Pumpkin carving

Our subdivision had a pumpkin carving contest Saturday and Jack was very eager to participate! He loved the idea of carving a pumpkin and using the tools, but the actual scooping of the innards was not in his game plan. He outsourced that job to our neighbor Stephanie. I was busy feeding Theo (of course!) and did not have to dirty my hands with that job! Our pumpkin won the "scariest pumpkin" award thanks to the handy pattern we followed.

Early birds

Today the boys got up at the same time........ let's suffice to say that the sun was not up yet. I changed Theo's sleeper into his Halloween outfit. He's the cutest little pumpkin that I've ever seen! We have a couple of parties to go to today so I just had to dress Theo up. Gotta make the most of all these Halloween outfits!

Trunk or treat

My MOM's group had a trunk or treat today and Jack donned The Thing costume to go trick or treating. This year he fully understands what trick or treating is and LOVES getting candy. I'm going to have to hide it from him b/c he has a sweet tooth! Theo slept through the whole thing and only opened his eyes as we were leaving! It was a lot of fun and some of the trunks were really creative (not mine though....... what can I say, I don't get out much).

All about Theo

The weather here has been quite cool so I've had to bundle little Theo up when we venture outside. The high today was only 60 degrees! He stayed nice and warm in his carseat under the LSU blanket that my friend Carrie sent him. I tried to snap a picture of him in the Baylor cap that Lauren lent him but he wasn't at all into it. Poor thing looked a little weird in it anyway b/c the cap has a tail on it. Maybe Theo was embarrassed?

I also snapped a picture of him propped up on the couch. He really likes to be part of the action around here and observe what's going on around him. He's started to coo and is just full of smiles! Sorry that the flash was so bright, but he's smiling up a storm in the picture :)

Mimi and Mama's visit

Here's a couple more pictures from the visit last weekend. Theo never slept anywhere but on someone's chest! He's a pretty lucky little dude to have so many grandmother's to love him!! We also snapped Jack trying on his Halloween costume for the first time. He's going to be The Thing from Fantastic Four (he's obsessed with comic book heroes currently). It took a lot of coaxing to get him to actually put the costume on instead of just looking at it through the package. Now he loves wearing it but we thought for several weeks that he'd go trick or treating in plain clothes since he would have nothing to do with his costume. We also got him a Lightning McQueen candy pail this year. Jack can't wait to fill it to the brim with candy!!!!

Jack will hate me for this picture later

Jack shocked us all this weekend by pooping on the potty! He insisted on shutting the door to the downstairs bathroom for privacy! We weren't sure what he was doing in there since we couldn't even peek, but lo and behold, there was poop in the potty when we were allowed inside. He was so proud of himself and we were too! We have a long way to go before he's potty trained, but this is a step in the right direction!

Jack went to two birthday parties this weekend for playgroup friends. One of them was for his good friend Luke. Here the boys are jumping on the "bounce house" with Luke's big brother Tank. Jack ate so much birthday cake this weekend that he should consider dieting! We celebrated Mama's birthday Friday, Luke's on Saturday, and Dean's birthday on Sunday. Whew!