Halloween 2015

This year we managed to pick one costume and stick with it - huge progress from last year when the boys changed their minds in the 11th hour!  Brody knew he wanted to be the Flash.  Rather funnily, he never called himself 'The Flash" but instead referred to himself as Barry Allen- the Flash's regular human name (can you tell I have no vocabulary for Super Heroes.  I better get studying).  We have a kids Flash book and Brody loves it.  He knows almost all the words and really enjoys the story.  He also likes when I call him "Flash" when he is running really fast so this costume was a natural fit.  Brady chose to be "Chase" from Paw Patrol.  Both Brady and Brody are Paw Patrol fans!  Brady referred to himself as "Chase is ON the case" the full tag line used in the cartoon, much to the confusion of anyone who asked who he was.  It is so funny what kids hear and retain and then decide to reuse in certain situations.

We squeezed in a quick trip to a pumpkin patch one Sunday on our way back from Monterey two weeks before Halloween.  Chris and I always retell the story of our first trip to a pumpkin path with the boys where after a rather speedy trip to the pumpkin path followed by a double diaper disaster, we managed to leave our pumpkins on the side of the road in Half Moon Bay.  This year we came home with pumpkins but not without having to constantly tell the boys they needed to pick out smaller pumpkins because we (uncharacteristically) had almost no cash on us and the pumpkin patch was cash only.  Luckily Brady is like his mom and he likes small cute things so we only had to reel Brody back from picking out the most ginormous pumpkin on the lot.  Hank was with us too so he got to visit his first pumpkin patch.  He took full advantage of all the fun and was the only one who really wanted his picture taken!

We left our pumpkins uncarved until we got back from Disney.  Then we realized that we only had a few days until Halloween so we better get carving!  We ended up carving our pumpkins as it got dark one evening out on the patio (real life).  Brady really wanted a witch and Brody wanted a Ninja turtle face (beyond our capability this year) but settled for a scary face that Chris drew.  

When it came time to wear their costumes and trick or treat, the boys were totally into it.  They loved dressing up and asking for candy.  They also loved eating chocolate (this was the first time they participated in the candy aspect of the holiday).  We trick or treated with friends in our neighborhood and had a great time.  By the end of the night it was hard to pull the kids away from doorbells.  When we got home, we let the kids pick some chocolate to eat and they went to bed happy.  Magically, the candy was gone the next morning.  What was left was their costumes that they still like to put on and play dress up with.  Halloween was a huge success and tons of fun with these big boys!