Trick or Treat!

Halloween night brought us a beautiful sunset fit for a lovely evening of soliciting free stuff from strangers. We joined some friends at their house in the burbs, had a spooky dinner and set off for tricks and treats!
Can you dig it?


They got the hang of it pretty quick.

Our crowd broke up pretty quickly. There were about 15 kids and their parent's in our group, so going all together was a bit ridiculous. Ironically, the racecar group was the slowest. I love how they're all doing their own thing in this shot.


Turtle crossing.



Nice trick.


A grand time was had by all.

Next year - smaller costume.

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Saturday we made our 3rd annual trek to the Pumpkin Festival at the Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. We had to brave the crowds and schlepping without Dad this year, but I did get to park in handicapped parking, so that made it easier. And some lovely friends met us there, so that made it even better.

Eli's official costume wasn't ready yet, but we just happen to have on hand a pair of Aztec jaguar jammies the fella brought home from the British Museum. That'll work. So I whipped up a jaguar hood to go with...and Eli actually wore it.

He was a little too well camouflaged in the corn.
Amos revived the vintage tortoise look, circa 2008.

Keeping an eye out for those wily hidden jaguars.





Sweethearts Jon and Christa came too. They were such fun and a huge help!

Bird or Bug?


Intermission.



Cutie Leo!

Maya and Eli - Team Pumpkin!



Finding the perfect pumpkin is one dirty job!


What fun! Happy almost Halloween!

Family Photos and Halloween

We've had quite a week here in Denver. Wednesday and Thursday it snowed non-stop, leaving us with about 18 inches of snow. Friday and Saturday have been filled with Halloween activities. Everybody is exhausted, but we've had a great week.

Jessa asked Eli if he wanted to hold Amos. He said yes, and this lasted about 3/4 of a second, and then he started saying "no thank you." Alas. Someday.
Mama, Eli, and Amos had some quality time on the bed. Notice the head control from Amos.
Eli is learning to have "paci-free time," but he's now very concerned that Amos have his pacifier at all times. Here, he's trying to put it in his mouth.
Still working on it.
Got it!
Amos was just hanging out there for a good long while.
This is Eli's "they made me get all bundled up and sit in the stroller while we trudge through the snow to lunch" face.
This afternoon, Amos fell asleep with his arms sticking out. We think it was some sort of Halloween zombie/mummy tribute.
Another angle.
This morning Jessa took the kids to the Children's Museum for some early trick-or-treating. Isn't that the coolest spider you ever saw?
Spider, Elmo, and Kitty Cat, aka Eli, Inara, and Grace.
Tonight we gathered with some other toddlers and parents to go trick-or-treating. The kids were gathering on the front stoop to take pictures, and they spontaneously decided to hold hands.
The lineup.
Jessa and Amos, who is rocking the mouse hat.
This was actually the least snowy Halloween in several years. Even with the half a foot or so of unmelted snow on the ground.
Quintessential Colorado Halloween shot: snow on the ground, awesome sunset.
Eli and Maya after stopping at a door.
Eli was definitely the slowest kid, since he kept getting distracted by snow, rocks, pumpkins, bushes, and basically everything else.
Eli got to have a "yoyypop" (lollipop) for all his troubles. The rest of his haul was quickly spirited away out of sight to be doled out slowly over a long, long period of time.
Amos was very polite through the whole ordeal. He LOVES this chair. He sat in it for probably an hour total throughout the night, wide awake, just swinging away.

We hope you all had a great Halloween. We know we did!

Swinging, Trampolining, and Halloween

Most of the blogs you get these days are mama blogs, but thanks to the Iliff library's ridiculous 3pm Saturday closing time, today I'm getting a chance to put some pictures up. On today's agenda, we have Halloween, some swinging, and some trampoline time.

Just being cute on the floor.
Eli spent Halloween morning at the Children's Museum, hanging out with lots of other costumed kids. The turtle look is in this year.
The turtle in his natural habitat. Or, at least someone's natural habitat.
Jessa and Christa made a whole new set of jack-o-lanterns, since our other ones committed suicide and jumped off the deck. Note the creative use of bell peppers.
We held a little church young adult party last night, and here are the folks who came dressed up.
The turtle has vanquished his panda bear foe.
Cute turtle face.
Jessa hasn't been feeling good today, so we went outside to get some fresh air. We don't usually use this swing, since it's not very safe, but we thought it'd be fun to try it out. Eli loved it.
Swingin' like a big boy.
Then we moved to the trampoline, where Eli's hair got a little crazy from the static electricity.
Checking out the pine needles.
Our house is under a flight path to the Denver airport, so Eli is in the habit of looking up any time he hears an airplane, which is about every 45 seconds.
Cutest kid.