P's 2nd Halloween

Pierce's 2nd Halloween was quite fun and packed with activity. This past Saturday we took him (along with his Nana) to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch--the same one we went to last year. He had lots of fun exploring and roaming around the pumpkins. Yesterday (Halloween) was very busy. Nana joined us for the festivities. We carved a pumpkin after an extra afternoon nap (we knew it would be a long night and wanted a well-rested boy). He seems to have inherited my gag reflex and began gagging immediately upon seeing the stringy insides. Nevertheless, he still helped and seemed to enjoy. I was quite satisfied with how the pumpkin turned out, despite my lack of artistry. After a costume change, we took Pierce to our local town square where our city was hosting a fall festival. He played his 1st game of bean bag toss, received quite a bit of candy, and had a balloon dog made. Then we headed home to do some trick or treating in our neighborhood. We went to about 10 homes of the neighbors we know. P is one of the youngest in our neighborhood and neighbors always delight in seeing him. They were super excited to find him ringing their doorbells. Pierce dressed as a skeleton this year. We had to be really creative with his costume this year as he won't keep a hat on. I was planning for him to be a monkey but he just wouldn't keep the hat on. I had gotten him a skeleton shirt for him to wear during the day for Halloween, and Mark suggested we just paint some pants to match. So that's what we did. I scanned the shirt, used PSP to b.low up some bones, printed them out on an iron on transfer, then painted over it with glow in the dark paint. Woll-a--costume made!! Pierce had so much fun trick or treating. He is accustomed to going on daily walks in our neighborhood, but is usually confined to his stroller. He thought he was big stuff walking the neighborhood last night. We had his wagon just in case he got tired, but he had a blast walking everywhere. We had an awesome holiday with our lil' man!! I hope you all enjoyed yours!! Here is a link to a slideshow of pictures if you are interested: http://picasaweb.google.com/mandklowe/Hall...key=oxGvam_BD0g Click on slideshow for full picture and caption.