Halloween

We love the month of October in our house. It was especially fun this year because it was Ettley’s 1st halloween and Adler actually got the concept of trick-or-treating. I asked Adler what he wanted to be for Halloween and he told me “Buzz Lightyear!” So of course we had to go with a Toy Story theme. Dane was Woody, I was Bo Peep, Adler was Buzz Lightyear and Ettley was my sheep. I was really happy we did this theme this year because for my first Halloween I was a sheep so I was happy Ettley was a sheep as well. I couldn’t just pick one costume for Ettley so this year she had a total of 4 costumes. It was probably overkill but she is so cute I couldn’t help myself. Anyone that knows me knows I love Disney so I had to get Ettley her first princess dress and we deiced to go with my favorite, Belle. My sister-in-law made Ettley the cutest Minnie mouse outfit and my mother-in-law bought her this cute witch tutu outfit. I loved all of her costumes. 

We went to Cox’s farm twice this year. Adler loved the hay ride and the giant slides. We also took the pumpkin patch picture here. 

Trying to get a picture of both of them can be very difficult sometimes! 

I bought his Buzz Lightyear costume and I thought for sure he would wear it all over the house. But when we tried it on him he was not having it, telling us it wasn’t Halloween yet so he couldn’t put on his costume. 

We had our ward trunk-or-treat. This was Adler’s first experience getting lots of candy just handed to him and he was in heaven. Our trunk was inspired by the show Stranger Things. 

She is always looking up at Adler!

We then went trick-or-treating at Under Armour with Dane a few days later. Adler loved getting even more candy and wanted to keep going around and around. They had this cool backdrop we could take pictures in front of which is good because I didn’t do a good job taking pictures at this party. 

Adler was so excited that Halloween hadn’t happened yet and he already had so much candy! Anytime he saw someone ring a doorbell he would say “Mom! they are trick-or-treating it’s time to go!” When it was finally Halloween Ettley and I stayed behind to hand out candy which made me sad because Adler was so anxious and excited to go. When he came home he was so excited to dump out his candy and look through what he got. Some friends stopped by with their kids and we talked for a bit but Adler was just so excited to eat his candy. We finally let him have two pieces before bed.

I was trying to get him to pose behind his candy...this was the result and it's so funny!

It was so much fun to watch Adler get super excited for Halloween. He actually understood what was happening so it made it that much more exciting. He loved watching The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Paw Patrol Halloween. He made it an eventful and magical month. The only problem is that he is still playing trick-or-treat and it’s December!! He doesn’t quite get why people won’t give him candy if he rings their doorbell. He always makes us laugh. Hopefully he will find Christmas just as fun!

Adler asked for a Halloween party so I quickly threw together something and we invited a few friends!

Adler playing trick-or-treat with GG in November.. GG was nice to play along

Adler's Month of October

The month of October has been so much fun! Dane and I have always loved Halloween and we always tried to do something fun– but let me tell you it is way more fun with a child. I love how children bring out the celebration in you and you want to celebrate and document everything! 

First, we just had to take Adler to a little pumpkin patch with some friends. The place we went was really cute but it was geared for some older kids. It will be fun to take Adler back when he can do more of the activities. They had a little corn maze, a little train (parents couldn’t ride so neither could Adler :( ), cider and donuts, brand new kittens and of course pumpkins! 

Living in Idaho Falls means there will be wind and boy was it windy when we went. We tried to take pictures and document the experience but mostly turned into hair everywhere, squinty eyes and shivering lips. So we picked our pumpkins and called it a day. It was so fun going to the farm especially with friends.

The farm had little kittens 

Our friend's kid on these cool bikes 

Haha these things are so funny

Next, we took our first Family photo! Dane and I love Fall because the leaves change and it makes the perfect back drop for pictures! Our friends knew the perfect place to take pictures and they were right! We took Dane’s camera and set it up on a tripod and then had our friend snap pictures and get Adler’s attention. We think they turned out great and I can’t wait to show them on our Christmas card.

We went to Utah for a weekend in October and while we were there we attended the Riverwoods Trick-or-treating. All the shops in the area were handing out candy and there were games and crafts you could participate in. Dane’s brothers joined us and this was the first time Adler wore his costume. I was so happy with how it turned out! 

The reason we went down to Utah was for a Whitmore Cousin Halloween party! I love all of our cousin parties and get togethers we have and I’m glad we are close enough that we can still attend most of them. This was the first time we wore all of our costumes. I was a mermaid, Dane was a shark and Adler was a scuba diver! We made all of our costumes with a little help from my cousin sewing my skirt. We really like how they turned out.

We always try to plan stuff for these parties but just end up talking the whole time. We do sometimes get movies in and at this party we watched Hocus Pocus. I love seeing all of my cousin’s costumes and what they come up with. I love my family and I’m glad we are all so close!

Playing with Amy's new puppies

Group Shot (thanks Amy :))

Our next Halloween event was Dane’s work party. This party was a lot of fun! Each office decorated their doors and the kids went around and trick-or-treated. They had a lot of contests at the party, a pumpkin carving contest, a picture coloring contest (for the kids) and a costume contest. Adler won the costume contest which was great because the prize was blocks, which he was in desperate need of! Then we had a yummy dinner and I met a lot of Dane’s co-workers. Dane and I discovered that was the first work party I was at since he started working with KLIM. It was a great party and so much more fun with our little boy!

Dinner was in their warehouse 

Adler's prize for best costume 

The local zoo hosts a Boo at the Zoo and ever since I saw an ad for it at the beginning of October I couldn’t wait to go!. They decorated the zoo in hundreds of lights and the kids would walk around the zoo and trick-or-treat. Some of the animals were still out so we walked around and looked at those as well. Adler is still too young to be interested in animals. He likes looking at them for a second and when we make the noises he likes it but then is easily distracted. They also had a costume contest and Adler took 1st place! He got a stuffed penguin and it was so cute because he kept hugging it. It was fun walking around the zoo and seeing all of the other kids. We will definitely do this again next year!

This face cracks me up!!

Ghostbusters! 

I love his face in this picture!

Waiting to be judged at the costume contest 

Picture with the other winners and the judges

Finally Halloween!! We were so excited for Adler’s first Halloween. We went over to our friend’s house and hung out and ate pizza before we left. Then we all got ready and headed out to trick-or-treat. Adler didn’t really understand what we were doing but we were outside and he loves to be outside even in the cold. I think he gets hot easily and loves to be cold. After TOT we went back to our friend’s house and just hung out. Alder crawled everywhere and we watched some Halloween movies and drank Hot Chocolate. 

So much candy!

Trick-or-treating is tiring

Halloween this year was so much fun! Even having a 7 month old that doesn’t get the concept of Halloween makes the holiday even more enjoyable than it was with just Dane and I. Adler wore his costume 5 times and he was so good at keeping his goggles on his head and not getting annoyed by his scuba tank! It was a great October and I’m glad we got to do so much this month. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas.