Halloween Celebrations

This Halloween, I let Kyler choose his costume for the first time. His first year, he wore a giraffe costume, the next year, he was a monkey and last year he was a tiger. All the outfits were chosen by me. So this year I decided to let him be involved. He went with me to the store and looked at all the options. The second he saw the Thomas the Train costume it was all over. His choice was made and he would not be convinced otherwise! I had hoped to steer him in another direction, but he would have none of that. And, since I had decided to let him choose, I let him get it. And, I must say, he was a pretty darn cute Thomas! :)

Caden on the other hand, had even less say that Kyler did over the last three years. I didn't even get anything new for him, he just got to wear Kyler's giraffe costume. But, he truly was the most adorable giraffe you ever did see! The only challenge was gettting the two boys to take a picture together. Not an easy task!

For our Halloween festivities, Kyler wore his costume first to the Hearts of Hope day at the zoo, which you've already seen pictures of. Then, he got to wear it again to preschool on Thursday. He thought that was great fun! And, his little friend, Tommy, was Thomas the Train also. Kyler couldn't stop talking about that. So adorable!

Then, on Friday we went to a friend's house for a little party with a couple other kids. She went all out and did such a great job with decorations and food. Kyler had a blast. Although he didn't want to wear his costume while we were there, I got him to put it on for a few minutes. And, finally on Saturday night, Halloween itself, we went to our church. They put on an international food fair, had trunk-or-treat and a talent show. It was a lot of fun. When we got home, we took Kyler over to one of our neighbor's houses because they adore him and wanted to see him in his costume. They opened up a whole new bag of candy and let him help himself to as much as he could fit in his little bag. Of course they don't have to deal with the sugar consequences after-the-fact! But we're glad they love him so much. :)

Overall we had a good Halloween this year. Kyler wants to continue wearing his costume so I told him he can put it on whenever he wants to. Why not? We paid enough money for it!

The cutest little giraffe you ever did see!

Decorating (and eating) Halloween cookies with friends

L-R: Caden, Kyler, Ben, Carly, Grayson & Jonathan

One of the better pics of the boys together

Daddy with the boys

Mommy with the boys-don't you love Kyler's cheesy face?