{304/365} Happy Halloween!

Finally, the big day arrived!  Aiden was gung ho to trick or treat but spent most of the evening on Papa's shoulders.  He called him his "chocolate truck".  Ha!  Aiden got stopped a lot in his costume these past few days.  People commented on how cute he was, how adorable the costume was, etc..  We were in the car and Aiden said to me, "Mama, I am the most adorable giraffe in the whole wide world."  Gee, don't let it go to your head, little man.  Thing is, I kind of have to agree!

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 On Saturday we headed down to the Children's Museum to go through the haunted house. We pulled out last year's costume to change things up!  We went during the lights on hours and Aiden loved looking at everything and getting goodies.

 Nice...

Afterwards, we hung out at the museum. We visited the new frog exhibit and Aiden rode his first animal on the carousel at the museum! No more bench for us!  I am so glad we went as soon as it opened.  We always do but it was crazy when we left around 1.  The wait for the haunted house was over an hour.  Yikes!

 Today we headed to our church's trunk or treat.  There was a huge tractor there that Aiden got to climb up in and the firemen were passing out candy.  Two wonderful things in Aiden's eyes.  He got so.much.candy.  Not sure why we are trick or treating tomorrow!  He'll have enough to last him well past Christmas!

{301/365} Halloween Kickoff

We kicked off the Halloween weekend literally....at Aiden's soccer practice.  My parents usually take him on Friday mornings but I got to go because it was my one day off for fall break.  It was great seeing him in action.  The pictures aren't great- the best I could do through a grimy plexiglass wall. Afterwards we went to our favorite Vietnamese restaurant.  I'm pretty sure Aiden ate his weight in spring rolls and pho.

 




















After nap, Aiden finally put his costume on.  He was so excited and kept saying, "it's finally time for Halloween!" Eating some leaves to get some energy for the Gymb0ree party...

 Love this picture!

 As always, we had fun at the gymb0ree party.  Lots of dancing, bubbles and fun!

 

Flying giraffe....

 

 Five little pumpkins fitting of the gate...

 One fell off....if you can't tell, this was one of Aiden's favorite parts of the party!

{300/365} The Great Pumpkin

 























We carved Aiden's pumpkin with my parents on Thursday.  He is still not sure about touching the guts.

 Aiden wanted an angry face pumpkin.  He showed us what he thought it should look...

 Checking out the final drawing...

 And the fun part, popping out the eyes nose and mouth.

 The final product!

{299/365} Say Yes to the Dress

And my dad didn't want to hear about Aiden wanting to wear sparkle shoes.  Ha!  Love getting these pictures from school!

{296.297.298/365} Crazy Week

 We started this busy week off with a bang- got up bright and early to have family pictures taken.  Aiden gave Lauren a few of his goofy smiles.  Okay, more than a few.  But there were plenty of great smiles too.  Although I can't say what he looked like when all four of us were in the shot.  I'll guess we'll see!  I'll be sure to share.  


After pictures we ran several errands (Aiden loves to shop and was a trooper) and then went to a birthday party.  The party was at a park and it was a gorgeous day.  Aiden ran around in his picture clothes and had a blast.  He fell asleep after being in the car about 2 minutes.  I was worn out too!

 Monday was a nice day.  I do remediation after school on Mondays but we ran home and got in some outside time.  I sure hope Aiden opened his eyes in some of our family pictures.  This is usually what I get when I ask him to smile....

Tuesday was even nicer then Monday.  We ran home to change clothes and then headed to the park.  Aiden was anxious to go and was waiting at the door to the garage as I came downstairs.  He opened the door into the garage and I shut it, not giving it a second thought.  We had a great time at the park.  Played on the playground and walked/rode the scooter around the park.  We stayed for over an hour.  It was 6:30 when we left.  I knew I was pushing it with a late dinner but it was *so* nice and I knew it was probably one of the few remaining nice days we would have before winter.  


You know where this is going right?  We got home, I went to go inside....and the door that Aiden opened before we left?  It was locked.  And I had no key. And the neighbor I thought had a key didn't because we only talked about trading keys, never did it. Oops.  I was so mad at myself.  Aiden was panicked.  He ran out of the garage screaming, "Help! Help! We've got a big problem. Someone bring us a key!"  Yeah, a bit of an alarmist!  Luckily my parents had a key and my dad brought it over.  Aiden got to play with the neighbor kids while we waited so all was well.  I will no make sure a house key is in my car and with at least 2 neighbors!  Made a long day even longer.  At least it was a good day overall.