Happy Halloween 2017!

A belated Happy Halloween! We had a busy week of celebrations, and we didn't even do all that we could have!

The Tuesday before Halloween we went trick or treating at Patriot Place. Matt called it "practice trick or treating."

Dressed as a fire fighter ready for the rain

With Pat Patriot and a Super Bowl ring

In front of the stadium

Trying to keep his hat on in the wind while posing in front of a giant pumpkin

On Friday Matt had a costume parade at school while Andy and I helped set up the Halloween party for my moms club.

Andy in his firefighter pajamas/outfit

Matt in his firefighter outfit

We attempted to grow a pumpkin from seeds leftover from our jack o'lantern last year. After all of our effort we grew this one small pumpkin.

Andy with our pumpkin (in his construction worker pajamas/outfit)

Andy with the pumpkins we took home from a birthday party at the berry farm

On Sunday we went to the berry farm to check out the pumpkin patch and play.

Andy on the swings

Matt climbing

Matt enjoying a hot cider donut on the hayride

Andy with me on the hayride

In the pumpkin patch (which was pretty well picked over!)

Waiting for the hayride to return

Andy checking out the "bumpy" pumpkins

Matt feeding the animals

Andy making friends with the animals

 

Matt can climb on the bouncy structure all by himself now

Climbing up the tire "mountain"

By the morning glories

Matt on the horse swing

On Monday we went to a local trampoline park, where they were painting pumpkins (which were not going on the trampolines!).

Matt decorating his pumpkin (the one with the blue swath is Andy's)

Andy on the trampolines

Matt with the punching kangaroo

Matt trying out the rope swing

On Tuesday Matt had Knee High Naturalists while Andy and I went trick or treating at an assisted living center.

Andy checking out the pumpkins on the school grounds

Snow White and a pumpkin

Playing peek-a-boo while waiting to pick up his brother

Posing with jack o' lanterns

Eyeing the "Hello" pumpkins

On Tuesday evening Jon came home early and took Matt out for trick or treating on their usual route. At the last minute Matt decided he would be a "train master" for Halloween, which was fine because we already had that costume. Here he is ready to go!

Andy stayed home with me. He made a mess, which is his specialty, but also drew on the easel (the gray scribbles halfway up on the righthand side are his handiwork).

Matt had quite the haul! Here is his bag:

And that's a wrap for this year. Next year both boys will be trick or treating, so we'll see how ambitious we get with all of the celebrations.