Trick or Treat

So my good friend Jen in our ward invited us to go Trick or Treating with them and their kids. Trent and I hadn't been planning on taking Ethan (are we terrible?) but we decided to go with them. It was so much fun! And so warm. Trent and I were in pants and short-sleeved shirts. Ethan had a long sleeve shirt under his uniform-but nothing under his shorts. It was cold enough that we could feel it, but not cold enough to need a jacket. I was pretty impressed. I don't know that I ever want to leave this amazing weather!

Ethan didn't really get the whole Trick or Treating thing at first, but after a few houses he was pushing his way through the other kids yelling "Tick or Tweat!" He was very polite and almost always remembered to say "Thank you" and "Halloween!" (his version of "Happy Halloween"). I couldn't believe how cute he was. He wasn't any different than any of the other kids we were with, but I am just so in love with him that every time he does something new I think it is the cutest thing. He would always fall behind and then run, his bucket swinging, to catch up with the bigger kids. As soon as he got his first sucker - a tootsie roll pop, that was what he wanted. He was perfectly content to stop there. He was having so much fun going door to door and being with the other kids that I don't even think he cared about the candy! Just his suckers. Those are the best I guess. Which I am okay with...that means more chocolate for Daddy and I ;). I wish I had brought my camera to take a picture of him holding his bucket up to receive more candy. We were probably out for about an hour and his bucket started to get so heavy that between houses he would hand us his bucket or just set it on the ground. But then when we got to another house with a light on he would run back to us to grab the all essential bucket. I think it was a pretty good first Trick or Treating experience. Maybe so good he will remember what Halloween is when it comes around next year. Maybe not. I guess we'll see!

Halloween

So, technically its not Halloween yet but we had our ward Halloween party so we already got all dressed up and celebrated. I made Ethan a BYU basketball uniform (copied off of last year's uniform, but we saw after the party that the team wore the same uniform for their exhibition game that night). I thought that both Ethan and Trent would love it. Trent dressed up in a shirt and tie as a coach and I borrowed a referee shirt. For the Trunk or Treat we brought Ethan's basketball hoop so kids/parents could shoot at our truck bed. Pretty sure some people think we are obsessed, little do they know that I, the only non-obsessed one came up with the idea!

I never plan costumes ahead of time. Halloween isn't a holiday too high up on our priority list I guess. I suppose this will change now as Ethan starts to understand more about holidays. This year I started in September drawing up a pattern and looking for fabric for this costume. I decided to start early so I wouldn't be stressed out last minute. Of course, even though I started a month and a half early I still only finished about 10 minutes before we headed out the door for the Halloween party. Go figure!

Here are some pics right before we headed out the door for the party. Please ignore the messy house...I was working all day on it so the mess just piled up :). The long sleeves are just a shirt we had him wear so he didn't freeze at the Trunk or Treat.

It was my first major sewing project by myself. I had to redo some parts and learned so much.  I got frustrated at times and had to set it aside while I thought of how to put parts of it together, I even found myself thinking about it in the middle of the night! But mostly it was a lot of fun and makes me excited to sew lots of other projects.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

A few weeks ago Ethan started "singing" with us at church (making singing type sounds). Last week he started actually trying to sing songs, substituting in the words that he remembered. Such as I Love to See the Temple: "Dah dah dah temple, dah dah dah someday". He has Twinkle Twinkle Little Star down the best and I was able to get him to sing for the camera. I die every time I watch this. Which has been probably a hundred times at Ethan's request (funny how kids LOVE to see themselves in the camera).