Touch a Truck

Well, I'm still catching up on last year.  Back at the beginning of November, we heard about an event where kids could tour all different kinds of trucks.  Ethan loves emergency vehicles, which they were scheduled to have, so we thought it'd be a great idea.  We've toured a couple different fire stations, so he's seen firetrucks up close, but he's told us before that he wishes he could see the inside of an ambulance and a police car.  Since, this was called Touch a Truck, not Touch a Car, we we're out of luck in the police car department, but they did have a few other police related options for him to check out.

We ended up seeing all different kids of firetrucks, an ambulance, a SWAT truck, a mobile police unit, a UPS truck, an eighteen wheeler, and few other cool trucks.  Ethan's favorites were the ambulance and the firetrucks, but the UPS truck was up there too (a free lollipop may have had something to do with that).  He was not a fan of the all the horn honking.  Some genius thought up the idea to let kids honk the horn in a couple of trucks.  Let me tell you, we were all happy to avoid those trucks, and if there's a next time, we'll definitely take advantage of the "no horns" hour.

In front of a firetruck with Daddy

Checking out the SWAT truck

Making friends with the UPS guy.  He actually loves when they stop by our house and give us packages.

Driving a firetruck

So excited to be driving.

Halloween

Our Halloween festivities this year began with a little party with some of Ethan's friends.  We happened to host this time, and the kids really seemed to enjoy all the fun things Ethan's backyard has to offer.  I wish I would have taken more pictures of the day, but I dropped the ball.  We were also lucky to have a great friend take pictures of everyone in their costumes, and I think they're pretty adorable. 

Getting ready for the party, waiting for his guests.

My green dinosaur

Roaring.  He really enjoyed that aspect of being a dinosaur.

This is the second year Ethan's picked out what he wanted to be for Halloween, and this year he was really specific.  His favorite color at the moment is green, so he definitely wanted to be green.  He toyed with a few ideas, but he ultimately decided on "green dinosaur with sharp teeth."  He was very adamant about the color and the teeth, and he even helped me pick out the pattern and the fabric.  It was probably the hardest costume I've made yet, and I was definitely frustrated a few times, but I just kept reminding myself that this may be the last time I get to make his costume.  I really loved how it turned out.

On Halloween, my mom came over and we went trick-or-treating.  Ethan wanted us to dress up too, hence the mouse and pumpkin get-ups.  He had a lot of fun and was really excited about the possibility of getting a lollipop.  When our next door neighbor gave him a Snickers bar, he looked into his bucket, then looked back at her and said, "You happen to have any lollipops instead?"  Good thing we know her well.  He made it down a couple of streets before he was overcome with the urge to go home and dig into his bucket, and he was pleased to find several lollipops when we got home.  That definitely counts as a success in his book.

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating

Enjoying his haul

Our jack-o-lantern