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