Halloween Festivities

On Halloween, we started the festivities by celebrating Liam's second birthday. His birthday was actually two weeks ago, but what better than to celebrate on Halloween with a costume party and Trick-or-Treating? It was brilliant. Eli, Liam, and all the other kids had a fun time playing together during the party, afterward running through the graveyard themed yard, then venturing through the neighborhood on their quest for candy treats.

Eli and Liam were really inspecting this light-up pumpkin. Something about it, and the other colored ones, drew them in. I loved watching their expressions as they played.

One of the many shots of Eli in the graveyard. We thought it was a little ironic having Scooby-Doo running around a graveyard. Oh, and running they did!

He is very inquisitive nowadays. He is constantly asking questions, not just to ask, but because he is truly interested. I think this question was something more along the lines of, "Mom, why must you ALWAYS stick that thing in my face and take my picture?" My response, "because we don't want to forget anything! This is the first year you've been excited about Halloween and we want to remember everything. That and I'm camera happy." (Yes, I'm THAT mother, just in case you couldn't figure it out already.)

As the boys were running and chasing each other around the yard, Liam ran up to this tree and started trying to push it over. I thought it was absolutely adorable and started clicking. I got a few really good shots of him. None of the pictures from their yard was staged, I only took pictures of what they were already doing. Apparently, they're naturals.

This would be Scooby-Doo in action. I tell you, they were so incredibly active. Must have been the chocolate cake and M&Ms. Good thing they had the graveyard to run around, literally!

And he's off!

Jess dressed up as a priest for Halloween. We really wanted to go as Shaggy and Daphne since Eli was Scooby-Doo, but we couldn't come up with quite the right pieces, so we had some last minute changes in the costume department.

I went as Nefertiti. It was a great costume, but rather skimpy for the cold, windy weather. I adapted my costume with a long-sleeved shirt and warm-up pants. And since I'm always cold, yeah, it totally worked for me!

Eli was so excited about the whole "Trick-or-Treak" thing. Here, he's at a neighbor's house, clearly ready to move on to the next sucker, I mean house giving out candy. I love his expression. Last year, he really didn't get the idea of going house to house, but this year he had a blast!