Taking It Cheesy ... Crazy Tales of Alex & Spencer
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Alex’s preschool had a Wacky Wednesday! Alex loved putting on crazy clothes and wearing my mom’s Dr. Seuss hat!
 I think Alex’s favorite part was wearing two different shoes! |
 Spencer was sick, which explains the pile of tissues in his hand! |
After the fire fighters came to Alex’s school, the boys played a lot of fire rescue around the house. I love Alex’s tactical fire gear …
 He has on his Spider Man mask to protect his face and the Iron Man Mask as his oxygen mask. |
 Spencer also joined in on the fun! |
Almost exactly 4 years ago, my first blog post was about Alex’s first Halloween. I may not post as often, but I’m still going strong! This is post #462! I’m proud of my work on this blog and hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have! Here are the links to our other Halloween posts before I start on this year’s fun:
… Halloween 2011 … Halloween 2012 … Halloween 2013 … Halloween 2014 …
When Aunt Beth and Unc found out we were dressing up as a Star Wars family this year, they decided to come up for the weekend and join in the fun. We had a great time carving jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. We were quite a hit walking around together! Beth made the costumes that she and Eric wore. I made mine and Spencer’s and we purchased Alex’s and Tim’s costumes. Tim made all the light sabers! It’s been a long process, but they turned out amazing!
 The boys drew the faces and Tim carved them out. They turned out awesome! |
 Anakin Skywalker meets Darth Maul. |
 Alex looking at a photo of Princess Leia after asking me, “Where is your costume?” |
 Tim tricked out the Power Wheel once again! |
 Princess Leia and Jabba the Hut |
 Anakin Skywalker fighting Darth Maul, Queen Amidala, Princess Leia, Yoda, & Jabba the Hut. |
 We had to pose at a house with Darth Vader in the front yard! |
 We played in the cul-de-sac with the light sabers after we got back. |
 Yoda was so happy to finally eat a treat! He had a blast this year! |
The Super Hero madness is upon us! It started with the Lego Batman game for the Wii. As Alex met more and more of the characters, he became more and more obsessed. Now, he has Batman Legos, a Superman shirt, two Batman movies (not the new ones … too dark!) and an incredible memory for all things Super Hero related! He and Daddy even created a Batcave in the sandbox over the weekend.
 Tim had to make 3 entrances to the Batcave … just like in Alex’s game. |
 Alex putting Batman and Robin in place. |
 Batman and Robin |
 The bad guys flooded the Batcave!! |
 Spiderman mask + Superman shirt + red t-shirt cape = Batman (according to Alex) |
Want to read my very first blog post? It was Alex’s 1st Halloween … I’ve come a long way (this is post #373)! Thanks to all of you who read this blog! It helps motivate me when I know people are waiting for more pictures and details about my precious boys!
If you want to check out our other Halloween posts, here you go: Halloween 2012, Halloween 2013.
We had lots of fun this Halloween! Tim hung some Halloween lights on the PowerWheel, tucked a few beers in a cooler and attached hooks for the candy. Alex was so excited to drive him and Spencer around for Trick-or-Treating! The only disappointment for the night was that Ethan (friend from school) wasn’t trick-or-treating with him.
Now, what you’ve been waiting for …
 Spencer is wearing Alex’s 1st costume and Alex is a fireman! |
 What a fun way to Trick-or-Treat! |
 The boys had so much fun! |
 Big smiles with Daddy on the way home. |
 Both boys loved their costumes. |
 Spencer’s Halloween pajamas |
 Alex drew all the faces on our Jack-O-Lanterns and Tim carved them out. We love them! |
 Alex’s 1st Halloween, 2011 (almost 11 months) |  Spencer’s 2nd Halloween, 2014 (almost 16 months) |
Alex enjoyed a whole week of Halloween this year! The week started with a trip to Battleship North Carolina for Trick-or-Treating. This was a neat experience, especially since it was our first time on the ship. We didn't go down the ladder to the candy area, but that's probably a good thing since Mom and Dad would be the ones having to eat all the candy this year!
Our next adventure was picking out pumpkins at a pumpkin patch hosted by a church on Carolina Beach. Alex loves wearing his costume and had tons of fun playing in the hay and smacking the pumpkins. He even knew exactly which little pumpkin he wanted and reached straight for it!
Alex and I also attended the MOMS Club Halloween party. That was a lot of fun as well! Alex loved crawling around in his dinosaur costume and met a cute little boy dressed as a puppy that we hope to play with again soon. Maybe next year he'll enjoy putting his hand in the pudding "mud" to search for gummy worms and in the spaghetti noodles "brain" to look for candy, but we skipped that this year.
Our last Halloween adventure was Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood. Grandma and Grandpa Murff came to visit for Halloween, so we left them under the house to give out candy and we took Alex out in his wagon. Alex thought the wagon ride was a lot of fun, but he wasn't so sure about knocking on strangers' door and having Mom ask for candy. It was a great week! It's so hard to believe that last year he was in my belly with a painting of a pumpkin on top of it! He's growing so fast!!
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