October by the Numbers

I hope you all had the happiest, spookiest, most magical Halloween!

I'm a little bit in denial that October is over and there are only two months left in the year. October is one of my favorite months, and just like I say every year, this was my favorite Halloween season yet. I hope I say that every year for the next decade or two. I'd be sad that it's over except that we have so many exciting things to look forward to over the next two months. It really is the most magical time of year. But before I move full steam ahead into holiday season, here's a little recap of our October, which was filled to the brim with pumpkins, corn mazes, and excited little boys covered in dirt and hay by the end of each weekend. 

We kicked off trick or treating over a week before Halloween at a local kid's place called Fairy Tale Town. They had a Star Wars themed Halloween night and we were able to meet up with some friends and let the kids go wild collecting candy and climbing all over the numerous playgrounds scattered throughout the park. It was a good introduction to trick-or-treating and I'm happy to report that Ez is now a certified pro and Declan is quickly catching on (although he could care less about candy). 

Over Halloween weekend we finally turned our pumpkins into jack o'lanterns. Ez has been waiting about as patiently as a four year old can for this moment, and he carefully chose our designs and helped with the carving, although both he and Declan conveniently left the de-gutting to mom and dad. After we had carved our two pumpkins Ez diligently stabbed another small pumpkin for awhile and though carefully supervised he refused any help or direction and the result was a holey masterpiece that he was pretty proud of. I hope this doesn't mean we're raising a little serial killer...

On the big day Ez got a head start on trick or treating during his school's party. They went up and down the hallway trick or treating at each of the doors. Seeing all the four year olds in their costumes was the cutest thing ever and I'm quickly finding out that having a school-aged child adds to the holiday fun ten fold.

On Halloween night we trick or treated around the neighborhood and Ez was literally sprinting from door to door, bursting with excitement. About half the time he'd get jumbled up and shout "thank you!" as soon as the door opened, instead of trick or treat, which was pretty adorable. Decky decided to bring his Mickey Mouse plush along to every, single house. Perhaps a subtle hint that he would've preferred to go as Mickey over baby Moana? Sorry kid, maybe next year... Trick or treating was going great until Ez faceplanted. Hard. He was pretty much over it after that. We did a few more houses and headed home with nearly full buckets. Ez immediately perked up when he saw that he got cheetos AND kit kats. Day made. 

Until next year, Halloween!