Preston's Halloween Party!!

OK, so I know this is really late, but better late than never, right? Preston had been asking to have a Halloween party for so long, I just had to have one for him. He was so excited for Halloween this year. I'm not exactly sure why because he can't eat most of the candy he gets when he goes trick-or-treating, but he was sure excited to go this year! So we had a little party for him and many of his friends came in their costumes.....so cute! After the party, we went trick-or-treating with our friends (and neighbors) The Hesters and with Grandma LaRoe, Grandma and Bumpa and "Guncle" (not exactly sure how the kids landed with Guncle for my brother, but they did). Our neighborhood goes really crazy with the decorating, so the kids have a lot of fun going through the neighborhood. We walked a long ways! The bummer is that even after all the houses we went to and the full bags of candy, when we came home to separate the candy to safe and unsafe, Preston and Ella were only left with maybe a handful each. Poor things. All that work for such a little return. Most people gave out chocolate this year, but I have a system. For every ten pieces of unsafe candy, they get to pick a prize out of the prize bag. So they do walk away from the whole thing excited and satisfied. Better for their teeth too, I guess (although not so good for the wallet). Buying prizes for both kids gets expensive and soon we will have to buy for three...oh well, it's worth it to make them happy!

Preston and Ella with their friends Abby and Elijah


Preston being spooky...I don't know if you can tell, but Mike bought dry ice for the party...Preston thought that was super cool. He is standing next to the bowl of it.


Grandma with our baby pumpkin


Cute little Addie


Preston enjoying his cupcake


The two princesses...Sophie and Ella


The two babies, Aaden the pumpkin and Leo the.....dog??=)


Trick-or-treating with Elijah


The kiddos with Bumpa!


The spooky house....that's fog from a fog machine


We had to get Grandma and Guncle in one!!


Preston and Addie after lots of trick-or-treating!


The kids all tired out after a long night

Here are just a few cute pictures I wanted to include....

Aaden's first taste of carrot....didn't go so well


Pajama picture!!...take one.....


.....take two........


........take three......


Never mind....

One day I went upstairs to put Aaden down for his nap and when I came back downstairs I found this:

They were jumping on the couch and singing...yes, they both stripped and Preston put on his pirate belt and Ella felt that she needed a headband.


Ella was so focused..I asked what she was doing and she replied "I'm being a rockstar". She was singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes with Elmo. =)

So now onto my next post.....