Halloween

We started off Halloween morning like most people do....Walter and X went and bought a toilet. What? That's not the norm? Most people's toilets don't start leaking all over the bathroom floor during the middle of the night before Halloween? Hmmmm, guess we're just different kind of folk then.

After said toilet purchase we decided to carve our pumpkins while a wee little one was napping. Unfortunately Xavier really had no interest in the pumpkin carving. He actually looked a little disgusted when I was pulling the guts out of the pumpkin and decided to go back inside and play race cars. So, Walter and I carved away.

Upon completion of carving, our family gathered in our windowless laundry room, shut the door, and did a test run lighting the pumpkins. Xavier was impressed, although when he noticed there was a candle inside the pumpkin he promptly went into a rendition of "Happy Birthday" then tried to blow it out.

Next up was lunch. Wes decided to create his own costume and smear baked beans all over his face and hair. While we had lunch we roasted pumpkin seeds in the oven. They turned out ok. Not the same as the ones in the store, but good enough.

Walter put in the new toilet after lunch. He put the old one on the front porch temporarily and I joked that it should be our "candy bowl" for trick-r-treaters. I know, I'm so hilarious.

We made homemade pizza for dinner and Gma Tina came over to see the boys in their costumes. We didn't put the kids in the costumes until after dinner when we were ready to trick-or-treat. Good thing too because Wes had a blowout that required a hose off in the sink. That, my friends, would have ruined his costume!

Trick-or-treating went well. Wes chilled in the stroller and didn't make a peep the entire time. He just watched all the commotion. Xavier enjoyed going house to house with his best bud, Daniel (Spiderman). And by the end he was saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You" without being prompted.

We came back home to find the bowl of candy we left on the porch completely empty. Don't tell X, but we snagged some of his candy to give to a few more trick-or-treaters that came later in the evening. Actually, X has no concept of the big pile of candy he brought home. He asked for some M&Ms, ate those, then told me he wanted some graham crackers.

All in all a good Halloween. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the boys together or a family shot. I think I'm going to dress them up again this week in the daylight for a little photo shoot. There was just too much commotion tonight.