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Happy Halloween (man, this is one exhausting holiday for parents!)
We had a great Halloween here but there sure was a lot to do.
We got a late start this year with everything that is going on around here so we only carved our pumpkins last night. But at least it was in time for Halloween. Grandpa Jack and Grandma Inez came by to help out as tradition dictates. I’m happy to report that I made another cannibal pumpkin this year but it actually made it all the way to the porch for display (last year Jack decided he was going to carry it and dropped it between the table and the doorway. It was a total goner.) So now the "we eat our own" pumpkin is glowing bright on the front porch.
Surprising to see John smiling, I know. Its only because he was torturing the heck outta the boys pretending to vomit pumpkin goop. I think this is the first year since they were old enough to sit at the table for carving that they didn’t gag over the goop. Progress after 9 years.
Then this morning I had Patrick’s class Halloween Party where (of course) I took a ton of pictures. Timmy came along in his costume and all the kids made a huge fuss over him. He didn’t like the fuss part but he had a great time sitting with his big brother and helping him with his cookie project and for story time. The kids had a great time with the Halloween cookie/cupcake project and it looked sorta yum. (all the pictures from the party are in an album on the left so check em out if you’d like. too many to post here).
Jack as a mad scientist. (the wig and google glasses didn’t last long. they were itchy and he couldn’t see anything)
Patrick as a convict. (originally, he was going to be Stanley Yelnatz from the book Holes, but decided not enough people knew who he was so he was just going with convict Beyrer).
Timmy as batman. (he has worn this costume almost every single day for a month since we got it. But then decided this week that he didn’t want to be batman anymore. Too late. but he liked it anyway in the end.)
After the party, John and I took the boys out to lunch for some pizza and then back to school for the Halloween Parade. (again, too many pictures to post, so check out the rest of the parade in the album on the left). You can see my "costume" in one picture’s shadow. I wore my mickey dream ears from disney. We even saw one of Timmy’s teachers- Miss Donna. Timmy adores her!
Then out for some trick or treating with Olivia and family. Ran into lots of friends on the route. Couldn’t believe how totally CROWDED it was. Tons of kids trick or treating.
Met the boys friend Zach on the way as well and took him along with us too. All the big boys had fun playing some version of football with Patrick’s ball and chain.
So after celebrating from about 10am until about 7pm, I think I am done with Halloween til next year. Now we just gotta get rid of the rest of the candy…
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the chi family
Please excuse the shortness on words tonight. Trying to catch up before the weekend and getting ready for Halloween tommorrrow.
Adorable and lovely family. Some beach, some park, some under the boardwalk, and some in grandma & grandpa’s backyard. Just nice all around people with good looks to match.
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the cog family
This family was gifted a bsquared photography photoshoot by mom’s sister who is one of my growing up squared families. Got that?
It was a pleasure meeting and photographing all of them. The baby was just so squeezable and cute. I know mom & dad thought we didn’t get many smiles…but the pictures prove differently. We originally scheduled the shoot over at the planting fields but the weather was so iffy that we decided just to do the shoot at home (the house is actually not the ‘shoot family’s’. it belongs to the growing up squared family. I said it before and I still stand by it- that house has the BEST lighting. I want to rent it out for my studio!) Found some great little spots in the backyard with more fabulous light.
Got out the old standby metal tub. Love this whole series.
Besides letting us use her house, Aunt H supplied plenty of great props. She knows what I like!
We even shot a few in her halloween costume.
Sad flower, happy flower, planted flower.
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an update & the dunn family
First an update from around here:
John’s doing pretty well. We went to see the surgeon in NYC yesterday (Timmy came with us and was sooooo good) and John is now allowed to drive, but only very short distances. So now the coffee/newspaper crisis is over. The doctor was pleased with what he saw and took out the staples. John saw the xray of the metal mesh cage that is now in place of his disc and the HUGE 3-4 inch screws that are holding it in. Pleasant, huh? Two more weeks and he can go back to work a little bit. Not that he understands what "little bit" means.
In other news, our medicine cabinet fell off the wall in the downstairs bathroom, crashing into the sink and cracking it a LOT. So we have to get the cabinet put back up and now I get to go out and find a new sink. Cause I have the time and money for that.
And now on a happier note, on to the dunn family. Again, a repeat family who is just a pleasure to be around. The girls are adorable and so sweet and actually WANTED me to take their pictures this year (a great change for me!). Well, at least until they had enough! We had a great time and the girls were happy to make a game out of almost everything which elicited tons of smiles and giggles. I love a fun shoot!
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the pear family
I’m sure that if you are a blog follower that you will recognize this good looking family from last year. The girls grew up so much over the last year and although they are still pretty shy, they were more at ease with me. I don’t know if it was the year older, the fact that I see them at both the boys schools occassionally, or the fact that I started talking about High School Musical. MInd you, I know next to nothing about the whole HSM thing since the boys are not the slightest bit interested but I must’ve faked it okay.
Mom had the girls hair blown out- it looked super. And they worked the camera like real models! Check em out!
