Trunk or Treat 2012

Today I decided to look back in October.

At the end of the month we attended Trunk or Treat at our church. It was a great time. Elijah wore the same costume as last year (yellow angry bird), which saved us money that was already tight. I made Caleb's costume (mountain climber) by using a bike helmet a friend gave us, a light jacket and then braided brightly colored strands of yarn to make the "ropes". I also made Joe's (mountain) out of some fabric that was on sale.

There were probably between 3,000 and 5,000 people that attended.

There was:

Camping

A luau/Hawaii

Pirates (sorry for the blurry picture)

Concession stand (Sorry for the blurry picture again)

Under the sea

The Price is Right

Hunting/Camping

Little Red Riding Hood

A bathroom (the kids got to play with the bubbles in the tub)

Toaster with Toast, Poptart, Butter and Jam

Safari/Caged Animal

It was really a person dressed up, but it looked real from afar

Library

Angry Birds!!

Wizard of Oz

Storm Trooper

Another Luau

Back to the Future (Complete with Marty and Doc) This was my, hands down, favorite.

Pink Castle

Disney Princesses

Armed Forces

R2D2

Star Wars

Lego People

Hunger Games

Our pastor

Storm Trooper and Darth Vader

Peanuts

Lion

Ravens!

Lorax

Another under the sea

Monsters Inc

Elmo

Dr Suess

Shark

Mario and Luigi

Another Ravens

Boy Scouts

Willy Wonka

Always important to remember

And last, but not least, The Flintstones

I'm sure the kids go for the candy, but I love going to trunk or treat to see the things people think up for their trunks (and costumes). It's so fun to see all the hard work that goes in to each and every one and to see everyone enjoy them. Hopefully next year we will be able to do a trunk of our own. I'm thinking "Let's Make a Deal" would be a fun one. What do you think?

Elijah's First Baseball Game

I don't know how people blog on a regular basis... I guess it's just not one of my gifts in life to be able to sit down and compose a blog post in one sitting... or post regularly. I would make that one of my New Years resolutions, but I know, even before I make it, that I will fail miserably. Anyway, since I couldn't post timely about some of the fun things we did last year (after all my OLW was enjoy) I thought I would look back and share a few pictures.

In September we took a trip to an Orioles game. Elijah was super excited to go since it was his first one.

He said he needed to sit in the #4 seat since he was 4.

We were in the nosebleeds, but it didn't matter. It was still fun.

Joe enjoyed watching the game with him.

It was a really long game, so around the 6th inning he needed a bit of a distraction. Iphone to the rescue.

But whenever the crowd started cheering loudly he knew something was going on. He didn't want to miss anything exciting.

This is what happens when you try to let your four-year-old take a "facebook" photo. Photo fail.

Then it was time for the fireworks. What he'd been waiting for all evening.

He loved them. They were set to music (my favorite kind of fireworks), so they were actually very entertaining.

Apparently Elijah enjoyed himself thoroughly, because last night (5 months later) Joe asked if he wanted to go to another baseball game. He exclaimed, "YES" then asked, "Can we see fireworks too?" I'm sure Joe is very happy that Elijah likes baseball games. A boy after his own heart.