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Bryson even got introduced to the pumpkin gut torture this year!
Wait a minute, Jaden looks wayyy too happy in this picture!
After the pumpkin gut torture tradition, the boys got down to the dirty work, which consisted of carefully scooping out the insides of the pumpkins with spoons. Jaden and Bryson making sure to not get any pumpkin guts on their hands (Jaden would run and wash his hands if any of it touched him, a little OCD?). In all fairness to my eldest he did reach his bare hand into the pumpkin after Todd and I bribed him with a sucker if he did (model parents aren't we?)
Self-portrait of Jaden with his reward.
After bathtime they came back downstairs to see the pumpkins lit up.
For the past few years we have met a group of friends at a local strip mall to do some trick-or-treating. This year a friend of mine came up with a new plan to take the kids to a great neighborhood that goes all out on Halloween and gets hundreds of trick-or-treaters!
Here they all are! (from l. to r.) Kailee the ghost, Kellen the astronaut, Jaden aka Buzz Lightyear, Henry the pirate, Bryson the giraffe, Sylvie the purple dragon, and Griffin the tiger.
Here they all are again with Graison aka Mr. Freeze (super creative home-made outfit!)
We started trick-or-treating a little early, it was still light out!
Todd and our little giraffe:)
Brycie checking out his loot!
This was just one of the decorated houses that we saw!
The people in this neighborhood go all out, there were lights, fog machines, skeletons and goblins hanging from pullies that slid down from the roofs when you passed by, scary scenery, black lights, strobe lights, music, etc. The kids had a blast running from door to door! Afterwards we had a delicious dinner with Mr. Freeze and his family at a local italian restaurant.
4 comments:
Oh my - my heart aches at the sight of all those wonderful leaves. Now THAT is Halloween.
The kiddos look great, and so do the pumpkins. Extra points for original carving!!
We had a similar carving experience. Oldest was anxious to get the thing carved, but also refused to "get his hands dirty." Youngest, however, was not as into it.
He wanted to use his crayon to color the pumpkin, and actually reacted with a 10-minute screaming fit when Dad started butchering the defenseless thing.
Somehow I'm raising a couple of Pumpkim Huggers! I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the reaction from a couple of vegetarians.
Em
My boys did the same thing with the pumpkin guts. They hated it. It looks like your boys had a great time.
That big pumpkin is amazing! very impressed.
confession: totally used a pattern for the big pumpkin. . . I am not that creative!
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