Happy Halloween!! 2009 Edition

This year for Halloween the Rings were in Wisconsin for Aunt Julie's wedding. The wedding was on November 1st and the day before was a full day of preparations, spending time with family, and (for the kids and me) adjusting to being in a different environment. Because it was such a full day we didn't have time to take the kids out to go Trick or Treating. But that didn't stop us from getting dressed up and posing for pictures.

This year Lyla dressed up a Winnie the Pooh (dressed up as a 'Hunny' pot). And lil' Will dressed up as Pooh's buddy Piglet. You'll recognize the Piglet costume from last Halloween. Unfortunately this year we didn't get to carve pumpkins or go out in our neighbor's scary grave yard... but we did get over-stimulated and over-tired... so that was fun.

Enjoy the pictures!

HALLOWEEN!!!

Lyla's first Halloween!! So exciting! No need for much commentary. Here's the run down:

5:00 pm - Dinner with the neighbors
6:00 pm - Trick or treating (we went to a total of three houses, not really that exciting for kids under the age of two).
6:20 pm - Back home to give out candy
7:30 pm - Over-stimulation achieved! Time for bed!

Here's the pictures:

Lyla getting dressed:

Lyla and our neighbor Ian:

Posing with mommies:

Lyla kept breaking parts of the pumpkin stem off and putting them in her mouth.

Goofing around while waiting for dinner:

Being silly with Dad during dinner:

Headed out trick-or-treating:

What a silly bear:

Alright Dads! Now we're talking. Trick-or-treating is great!

Sitting handing out candy with Andy and Mandy:

Posing in our neighbor's fake cemetery:

Look mom! I'm scary:

Grave digging!! Fun!!

We also carved pumpkins this year, though Lyla wasn't part of the process. I was feeling industrious so I tried something my mom taught us when we were kids where you carve a relief of a picture into the surface of the pumpkin. Being one of those nerdy dads who's completely wrapped around his daughter's finger, you'll never guess what i carved a picture of:

You can see the original here.

And here is it all lit up:

Happy Halloween, everyone!