Man alive, Halloween is a crazy quick whirlwind of parties and then it is gone! But it definitely can be said that my kids partied their little hearts out.
Jack's favorite part? Hoarding candy wherever he can find it. His preferred method of consuming said candy? Well, if mom isn't looking, he loves to suck on the wrapper and suck in all the chocolate. DISGUSTING!
In the course of 6 days, my kiddos attended 2 trunk or treats at which Porter guessed the correct amount of candy in a bowl and added more to our candy hoard, trick-or-treating at Daddy's work at which Tom guessed the correct amount of candy in a bowl and won the candy to again add to our stash, movie tickets and pizza for his department, the English Family Party, the LeBaron Family Party, trick-or-treating at my mom's work and finally Trick-or-Treating itself. Yes, it can be said we did every possible Halloween celebration we could get our hands on. And let it be said, trick-or-treating at work is so much more efficient, my kids only lasted like 4 houses on Halloween because they had to walk much further than 2 feet to get to the next pile of candy (mind you we live in connected townhomes so the actual walk is still not realistic, they'd never make it in the real world)
Porter celebrated Halloween on Saturday night with two of his favorite people, my cousins, Josh and McKay. Yes, McKay is indeed a Hamburger, cause who wouldn't want to be such a delicious inanimate object?
In English family tradition, the Halloween Pinata, because we don't think kids get enough candy as it is. Here's Jack tacking a whack.
And my possibly slightly athletically challenged Porter. He definitely makes up for that in brains!
And onto the LeBaron celebration! How cute are my nieces and nephews I ask you?
And then the accident occurred. My niece Caroline ran inside to inform me that Porter had fallen off the swing. I'm thinking he's fine until I get outside and the poor child is sobbing and covering his mouth. He removed his hand to uncover a mouth full of blood and a HUGE swollen nose. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. We can only assume he fell off the swing on his face?
After an otterpop, a Fresca and an episode of Avengers, he had recovered just in
time for donuts on a string.
It definitely looked broken at first and we all know how children hate icing things so it sat
bloody and swollen.
Now on to Halloween!
Captain America aka Steven Rogers aka Porter's Favorite Super Hero
Now, mind you. Originally Jack was suppose to be Thor but wouldn't wear the cape or helmet. We tried just a superhero with a Batman cape and finally Porter's old Winnie the Pooh costume without success. After just about giving up, my friend Michelle informed me she had an Incredibles costume that would work. How fitting actually since Jack began his life as Jack Jack attack and whose temper rivals that of the fire baby!
I just absolutely love this picture. That is Porter's best friend Jillian. How adorable is Jack right in stride?
Now you may be wondering how Porter's nose is doing?
Well let's just say I was worried I would be receiving a call from Preschool Tuesday wondering what happened. I'm trying to convince him he is turning into the Hulk as the swollen side is turning a ripe blue/green. Oh my poor boy, at least it doesn't hurt. But if we thought the kid snored before, wait until he almost breaks his nose!
And the weeks has just continued to feel a bit like this. Jack has carried on his costume's persona as I pulled him out of the full tub fully clothed after I decided the tub would be a good idea because I couldn't keep him out of the kitchen sink. Later that day I was canning my chicken (hooray, it was a success!) and my dad got home from his new job (another hooray for him having a job!) in his new clothes and Jack puked all over him and now I have been sick all day today and nauseous throwing up mommy doesn't mesh well with a 3 year old that needs constant stimulation and a baby who is completely hyperactive.
Here's to a more calming rest of this week!
