Halloween Bonanza

We had a very eventful Halloween. Based on all the pictures I am sharing below, you can see how much fun we had. We started the festivities when Connor got to wear his pirate costume to gymnastics class. They did gymnastics tricks for treats. Then, that following Friday, we attended the church fall/Halloween festival. Then that weekend, we went to the ArBOOretum Event at the Houston Arboretum. Both kids dressed as pirates. And all of these activities were before actual Halloween. Ha!.

Then, Connor got to wear his pirate costume to school Wednesday and then we all got to trick or treat that night. On actual Halloween, Avery wore a lamb costume since we call her our Little Lamb. Now enjoy pics of all of our spooky adventures.

Connor dressed as a pirate before gymnastics class.

Stretching at class with one of his classmates Tristan and his coach Aaron in the Harlem Globetrotters costume.

Doing gymnastics tricks for treats. They got candy.

Fellow gymnasts in costume.

Avery sporting her Halloween outfit, complete with orange shirt, green pants, a black tutu, a Halloween bow, and a "My First Halloween" bib.

That following Friday, we all attended Connor's school, Fall/Halloween festival.

Avery getting her face painted for the first time ever.

Avery showing off her pumpkin and Daddy holding his little pumpkin.

Connor rockin' his Halloween shirt and playing carnival type games for prizes.

Connor made this really "cool" mask.

Heading to the ArBOOretum, Avery took a power nap. Even pirates get sleepy you know. I had bought a lamb costume for Avery since I call her my little lamb, but then I realized how cute it would be to match the kids, since I rarely get that chance. I ended up pulling together a costume pretty easily actually. Little did I know I was already dressing Avery like a pirate. Just kidding.

The Arboretum had a bunch of activities for the kids to do that revolved around nature as we walked through the trails. Of course they got candy when they completed an activity. It is Halloween afterall. Here, Connor got to act like a spider and crawl through a tunnel with his food (which was an inflatable bug). It was cute. His favorite activity though, was one where he got a spray bottle and had to act like a skunk spraying things that scared him.

Avery is awake and ready to play pirate with her brother.

My adorable pirates. Arrgh.

Connor looking dashing as he's playing at the Arboretum.

Some cute shots of the youngest pirate.

Yo Ho, Yo, Ho, the Pirates life for me.

This Halloween thing is fun.

Connor also had a pony ride and we got to ride a train. As you can see from the sky, it was a gorgeous day too and actually pretty cool, so it was perfect for a Halloween festival.

I believe this was the day before Halloween, when we had a picnic at the park and Avery and Connor swung together. I never got a good smiley picture, but Avery actually laughed a couple of times. It was so cute. Here I just captured her staring at her brother. She finds him fascinating.

Silly Connor.

This is fun and my brother is hilarious.

Sibling swinging.

The closest thing I got to a smile with my slow phone camera.

Connor begged me to make these cupcakes that were featured on the cover of Family Circle Magazine. I ended up giving most of them to his classmates and teachers as Halloween gifts. We didn't need 24 cupcakes in the house. They turned out pretty good and were spooky and tasty.

Another photo shoot of Avery in a Halloween outfit. I might have an addiction. Someone stop me.

Here she is about to lunge forward. That is her new thing. She almost gets into crawling stance but then her arms collapse down. Once she builds up that strength...watch out. We'll have a mobile baby on our hands.

A good pic of her three teeth on the bottom.

Ahhh, do I frighten you?

Not so spooky, just handsome.

Connor dressed to be a pirate at school on actual Halloween. Here he is "petting" Avery. Very sweet.

Up close and personal. He's a sweet big brother.

She can't take her eyes off of him, and it's not just because he's in costume. She is seriously so fascinated by her big brother.

Yes, she has two Halloween outfits.

On Halloween night, Avery as a lamb, Connor as a pirate, and Jeff as a ghost. I wore a cowboy hat, but wasn't really dressed up.

Our little lamb and our fierce pirate.

My baby lamb. Since she was dressed up like a stuffed animal, it was harder than normal for me to keep from snuggling her. Can you blame me?

I'm a lamb.

Photo right before we set out to go trick or treating

Our Halloween crew.

Trick or Treating with our neighbors and their children.

Avery is now a ghost?

Checking out the loot. He honestly hasn't eaten much of it. He's probably had two pieces since Halloween. I think he forgot about it. Hey, I'm not complaining.

Avery can't have candy this year, but she was looking on thinking, "Next year, I'm going to rake it in."