Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! The weather was actually great, for once! And Grayson is old enough now to really get excited.  So fun!

This is the pumpkin my visiting teaching companion Brandy carved for us.  Isn't it awesome?!

I made Grayson a viking hat and vest, and Thatcher a dragon hat and tail.

Aren't they so cute?!

"fighting" with his viking sword

'fighting' the scary baby dragon :)

rahhr :)

However, Grayson decided he liked T's costume better, so that's what he ended up wearing.  

He had a party at preschool,  and wore the dragon costume there, too.

He wore it for days, and roared at everyone he saw :)

Since Grayson stole his costume, T stole the viking hat and sword :)

Gray is roaring at the Viking :)

Thatcher the giraffe, and Grayson the dragon -- with Nani the witch (at the trunk-or-treat)

Gray made out like a bandit! He had such a blast at the trunk-or-treat, then hit up his Nani for candy, then Poppa took him trick-or-treating around their neighborhood. THEN we visited Grandma and Grandpa, and of course they spoiled him, too.  AND, the best part -- I caught him taking candy out of our treat bowl for the trick-or-treaters -- one by one -- and putting them in HIS treat bag! Little stinker! :D
He counted it all this morning -- we counted 96 pieces! And that's after he'd already put some in the bag, and after he (ahem -- WE....), had already eaten some.  I'd say that's enough to last him quite a while!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a pretty fun, laid-back Halloween. We went to Autoliv's Trunk or Treat on Friday night. There were a TON of people there! It started at 5 pm -- we got there at 4:30 and had to stand in line for an HOUR before we got into the part of the parking lot where they were giving out candy! Gray did surprisingly well waiting -- he had fun watching all the other costumed kids running around. I got a little nervous watching the two brothers full-out wrestling on the grass, though -- I'm not sure I'm ready to have two little boys.... Anyway, Gray quickly got into the Trick or Treat spirit once we got to the cars, and was very nice to say "Thank You" every time he took a piece of candy. He stayed very far away from everyone in masks or anyone who looked scary. I thought he'd have been super excited about the real live fire truck, but he was in the candy zone and only paused by it long enough to get candy from the firemen and thank them -- then he was off to the next car! Here are the only pictures I got of him in his costume:

He is getting so hard to photograph! It's impossible to get a good picture of this kid, I swear! Anyway, he's a little teddy bear, because the lion costume I spent FOREVER making (of course) got rejected because Gray wouldn't keep the hat on (it came all the way down his head with a mane around his face -- he didn't like that, and wouldn't keep it on). Thank goodness I made the hat and tail big enough that (hopefully) he can wear it next year.  So last-minute, I crocheted this bear hat and a little bear tail, stuck some felt on a sweatshirt, and called it good.  It's good for a two-year-old, right?!?! :)

"Nanny Witch!"

On Saturday, we went to my mom's ward's Trunk-Or-Treat, and it was raining. Blah. I gave it a good go, seeing as how Grayson had so much fun the day before, but he was wet and cold, and kept saying "Go bye-bye in car?", so we got 6 pieces of candy, a cookie, and a hot dog before we gave up and left. He didn't seem disappointed at all, and we had a fun night just hanging out at Nana's house! She dressed up as a witch, and he was wary of her at first, but in the end thought she was great (he's still asking for "Nanny Witch!").Gray also decided that every time she gave candy to the trick-or-treaters, HE got to pick out a piece, too. He ended up with quite the candy stash :) At least he told her "Thank You, Nanny!" every time. He even got his own special treat of a pumpkin Pez dispenser -- he loves Pez!



Here he is counting his candy with Nana. What a lucky boy! :)



Of course, the best part of having a two-year-old at Halloween is that you can totally raid their candy stash, and they never know it!!! I've eaten every single piece of chocolate in his bag. Not even gonna lie. He doesn't miss them. :) And I figure his little brother needs some Halloween candy, too!!! Right?! ;)

Trick or Treat!

I'm a little late posting this, but we had a great Halloween! We had dinner at my mom's house, then my dad and I took Grayson around the block to go trick or treating for the first time! He was a bit anxious and shy -- I had to hold him the whole time. But he quickly caught on that when we knock on doors, we get candy! Every time we went up to a door, I'd tell him "Say 'Trick or treat!'" -- and he never said it -- but by the last few houses, he was whispering "Treeet!" so low that only I could hear him. And at one house, he got some M&M's, which he loves, so at the next house, he whispered "Enanen" which is how he says M&M. We ended by knocking on my mom's door, and when she came to the door with the candy bowl, Gray gave her a huge smile, and proptly began grabbing handfuls of candy and putting them in his bag. Handful after handful. Guess he was excited to know how it all works, and not have to be shy with the candy-giver! He actually got a lot of candy for just going around the block! I let him eat a packet of M&M's ( because as soon as we sat down in his Nana's house, he took them out of his bag, held them up to me and said "Help. Peease". who could resist?!), and a few other little pieces of candy. He loved it! Having kids really makes holidays so much more fun!!

Halloween Fun!

Steve took Grayson to his work's Halloween party on Friday, so I dressed him up in his costume -- a little skeleton! I thought it needed a little hat, so I made one really quick right before he left -- I think it ended up very cute! So I snapped some cute pictures outside.

Gray loves to play peek-a-boo in the gap between the trees in our front yard. So cute.