on the animals. Such patience and amazing talent. Thanks to all those who worked hard to get it put together.

The boys were quite excited to see Sponge Bob.



Too bad they didn't have a spot for Zackary, also. He wasn't always interested in staying still long enough for the photo ops, though.



Taken especially for Grace and Anne and Grant, Tucker and Evan. Wish you could have been here with us. Grandma said the same thing.



Anton was quite excited to see Thomas the train.



Our Halloween festivities terminated with FIVE hours of trick or treating. We really didn't stop that many places, but of course you have to visit with all of the grandparents and wait for them to take pictures. I was glad to finally get home that night. I also decided that trick or treating would be much easier without car seats. Getting our little Cow and Sully monster in and out of the car seats at each stop was quite the chore. We'll just say that car seats are for little boys and not furry monsters and fat cows. Although we sure had a cute little furry monster and an adorable fat cow with his extra padding in the hip and buttocks area, guess he takes after his mama.

Thought we would share a picture of the boys with Grandma Butler and Oliver. They refused to let go of their sacks for the picture. Grandma's house was the first stop. By the end of the night I was carrying the sacks for them.



The first time Anton saw his costume he was quite thrilled. He put it on and wouldn't take it off for three hours. The first thing he said was that he could be Sully and Zackary would be Mike. Sully was big enough that it will still fit him next year, so if I am brave enough I will make Zackary a little Mike costume and Anton can be Sully again. We'll see if that happens.