Happy Halloween!

Todd and I are not over the top holiday people. Except for Christmas...it takes everything I have to refrain from putting up the Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. We are trying to be more festive now that Fisher is at the age where he is really excited about holidays.

So this year we found ourselves two days before Halloween with no pumpkins. Fisher and I went on a mission to find one and it took us three stores before we found any.

We finally got around to carving them yesterday which actually was a lot of fun since it was officially Halloween.

Fisher wanted happy pumpkins.

Fisher was a "confused transformer" with his Optimus Prime costume and Bumblebee mask. The Optimus mask is huge and uncomfortable to wear.

Cooper was a tiger but since we are all sick (well Fisher seems to be better but the other three of us are not feeling so hot) we decided not to take him out in the cold. I was able to take Fisher out and it was a lot of fun for me to spend time with him without Cooper.

In the beginning we were with another family (strangers we just happened to be going to the same houses at the same time) and they were cracking up over Fisher's enthusiasm. He was hustling up to those doors, be-lining across lawns and he was layered up so he looked like the chubby little kid scrambling for more candy. It was pretty funny. I had to work on trick-or-treating etiquette with him. He kept wanting to step inside people's doors to look around. One man in particular Fisher was questioning about what show he was watching. It was a lot of fun. One of my favorite quotes while we were out was "My arm is telling me that it is getting tired!"

After trick-or-treating we stopped by the Southwell's garage where they had some delicious food, treats, home made root beer, apple cider and a fun cake that lit on fire. The kids loved it.

There was a pinata which Fisher had been looking forward to all day. Ever since making the birthday party rounds for his friends, Fisher is adamant that he is going to have a pinata at his birthday party. Personally, I become very nervous whenever there is any sort of stick/bat in Fisher's hands when there is any living person or creature nearby. :)

Getting close and personal with the pumpkin pinata.

Allison blindfolding Fisher.

(What is scarier than Fisher holding a mini Louisville Slugger? A Fisher that cannot see while holding a mini Louisville Slugger!)

In the end he did fine and had so much fun. Thanks Southwells! It was a lot of fun.

Now we are all at home feeling miserable...except for Fisher. He has been eating candy all day and is happy as can be although he did just inform me that he has a tummy-ache. I told him that is one of the hazards of Halloween! It is not a successful one without feeling sick to your stomach.