Who knew that Halloween could be such a tiring holiday... for us and for Ben! But it was a great one. We had a wonderful family day yesterday. When Ben woke up from his morning nap, we went out to the pumpkin patch. We did it last year, and really want it to be an annual tradition. I realized on Thursday that we only had this weekend to go take pictures, so Saturday was the day. Hector was a good sport about it even though I know he would have rather slept in. But as you can see, the pictures were well worth it! He had a lot of fun out there. We moved from the tiny pumpkins to the big pumpkins, from one photo op to the next. He was such a good sport... that is until he fell face first into the dirt. He literally had dirt in his teeth, poor baby. But he only cried for about 30 seconds, and then we were off to the next pose. I'm so glad we did it. The pictures were priceless.
Then, unplanned, we decided to head out to Lewisville to spend the afternoon with Hector's family. Needless to say they were thrilled, to see Ben of course! While we were there, we went to StrideRite and bought Ben his first pair of real shoes. Baby shoes are expensive! His feet better not grow too fast. Anyway, we put Ben is his costume to go try on shoes, and all eyes were on him! He was a giraffe by the way. I had bought two costumes for him this year, a cow and a giraffe. He wore the cow costume for his birthday party, so he wore the giraffe for Halloween. Before we left Lewisville, we stopped by Mary's to trick or treat. While we were there, Mary decided to strip him down to his diaper and give him a chocolate cupcake. He devoured it like he'd never eaten anything so good in his life. He literally inhaled it. It was hilarious! He is definitely a chocolate fan!
Then we headed to Mama Joy's to let Ben trick or treat there. Each place we took him to trick or treat, we would stand him up on the front porch and then hide so that all people would see when they came to the door was Ben standing there with his candy bag in hand. Oh, you'll notice in the pictures that Ben didn't have a traditional halloween bucket. Since we didn't know we were headed out to Lewisville, we didn't bring his cute orange bucket with us, so instead, Iris had a clown gift bag that had to do! Anyway, we went to MJs and put Ben on the front porch. She thought he was too cute!
He was so tired after we left Mama Joys. I didn't think he was going to last. Finally we landed at Mom and Dad's. Same thing. We put his on the porch. This time he would barely stand up, poor thing. When they came to the door, Ben had this look on his face like, "How many times are we going to have to do this?". As soon as he saw his Nana and Yaya, he reached out to them like "help", "get me out of this get up!" Then he spent the rest of the evening playing with Sammie, Jazzy, and Dancie (see previous blog "Oh Snap). About 30 minutes after we got there, the chocolate cupcake kicked in, and he experienced a major sugar rush! It was so funny. But by the time we finally got home, he was ready to crash. Our little giraffe had had a very long day. Oh the memories!
Then, unplanned, we decided to head out to Lewisville to spend the afternoon with Hector's family. Needless to say they were thrilled, to see Ben of course! While we were there, we went to StrideRite and bought Ben his first pair of real shoes. Baby shoes are expensive! His feet better not grow too fast. Anyway, we put Ben is his costume to go try on shoes, and all eyes were on him! He was a giraffe by the way. I had bought two costumes for him this year, a cow and a giraffe. He wore the cow costume for his birthday party, so he wore the giraffe for Halloween. Before we left Lewisville, we stopped by Mary's to trick or treat. While we were there, Mary decided to strip him down to his diaper and give him a chocolate cupcake. He devoured it like he'd never eaten anything so good in his life. He literally inhaled it. It was hilarious! He is definitely a chocolate fan!
Then we headed to Mama Joy's to let Ben trick or treat there. Each place we took him to trick or treat, we would stand him up on the front porch and then hide so that all people would see when they came to the door was Ben standing there with his candy bag in hand. Oh, you'll notice in the pictures that Ben didn't have a traditional halloween bucket. Since we didn't know we were headed out to Lewisville, we didn't bring his cute orange bucket with us, so instead, Iris had a clown gift bag that had to do! Anyway, we went to MJs and put Ben on the front porch. She thought he was too cute!
He was so tired after we left Mama Joys. I didn't think he was going to last. Finally we landed at Mom and Dad's. Same thing. We put his on the porch. This time he would barely stand up, poor thing. When they came to the door, Ben had this look on his face like, "How many times are we going to have to do this?". As soon as he saw his Nana and Yaya, he reached out to them like "help", "get me out of this get up!" Then he spent the rest of the evening playing with Sammie, Jazzy, and Dancie (see previous blog "Oh Snap). About 30 minutes after we got there, the chocolate cupcake kicked in, and he experienced a major sugar rush! It was so funny. But by the time we finally got home, he was ready to crash. Our little giraffe had had a very long day. Oh the memories!
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