Happy Halloween!

We kicked off the Halloween festivities with the ward trunk or treat activity.  I have to say I was extremely anxious for the costume contest because I really wanted Soren to win, and he did.  He owned the 0-2 year old bracket and took home a lovely stuffed witch that is now his chew toy.  I have the cutest baby ever and when you dress him up there's no stopping us, keep the compliments coming.

Our friends invited us to a corn maze which was fun but we were in the corn maze too long, over an hour.  That's what happens when you follow a 2 year old, however Todd eventually took over and put his land nav skills into practice and got us out of there.  To and from the corn maze we rode a tractor and Soren was enamored.  He had no idea the tiny tractor toys on his shelf actually existed and stared at the huge wheels the whole ride.

 Soren breaking the rules by touching the corn.

 It took us about twenty takes to get this picture, Soren kept looking down and touching the grass.  Note to grandparents: Buy Soren grass for Christmas.

We did a lot of activities on Halloween.  First we went to the Eye Center to go trick or treating.  It was a huge disappointment.  There was hardly any candy and our family kept getting stopped so random strangers could take Soren's picture.  One secretary even told us to wait so she could call her friend to come up and look at Soren. The Grizzly's mascot was walking around the Eye Center and I have no idea why I'm so close to him because he really smelled.

 After the Eye Center we came home to carve our pumpkin, eat dinner and get ready to trick or treat.

Kaylee likes to join us via skype for lots of occassions, she's even smiling for the camera.

 Potato soup with truffle oil, Soren loved it.

On our way out the door.  Todd made the jack-o-lantern to look like Soren's doppelganger.  They both have 2 bottom teeth and a curl on the top of their heads.  Best friends.

The neighborhood we went trick or treating was something out of a movie.  We found it on the way to another neighborhood.  There were groups of kids everywhere, ATVs and golf carts decked out with Halloween lights driving kids around, and old people sitting on porches passing out candy.  The best part were the comments about Soren's pacifier,
"Oh my goodness, How is he holding those teeth in?"
"It's a pacifier"
"Good Lord!  Let me go get my friend she's gotta see this."

Soren kept stealing the show from everyone, including the other toddler we were with.  The majority of front porch scenes went something like this,
"What a cute monk-Look at the pacifier, hahaha he's dracula. I've never seen anything so cute.  Here are some suckers, can he have M&Ms too?"

 Random guy passing out candy, the boys really liked his nose and glasses.

 Like every Halloween we had to end the night going through our candy and eating all the good ones before Dad gets a hold of them.

Lets just say Soren started his first Halloween off the right way and I've already decided I want my kids to have the best costumes every year.  I'm already scheming for next year, I think it might involve birds...