I am waaaayyy behind...I thought I better get these posted before the year's end. Carter was a chicken for Halloween...we recycled last year's costume and guaranteed if the costume fits next year Carter will transform into a Chicken 3 years running...he does make for some cute poultry. 
Carter was sooooo much FUN this year! We had the best time. Daddy drove the car while Carter and I went from house to house. Carter was mesmerized with all the decorations and screeching witches and howling ghosts. Some things were a little scary to him but for the most part he loved it. He said "Hello!" to every skeleton and Jack-O-Lantern he passed and had to touch them too. He also carried on conversations with homeowners, standing in their doorway until I dragged him away to the next house. Carter said "Trick-or-Treat" perfectly and always said "Thank You" and provided some good "ooohs and ahhhhs" for effect.
After an hour and half to two hours I noticed he started to lag and was starting to ask to be carried. I myself am a die hard trick-or-treater and had another good hour or two left in me. I was hoping to instill this same intensity to Carter...I mean FREE candy!! I think he did really well though. Eventually I asked him if he was all done and he said "YEP! GO HOME!"As soon as he got buckled into his car seat he was out!
As hard as I worked for this candy I don't think I got more than 2 pieces. Good thing. I think we ended up giving most of it away again at our ward Halloween Bash (hosted by yours truly)
One Saturday we went out to Cedar Hill Farms to pick a pumpkin and enjoy all the farm had to offer. It is beautiful land and they had a petting zoo, pig races, hay rides, playground, chicken puppet show, etc. We spent a good couple of hours there and loved it! Carter found his perfect pumpkin and I think we just barely threw it out a couple of days ago. He called his pumpkin "Baby Pumpkin Patch" and would pat it and hold it whenever we went outside.
The perfect pumpkin with an imperfect price. Next time we are going to Wal-Mart. This 6 dollar beauty never even got carved!
Lance and Becky were our first official visitors...and most likely our last until my parents come during Spring Break. We were thrilled they stopped by on their move back across the country. Carter still asks "Where Lance and Becky go?"
My little man. I love that he is at an age where he can get so excited and participate in holiday activities.Just for my notes...Josh and I are the activity chair in our ward, therefore, we planned the Halloween Bash. We had it at a member's farm....a good hour or so drive from our house...ugh. The farm is BEAUTIFUL...when you get out of the car you just want to roll all over the ground and soak it all in...it just makes you feel that good! We had a bonfire and hayrides and 2 pinatas. We roasted hot dogs and had smores. Then we did the trunk-or-treat and went home. We had a really good turn out of more than 100 people and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun. Carter stayed on the hayride the ENTIRE time. I am not even kidding. Luckily...there are plenty of people who have taken a liking to Carter and agreed to be his buddy throughout the night so that I could take care of hosting responsibilities. I don't have any pictures...but I know someone was taking them there so I will have to hunt them down and get copies. All in all it was a fantastic Halloween!!
