Halloween Fun

This month, I was blessed to attend a few Halloween Parties and have some fun on Halloween. So I thought I would just put it all together in one big post for you! The first thing I did during the month of October was attend a Girls Night Out Halloween Party. Scott watched Alexander, and my friend Kim and I carpooled to the party. I was really glad Kim came with me, because the only other person at the party that we knew was our mutual friend Jacqueline. I am a bit shy when I don't really know anyone, so it was nice having two friends at the party instead of just one. The party was great though. They had lots of yummy food, and we got to bring "potion jars" to decorate. I just found a cute acorn shaped jar and decorated it with jewels and stickers. I also brought a pumpkin to decorate too, because they were doing that at the party. But, alas, I was lazy and decided to save the pumpkin decorating for the hubby. All in all, it was a great night out.

The weekend before Halloween, a few of my friends threw a little Halloween Party at the clubhouse in the complex next to ours. So we all got dressed up as a family and went to it. There was yummy food and mainly just hanging out. It was a good time. Alexander had so much fun chasing all the other kids around and stealing food off everyone's plates (he truly has no sense of personal space! It was great to see him having so much fun! Below are a couple of pictures from that night:

Finally, our last Halloween fun occurred on Halloween! We really did have so much fun that day! Scott's work had a time set aside for Trick or Treating at the cubicles, so at 3:00 pm, we headed there to see Daddy. Scott got all dressed up, and then we went Trick or Treating at his co-workers desk. It was super fun, because we often come for lunch so we have seen a lot of his co-workers before. Alexander performed well too! He would pick a candy out of the bowl and put it in his little candy bag. We even got him to go "Rawr!" like a dragon! He is just so adorable! After Scott's work, we headed back to Russ and Diane's to meet up with Diane and Alliyah. Then we went Trick or Treating at Amy's work. They had decorated the whole area of her office like Candyland, and even passed out cotton candy! I was super excited about that! Below are some pictures of our fun at the work places and at Russ and Diane's:

After all the fun at the work places, we headed to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin for Alliyah. Alexander has really been fascinated with pumpkins this year. We have this ceramic pumpkin that we made that says "Richins" where the teeth go, and it lights up. Whenever he comes downstairs and sees that it is not lit up he points to it and grunts as if to say, "Turn the pumpkin on!" He loves it. So he had a blast playing with all the pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. After all that fun, we went back to Russ and Diane's and had chili for dinner, then it was out to go Trick or Treating! Alexander had an absolute blast Trick or Treating. We started him out in the stroller (because we thought he was tired, but we didn't even make it a block before he wanted to get out and join the fun. So we put his monkey harness on him and he went crazy! He was running up and down the sidewalks, climbing stairs, and picking out his own candy. He had a blast! I think he could have gone all night, but after about an hour and a half of Trick or Treating, this 31 week prego lady was done. So we packed up and headed home. Below are some pictures of us at the pumpkin patch (I have also included a picture of the pumpkin Scott painted for our house, which has brought many smiles to Alexander). Unfortunately, my camera died right before we went Trick or Treating, so these last photos will have to do:

 

Well, that about covers all of our Halloween fun this year! It really was so much fun seeing Alexander get so excited about Halloween. Next year we will have two excited boys at Halloween :) Well, that is all for now. Tune in next time for a pregnancy update!