Halloween in Our Suburb

Halloween was eventful:  we walked to our downtown area and the kids received candy from the local business owners.  It was fun walking around while hearing oldies music on the outdoor speakers. After that we walked around our neighborhood.  Here in Columbus, many surrounding communities allowed trick-or-treating between 6-8pm.  

Two Transformers and a Batman

Bellydancers shimmying to American Oldies music. 

A fortune teller's tent

Many neighbors stayed outside to greet the trick-or-treaters

One of the many decorated homes in our neighborhood

A Tale of Three Pumpkins

It was a dark, rainy night....muuuuwhawhawha...and the boys wanted Daddy to carve their pumpkins.  Gabriel wanted a "ske--wee one with eyebrows."  It also need to have two "teets" at the bottom of its MOUTH. 

 

Jojo gave his best pumpkin face for Daddy to use on his gourd.

Christian wanted the most elaborate pumpkin with a tiger face and stripes.  So Daddy drew the picture onto Christian's pumpkin.  When it was time to carve, he was very careful to carve out the stripes and around the eyes and nose.  I think the stripes were connected to the eyes, which were connected to the nose, which was connected to the mouth....

I heard Daddy giggling and knew that something had gone terribly wrong.  Christian exclaimed, "What happened to the pumpkin?!  Where's the face?" 

Gaby decided to label their pumpkins, but Christian prevented Gaby from writing his name onto his.  He didn't want credit for the "pumpkin hole".  Last night Christian told Nana and Papa that his pumpkin looks "ri-di-klee-us".  I think it's funny how Mike tried to distract Christian by showing that the stem 'lid' could still be removed like a normal pumpkin. Another great feature of the faceless pumplin is now your hand can be viewed through the cave as its candle is lit. The pièce de résistance didn't impress Christian, either: the placement of a tiny ceramic pumpkin within the gaping hole.

Christian walked in on me as I was downloading these photos and he asked, "Are you sending the pumpkin hole picture to someone?"  It embarrasses him to even have the pumpkin on the front porch.  

Boo!

Three little weasel boys waited all month LONG for Halloween to arrive.

But FIRST there was Christian's parade of costumes at his school.

Two little Bat Men-Boys take a ride down the school slide.

All dressed up and ready to start Halloween - FINALLY. Three matching costumes sent by Nana and Papa.

The house was decorated and ready all month LONG. Sheesh...when is Halloween going to arrive?

Two scary parents ready for a fun night riding in Tanya and Darren's hay-filled trailer through the neighborhoods to find our treats.