Our Family: Halloween 2011

I am SUPER late getting our blog updated! So here we go! :)

Halloween this year was a blast! Dustin and I had picked out Sawyer's costume over a month ago and we couldn't wait for him to wear it!

Halloween was on a Monday this year and normally Sawyer doesn't have school on Monday's but Sprout was having a party and they call it Pumpkin Palooza. Dustin and I both had the day off so we decided we would love to help at Sawyer's school.

For the party Sprout wanted to kids to wear their costumes. Sawyer wanted NO part in it. Before we left that morning for school we tried to dress Sawyer and his costume and the meltdowns began. So instead Sawyer wore his Halloween shirt.

Sprout had many activities planned for the kids. They filled gloves with popcorn and candy corn, played the pin the face on the pumpkin, painted pumpkins, and more.

After school we headed home for some lunch and for Sawyer to get a nap before our busy night! After Sawyer woke up we put him in his costume and took him to see Ashlee's grandpa and aunt. Sawyer got a head start on trick or treating before it even started. :) After visiting Great Gpa Chuck and Great Aunt Ann we took Sawyer to see Dustin's mom and grandma.

After we stopped and saw everyone we headed home for some supper and to get ready for trick or treating. Getting ready to go trick or treating felt like we were getting ready for a road trip. We made sure Sawyer had something to drink. We also decided to bring the wagon just in case he got tired of walking or we got tired of carrying him. Along with the wagon we brought a blanket, and coats. Finally we were ready to hit the neighborhood.

We started on our street and made our way up and down several blocks. It didn't take Sawyer long to figure out what we were doing before he was sooo excited and running up to the houses to get candy. He even figured out that we were only going to the houses with their outside lights on. It was so cute to watch him knock on the doors and wait. We thanked each house and if Sawyer didn't say thank you he would say "welcome." Towards the end out little guy got tired and so we were thankful for the wagon. We had a blast trick or treating this year and we can't wait for next year.