Halloween 2019

It's almost Thanksgiving and I'm just getting around to posting about Halloween...such is life these days. We are in the busiest times of our lives, both working full time with two little active boys to entertain. This is my most favorite time of the year, however, and I don't want to forget to post these adorable photos to look back on years from now.

We posted up for Halloween at my parents house this year and had some friends join us. We had pizza, cocktails and lots of trick or treating fun for everyone! It was very cold, but the boys dressed up warmly as Tigger and Pooh (matching costumes!!!) and stayed warm. I didn't snap very many photos from our night, but did manage to snag a couple of the boys before the festivities began.

Halloween 2018

Halloween has come and gone and it was a good one! While both Finn and Lincoln have been fighting some sort of stomach bug, they were well enough for us to have a few friends over and go trick-or-treating.

Lincoln had an absolute blast! Finn was just happy to be along for the ride...until he wasn't, which is when I hustled him and I home to get dinner started for everyone else.

We all met at our house, the kiddos got some goody bags Lincoln and I threw together and then we headed down our street toward Manito Blvd. Each year, the houses on Manito Blvd put together a flash mob to Michael Jackson's Thriller and we wanted to be sure the boys got to watch! It was entertaining for all and then we headed back to the house for movies, candy sorting, dinner and drinks!

Halloween pictures are the most difficult to take because of lighting, and I'm never home in time to capture them in their costumes during daylight. Because of that, the photos aren't that great, but I think they capture the spirit of the evening perfectly.

Until next year!

Halloween 2017

Halloween has come and gone and we are rolling full steam ahead toward Thanksgiving and Christmas! Before the holidays consume us, I want to be sure to do a quick little recap of our Halloween.

This year, Lincoln got to be both Superman and Winnie the Pooh! We spent last Friday at the annual school Halloween carnival and he had a blast! He ran around with all of his friends, played games, won and ate way too much candy and just generally had all the fun that a three year old should have during this time of the year.

Over the Halloween weekend, we continued the pumpkin themed fun with a trip to mobius where he made a spider and a bat, and got to paint a pumpkin! We ended the weekend strong by raking up (and jumping) into leaves. Just in time for the forecast to tell us it's supposed to SNOW by Friday.

By the main event, Halloween night, Lincoln had the whole trick-or-treating routine down, and happily swung by my work where he scored big time on the candy front before we headed up to some friends for group trick-or-treating and pizza! The kids knew exactly what to do, and ran from house to house yelling "trick-or-treat," "Happy Halloween!" and occasionally we even heard a few "thank you's!"

My proud mama moment came when one of his little friends fell (from running to fast to the next house) and spilled his candy. Lincoln immediately ran up to him and asked "You ok? I'll help!" and helped him pick up all his candy and put it back into his bag. The favor was kindly returned when later that evening, Lincoln took a similar spill. These boys are so sweet right now (when they're not being little three year old monsters ;0)!

After a giant loop and way too much candy, we returned back to our starting place for pizza, toys, playtime and Halloween themed movies. We made it home around 9 PM where we all promptly passed out. It was a good night!

And now...bring on all the turkey and stuffing! Thanksgiving...you're next.

Halloween 2016

Halloween this year was the BEST! Little man was really able to get into it this year since he's quite the fan of "nanee" (candy) on the few occasions he gets it. Once he figured out that Halloween was all about pumpkins and free candy, he was game.

He also had plenty of chances to collect lots and lots of candy in the weekend leading up to the big day!

Friday evening we went to his school's Halloween carnival where they had plenty of toddler friendly carnival games, including "go fish!" Each little one got a prize at each of the stations and when they left the toddler room they got to pick out a prize. We also tried our hand at the cake walk (but didn't win!)

Saturday morning he had kindermusik where he got to dress up in his costume and enjoy Halloween themed cookies and sing Halloween themed songs. By Saturday morning he was quite the fan of this particular holiday.

We had even more fun when he got to visit my office and go trick or treating around the office from my coworkers....he ran from desk to desk yelling "allloweeeen" "more nanee!!! (candy) and "pumpkin nannee."

By the time we got to the main event he was a pro! Knocking on people's doors, yelling "elloooo alloweeen" "more nanneee pease" (more candy please) and "pumpin nanee, pumpin, nannee."
We may still need to work on our "thank you's" but we at least have the please down haha!

We took him out trick-or-treating with our friends, and they made the cutest little shark and turtle combo you ever did see.

All in all it was a great Halloween! Now if only we could convince the kid that the "nanee's" all gone ;0)

Annual Greenbluff Trip!

happy monday everyone! i hope you all enjoyed a fun weekend. we sure did :)

i mentioned a few weeks ago that we had our annual greenbluff and pumpkin carving date on the books for the middle of October and that ended up being this past weekend! my parents, sister, her fiance, husband, lincoln and myself all headed up to greenbluff to snag the perfect pumpkin, and fill our tummies with delicious huckleberry and pumpkin donuts!

my older sister and niece ended up working at one of the farms this weekend, so while we stopped by to say hello, they had to miss out on the pumpkin patch, but came over to help carve later that evening. my little brother had to miss out too since he's down at school, but we made sure to have enough fun for him too!

after greenbluff we all came back to the house to start carving, roast pumpkin seeds, eat more food (pizza!) and even more pumpkin and huckleberry donuts. here are a few photos from our day!

Little Man's First Halloween

here are a few photos from our little man's first halloween!

little man started out as a turtle

and then we put him in his chicken costume! clearly he loved it ;0p 

a chicken and a ghost!

all the little munchkins on halloween night! 

Annual Trip to the Bluff

this past weekend we took the whole family (minus the little bro who's traveling abroad in london right now (poor guy)) up to green bluff to pick out pumpkins for halloween. it's been two years since husband and i have gone, since we've been in portland and it was fun to bring little man up there for his very first trip.

i've written about green bluff before here and my absolute infatuation with the pumpkin donuts. needless to say, pumpkin donuts did not disappoint and it was a fun filled day with the fam.

here are some photos from our day!

 little man and i before mama dove head first into those pumping donuts

family photo at the patch 

 all the ladies up at green bluff

two and a half men

 the whole fam (minus griffin...we missed you buddy!)

and our pumpkin masterpieces!