Halloween 2012 Festivities

We took Alex on many Halloween adventures this year. (Can you believe I’ve managed to keep up this blog since last Halloween – I’m proud of myself!) We started off by visiting the Fort Fisher Aquarium for their Trick-or-Treating Under the Sea. They decorate all the tanks and even dress up their scuba divers. Alex didn’t care one bit for collecting candy, but he loved darting in-between other visitors to the Aquarium and watching the fish. Doesn’t he make a great pirate? (Yes, Tim and I made this outfit ourselves!)

 

We also took Grandma and Grandpa Murff to the pumpkin patch with us to pick out the perfect pumpkin. Alex has been calling pumpkins “balls” all month, so you can imagine how excited he was to run around in a field full of balls!

This pumpkin looks good.	Family Photo!
Alex worked on some art while Daddy carved his masterpiece.	Mr. Pirate Pumpkin

Our neighborhood is perfect for Trick-or-Treating with a toddler. I think 10-12 houses had a light on and we probably hit 8 of them. Alex wasn’t too impressed – he actually spent the whole time on Daddy’s shoulders because he was being really shy. Once we got him home and gave him his pumpkin, he was finally impressed with the candy. He’s actually only had maybe 3 or 4 pieces of candy before now … so I cracked up laughing when he quickly learned to say the word “candy”. He also seemed to prefer Snickers. He loved to give me one to open, he’d take a bite, then give the rest to Tim or me so he could open another one.

Ready for our Trick-or-Treaters!	Hitching a ride.
Ready to get warmed up.	Loving some Snickers!