The goal was to dress these kids up as much as possible! The first opportunity was to have a Friend Halloween Party! It first started at the pumpkin patch, which the one we picked was so ridiculously packed that it would have taken us one hour to even get in. But, fear not, we picked up and found another one. This was the one time that we had a turtle pack, instead of AJ going solo in his turtle outfit. AJ took part in the blow-up castle, the car spinning ride, and the train. ALL of which he wanted to do last year, but was a bit too scared to participate in last year.
Second there was the annual Longmont Halloween Parade! This thing is so darn fun! Anyone can parade around in their costumes, and they also have marching bands participate! Maybe next year is our year to actually walk the route! 
AND lastly, the day of Halloween! The boys got dressed and we headed out (all of us! Grandma included). I should mention though that before we left the house, Russ presented the boys with their surprise gifts. Swords. That actually made sword sounds when you moved them. We had found this a couple weeks before on a date night. Russ was so ridiculously excited about them, and of course I couldn't deny the dad. We had some learning lessons at first-no poking eyes out, no really hitting anyone, etc. Just your standard stuff :) 
Continuing on, AJ totally was digging this whole candy thing-and kept wanting to find the houses with the lights on! Ryk, like a good little brother, followed right along! Ryker was ridiculously cute-- "twiter TWEET!" "happy Halloeeennn!" he even got a "Happy Birthday" in there! As Grandma walked up front with the boys, Russ and I held hands and looked at each other. Ya know the look, where you feel like ALL is right in the world, and this is what we were always meant to do. Watch our little boys run along, and trick-or-treat, and be super duper cute and handsome. Beautiful. A side note: Ryker only agreed to wear his turtle costume once. I'm guessing this had something to do with it being a bit tight. The good news about Ryker is that he's adaptable. He was completely fine with being a skeleton, and then totally rocked the RocketMan (or as Russ likes to say Cosmonaut) costume! That hat truly does complete the deal!
When we got home, Grandma helped us convince the boys that the Switch Witch was a great idea. For anyone that doesn't know, the Switch Witch comes in the middle of the night and switches out your candy for money or toys. AJ was completely down with this idea and we got to use his candy for extra give out candy-since we got a bit low:) Winning.
It was an awesome time:) And as always, it will just keep getting better:)
Love,
Momma
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