Halloween 2012

This is a long post with lots of picture.  We have been making lists of all the things we need to do and trying to break it out by day to get them all done (i.e. insurance changes, doctors appts, blah, blah).  Today the only thing on the list was celebrate Halloween, which we love to do. 

First up, pumpkin carving and harvesting the seed to roast in our Salt and Vinegar recipe, yum. 

And yes, when you are born on St. Patrick’s Day you wear St. Patrick’s day clothing all year round, even on Halloween. 

Normally Zachary is not allowed to watch TV, but since it is Halloween he was allowed to watch The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.  It is amazing how much kids can get glued to a cartoon. 

Here is a picture of Austin and Z when they actually sat and watched the show together. 

And here is Zachary excited about the football and pointing it out to us.

The finished pumpkins on display below.  If I have to tell you which one is mine and which one is Austin’s then you don’t know us!  Mine took about 5 minutes with a cookie cutter and 1/2 inch drill bit, Austin’s was done completely free hand, this year he went for a scary one, it’s not my favorite, it looks gross rather than scary.  I think this is the first year ever that Austin’s pumpkin was not my favorite. 

After pumpkin carving it was nap time and bath time. 

Jeremiah put on his Tigger towel costume after his bath to practice for the evening festivities.

In the evening, our friends Lauren and Walter joined us for trick or treating with their two children Erin and Wyatt.  Trick or treating is from 6-9 (yes, our county regulates this activity and everyone follows it, even when it was changed to the 30th instead of 31st one year, everyone obeys the rules), we set out around 6:15 just after the festivities began so we could get home to hand out candy ourselves and get the kids to bed at a decent time. 

These two were adorable together, but did not pose well for the camera.  They were both a little confused about the entire process and Zachary was really entertained by all the glow sticks.

 

I am not sure how he knows to do this with a sucker, it must just be built in to children, he has never had candy before, yet he grabbed the sucker and went to town, wrapper and all. 

We returned home from trick or treating just after dark.  We line our driveway with luminaries and the pumpkins at the end, it is hard to get a good picture, it looks much more impressive in real life. 

This year we had to deal with the constant battle of keeping Zachary away from the luminaries.  He loves being outside and was completely energetic the entire time, even without the sugar rush. 

It was a little chilly so we also lit a fire while we sat outside handing out candy.  Remember, in the South the proper way to hand out Halloween candy is to sit out on the porch or driveway and people walk up, there isn’t doorbell ringing.  It is must more interactive and fun but the puppies don’t get to say hello to everyone so they don’t like it as much. 

Cutest giraffe ever.

The foam wand in his hand is a glow stick that is in a foam material.  It is a fantastic idea, he can’t chew on it like he does with the other glow sticks and they are huge to lite up the wagon great.  We also throw glow sticks into the pumpkin bucket to light them up with a glow. 

Waving bye to the camera, which means it’s almost bed time for Z. 

Warming by the camp fire. 

And that ends our Halloween, tomorrow we will bust out the Egg Nog and Christmas music. 

Fall Georgia Boy

Hurricane Sandy brought us two days of cloudy windy weather on Saturday and Sunday, then on Monday it was back to the normal Fall bright blue sky, but the temperature dropped dramatically.  It is supposed to be in the 40’s again for Halloween tonight and is only in the 60’s for a high…so bring on the adorable bundled up little boys.   

Kerri brought Zachary this Georgia shirt to the hospital as a congrats on your baby brother gift, so that along with his red puffy vest makes his a true Bull Dogs fan for the day.  I have no clue why he is making this face at Austin, but it makes me laugh.   

This kid is crazy about scare crows.  We had this one on the front porch but it turned around in the wind and was looking in the window.  He freaked out and wanted it.  The week before Jeremiah was born he and I would go outside in the late afternoon and he would play with the scarecrow until Austin came home, if I tried to come in before Austin came home it was a guaranteed tantrum.  We ended up buying him a second scarecrow for inside that sits up high on the shelf and he asks for it almost every morning first thing.  I am sure next Fall he won’t even notice they exist, but it is interesting the types of things they just love for no reason known to us. 

Unfortunately this appears to be the face Zachary makes when he realizes his picture is being taken.  Not quit the sweet, cute little baby face I would prefer for a picture and more of a wrinkled nose awkward tooth smile.  Speaking of teeth, in the past three weeks all of Zachary’s teeth have come in, at least al that we can see.  He might be missing a molar or two in the way back, but he got about 8 teeth all at once in no time.  And of course slept like a champ through the entire thing.  He is an amazing baby.   

Again the camera face…hopefully it won’t last long. 

We were taking turns watching Zachary and unpacking all the different hospital and Zachary overnight and Austin’s trip bags that we had just dumped in the garage until we had more time. 

And this is what Jeremiah did…

A boy and his scarecrow. 

Bath Time

This one should have been posted before the last one, that is what happens when I write a bunch of posts at once.  Saturday was a planned recovery day for us.  We tried not to do anything but spend time with the babies and give them much needed baths, of course there were a few other necessary chores that couldn’t be put off, but mostly rest. 

Jeremiah’s first real bath started calm and relaxing, but didn’t last that way. 

Yes, Zachary is eating his dinner with us in the bath, but we wanted family time. 

Getting a little more worked up about all the scrubbing and cleaning.  He got so worked up that he messed his bath.  We have been bathing Zachary for a year and half every other day or more and never had to deal with that, but Jeremiah introduces us to that trauma on his first bath.  Goes to show you they are very different babies. 

But the overall bath experience was short and then Jeremiah was once again warm and calm wrapped up in my arms his in soft towel. 

Here are a couple random pictures from earlier in the day. 

His eye color in this picture is fairly true to real life. 

New favorite toy…a universal remote that isn’t programed to anything but has batteries and almost all the buttons light up.  I am pretty sure by the end of the day it no longer lit up, either broken or he used up all the juice. 

Austin swiffering and Zachary pushing his mower right behind him.  Z follows Austin the entire time he is swiffering and then must have his own turn.