October 31st is a very, very special day in our family--3 years ago on Halloween, Isaac joined our family forever! Recently, we have talked a lot with Isaac about his adoption. Yesterday morning, I snuck into his room as he was waking up and said, "Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Isaac"--and, before I could continue the story, Isaac said, "I know, Mommy--you were so sad that you didn't have a baby that you cried and cried and then GOD GAVE YOU BABY ISAAC!" (Of course, Isaac was yelling that last part.) :)
Yes, he knows the story of why Halloween is so special in our family!
Last Saturday night, we had a fall family night and carved our pumpkin. I also made my favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for us to eat. :)
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| Isaac has a smile on his face, but he really didn't like putting his hand in the pumpkin too much. He wanted his "sticky and slimy" hand washed off right away. (Yes, he's his dad's child who does not like messes or stickiness!) |
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Our pumpkin!
Isaac and Dave carved it into a "Baby Emma" pumpkin with 2 little bottom teeth and a bow on the stem. :) |
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| Have I mentioned how much I love these three? |
We also read this book, which we recently bought for Isaac and Emma. It's definitely at the top of my list for favorite fall books. (I think both Isaac and I have every letter memorized.) :)
On Sunday evening, we put Isaac & Emma in their costumes and went to visit my grandma at Watermere.
We were the only people in the dining room, so we set up 3 chairs as "barrels" so that Isaac could show Granna how he and Bilbo, his stick pony, barrel race.
I'm sure I'm biased, but I think this vest and chaps are just the cutest on Isaac! He took being a cowboy very seriously--even to the point of asking where his spurs were!
Papa & Nana sent Emma this darling zebra costume from Colorado. The night before Halloween, I found a Taylor University cheerleader costume that my mom had bought at Taylor four years ago! (She also bought this adorable Taylor letter jacket that Isaac's worn.) I had completely forgotten about this cheerleader costume, so I'm glad I found it while Emma could still wear it. I'm pretty sure it would've been too small for Emma next Halloween. :)
Emma's first Halloween!
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| Isn't her little ponytail the cutest? |
Ready for trick or treating!
We were out trick or treating with some of Isaac and Emma's little friends for nearly an hour, and Isaac "rode" his stick horse the entire time. He wouldn't let us carry it or set it in the stroller--this cowboy's a trooper! Isaac stayed pretty close to us the whole time we were out. He kept talking about how dark it was, and he also asked, "Isn't it night-night time?" :) Isaac definitely had a blast, though. Isaac usually said "thank you" at each door before he remembered to say "trick or treat." :)
It was really warm yesterday--Isaac was so hot and sweaty from his sheepskin chaps and vest. We finally got him to take them off so that he could cool down when we got home. You can't see the candle shining through our carved pumpkin in this picture, but it was really pretty on our front step.
What a fun night!
Happy Halloween! We hope you had a fun time, too!
