Trick - Or - Treat

This Halloween we met our neighbors for pizza, pasta, and other yummy treats, and then headed out together to trick-or-treat on our little street.

Carving our Jack-O-Lantern

Yesterday after school we decided to carve our pumpkin.

Grayson scooped out the pulp and seeds.

Max enjoyed watching. I'm certain he would have loved to help scoop out the pumpkin but he would have tried to eat the seeds the entire time. Maybe next year.

The little table we've placed in the middle of our kitchen was a perfect spot to do our carving. That table has already gotten so much use. We eat most meals here (yes, it's a bit small especially for Tony, but he manages).

Grayson drew the design for the Jack-O-Lantern's face. Using a skewer we poked holes through the pattern and then connected the dots as we carved the face.

This is Grayson imitating our Jack-O-Lantern's scary face :)

Halloween Preview

We are so, so, so excited about Halloween this year. Our little Batman and Robin suited up this evening for our neighborhood's Halloween party. It was their first time to appear in public in their costumes. And they loved every minute of it.

Picking out a Pumpkin

Today was a sunny, crisp fall day so we headed to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin for Halloween.

Happy Birthday Max!

Today Max turned 1!

It's hard to believe that a year has gone by since this little guy was born.

To celebrate, we had a little family party with a homemade cupcake-cake and cupcakes.

Max was a little overwhelmed by the the cupcake-cake.

So we gave him a regular cupcake.

Which made him very happy.

And when he was done he baby-signed "all done." He can also sign "more" and when prompted he will wave "bye bye," point to his nose, and clap. He also will sometimes point to his crib when he is ready to go to sleep.

Grayson made birthday art for Max. The picture on the left is Grayson and Max holding hands watching fireworks. The picture on the right is birthday cakes and a balloon (and hearts drawn by Mima) and completely on his own Grayson sounded out "Happy Birthday" and knew there was a HP and a BD in those words so that's what he wrote (HP BD MAX).

Mima and Pop-pop helped celebrate.

Happy Birthday little Max-o :) We love you!