The first time Drake got candy (and got to wear his cowboy costume) was to a birthday party for his friend Parker. He was thrilled! In the picture below, you can kinda see a piece of string in his left hand--he found it somewhere in the house and insisted on taking it with him, saying that "cowboys have ropes, so I have to bring a rope with me."
Last Tuesday night, our ward had their Trunk or Treat. We dressed up as cowboys (or cowgirls) and had a good time. It didn't take Graham long to catch on to the candy collecting!
An added bonus to this year was no casualties! Last year, at Trunk or Treat, Drake fell on the asphalt and got a huge goose-egg on his forefead (picture below left). At the ward Christmas party, he fell and hit the metal part on a stacking chair, 'causing two perfectly placed holes on his forehead (picture below right), but he wouldn't let us put band-aids on them, and he insisted we not go home until he had seen Santa Claus....
So back to this year. The day before Halloween (Graham's birthday), Drake had a little party at preschool. He had a great time being in costume with his preschool buddies.
This is the preschool group and some siblings. One of Drake's favorite things at the party was dancing to music. He does it all the time at home, so he was more than happy to do it with his friends.
They read Halloween stories.
They made t.p. mummies (Natalie was the example).
Drake was more than happy to wrap other people up in toilet paper, but he wouldn't let anyone touch him!
At the end of the preschool party, we headed over to the library for a special storytime. He made this spider hat at another storytime.
They had guest readers, and one of them actually dressed up.
They made "ghost" windsocks with white paper and white streamers.
Graham (cute cowboy on the right) probably thought this was all part of his birthday celebration.
They got to eat a cookie at the end of it. Happy day!
And Happy Birthday again!
On Halloween night, we took the kids to the mall for an indoor "Trunk or Treat" put on by the police officers and the stores throughout the mall. Drake didn't know where to start!
He always likes to see the police cars.
Here they're waiting in line for the police officers who were giving out candy. We didn't go to
all the stores, maybe not even half of them, but the kids still got plenty of candy.
Avery was a gem, as always, even though she didn't get any candy.
We stopped by just a few homes before returning to our own home. Saturday they wouldn't let up on wanting candy. With all the candy and the time change, come Sunday morning they woke up at 5:00 a.m.! The kids are still wired. Below, Graham is proudly displaying some candy he "found" (without asking of course). That seems to be happening a lot lately.
Happy Halloween!!
