Halloween

I was the worst this Halloween when it came to taking pictures but we still had a fun time and we were able to live more in the moment I guess. I've had a hard time with Halloweens of late...maybe I just don't understand the point of dressing up. I like to dress up if the perfectly creative costume falls in front of me but I have a hard time spending money or valuable time on one-time use costumes. So this year, we just checked out Goodwill to see what costumes they had in our boys' sizes.

At first we saw this one and Charlie has been watching Monster's University pretty regularly so we thought this might be fun then see if we could dress up Miles as Mike Wazowski.

But then I saw this Elmo one and when Charlie saw it he got really Excited. It also fit him better. 

So we decided on Elmo! We then saw a giraffe costume that was in good condition and would fit Miles...it just had an awkwardly placed head but we were fine with that. 

A week before Halloween we were able to attend our Ward Trunk or Treat. They went all out this year and we had an amazing dinner, caramel apples, and fun games and of course the Trunk or Treat. 

Last year Charlie got so excited with one piece of candy that  he stopped asking for more and just started eating it. This year we went to a couple more cars but soon declared that his bucket was "too full" (not even halfway full and it was a little bucket) and that he needed to go sit down and eat his candy. We were fine with that. We knew he would quickly forget his candy and I would end up eating it so the less candy the better!

They took our picture at the party. I'm already brainstorming ideas for Max and me for next Halloween so we aren't as lame. 

But really though, Why is there a giraffe head on Miles stomach it prevented effective carseat and Moby wrap use? Miles thought it was fun to play with though.

On Halloween we kept with our tradition of only visiting the grandparents and great grandparents instead of trick or treating door to door. 

We decided to start a little early and visit Max's Grandma on his lunch break because she lives farther than the rest. We had a nice visit with Mum-z and Jordan. Miles sat perfectly still on her lap, we were shocked and she was happy. 

We then ate lunch at the food carts down by Wilson High school. We'd been wanting to check them out for awhile. Charlie got some macaroni and I  tasted it and deemed it the most delicious Mac and cheese to ever enter my mouth. 

Max then went back to work, after the boys napped we went to meet Max at the bank where they were all dressed up like contesants on the Price is Right and let us play Plinko for prizes. We also had some banking to do but we had fun while doing it. We then went to Max's parents house and visited a bit. We then realized we needed dinner and My mom had made Chili and brought it over to my Red Grandma's house. We headed over there and enjoyed some dinner, Charlie ate only Corn bread and Miles ate his Rice cereal and pears. We made sure our bellies were full of good food. We visited with Red Grandma, and my mom and Austin and Michelle and Stephanie and Val, then went to our last stop at My Green Grandmas house. Charlie had fun playing with Uncle Gary's amazing marble contraption and Grandma enjoyed holding Miles. 

We had a good chat with her and it got late so we put the boys in their pajamas brushed their teeth and called it a night. Usually my dad is at one of my grandma's houses but he wasn't this year so we didn't see him but we were able to see all of Charlie and Miles' other grandparents and great grandparents in one night. It was fun and luckily, we didn't come home with much candy because we never really put candy in Charlie's bucket, he just ate some while we were on our various visits.