Halloween Hooplah!

I absolutely LOVE this time of year! The only problem is that it just goes by too fast! I feel like we are constantly running to and planning for the next fun thing that it just practically zips right by me! With that said, we have enjoyed every minute of Fall 2008!  I am so glad Camden didn't get sick of his pirate costume as he got to wear it, oh, 5 times! He would even oblige us with the cutest, but certainly tough :)  "Argh, Matey".  Here are some of the month's highlights (since that is about as frequent as I am managing to post these days!) :

Loving pumpkins, piggy back rides, and picture posing for his mama.

Daddy is usually the one to make the breakfasts in our family.  He loved surprising us with these pumpkin and skull pancakes that Camden loved! Thanks for the molds, Grandma!

My cute little pumpkin!

There may have not been many things Camden loved this Fall more than the big bounce houses and blow-up slides at the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point.  My advice, if you have young kids, Scarecrow Festival beats Cornbelly's any day of the year! However, it is only 3 days long so make sure to go next year! We had such a blast! Camden went on the slides for at least a half hour, and even mastered the climb and slide by himself!! Isn't it great being 2?

Our sweet sister-in-law Kim throws a great big Halloween party every year for her neighborhood.  It was so fun seeing Camden get out of the car and immediately start having sword-jedi fights with his cousin, Parker. He loves them so much and always says their names in his prayers. :)

So of the many holidays my mom gets really into, Halloween is definitely one of them! This year, we decided to celebrate the weekend before so we could all be there and not rushed. Crazy as it was, our ENTIRE family was in town! This is rare and we had a great time doing all sorts of ghoulish things with the kids.  Due to our costumes, our family got to guard the mighty Pirate Treasure, quite a treat!

Dave's cousins put on the "Stringtown Railroad"...you should check it out! They have a huge life-size train that goes around an entire block and they go all out decorating it with all sorts of things for different holidays. This is one of Camden's favorites and I don't doubt will be one of Mackay's, too. What boy doesn't love a real choo-choo ride?

For Dave's company party the sales team dressed up as the Office Linebackers.  They did quite a sweet dance and we had a good time sharing in all of the creative costumes and disgusting looking food!  By this point I was a little sick of dressing up as a pirate and my real desire came out...I was none other than the...well I'll let you figure it out.

You guessed it, Sarah Palin.  Here with Little-Bo-Peep! Just your average day at the office. :)

Loving all my little boys' bright smiles. 

Camden had so much fun really trick-or-treating this year.  Of course he Loved getting candy and Suckers were the #1 choice!  He got a kick out of our scary hand bowl and went for it again and again, laughing over and over again.  Here he is donning some sweet glasses from his little friend Carkee (Carson).  

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!!

Here is a fun video of Camden's first door!