Halloween

I am still flabbergasted that yesterday was October 30th, but the festivities are over. Idaho is strange like that... But either way, we did all the same stuff, so the day on the calendar doesn't really matter, right? Here's what we did:

Thursday: Boo at the zoo! Weston wore two costumes this year. One for inside activities, one for outside. Naturally, Boo at the Zoo was outside, so he wore his warm costume. My aunt Lisa sent this adorable skunk costume. We were at the zoo for an hour and a half, and yes, Weston wore the ears the entire time!

I told Wes to smile, and this is what he did:

Looking at the animals:

Friday: Carving the pumpkin!

I thought Wes would love helping me with the pumpking, but he took one look at the guts and wanted to do nothing but put the lid back on. (as seen above)

Saturday: we were invited to our old ward's Halloween carnival. Weston didn't want to play any of the games, but it was fun to see some of our friends again.

Weston's other costume was Steve, from Blue's Clues! You would not belive how hard it was to find a long sleeved green-striped shirt. We let his hair grow for a couple months so he could have the awesome combover. I think he looks quite handsome. :)

Here's how the pumkin turned out!

I took Weston to our ward's trunk-or-treat. He loved it so much, so I also took him trick-or-treating, just on our block.

A note for those confused: in Idaho Falls, it is accepted that if Halloween is on Sunday, trick-or-treating is done Saturday. I still think it's weird, but whatever. Either way the kids get candy, right?

Weston quickly figured out that going to a door meant getting candy. What a great rule! When we got home from trick-or-treating, Weston grabbed my hand and tried to get me to keep walking. He had so much fun, and people loved him. One older couple on our block loved him so much, they gave him a whole handful of candy! (I mean a REALLY big handful!)

Wes didn't want to go in the house, so we sat on the step for a while, handing out candy. Since I figured we would be there a while, I took Weston's skunk ears off and relaced them with his hat. (He was wearing gloves, but they got all sticky.) While I handed out candy, Wes went to work eating his own. In the picture below, he literally has almost an entire fun size snickers in his mouth. Somehow he managed to get that down without choking.

Halloween was so much fun this year! I can't wait for next year when Wes can actually say "trick-or-treat" instead of signing "please". Either way, he was the cutest trick-or-treater I've ever seen! :)

Easter morning and a young artist

This year the Easter Bunny (or as my genius Sis-in-law Alicia calls him/her, the EB) visited Weston! The EB visited last year, but our 4-week-old didn't really seem to know or care. This year, Weston was so excited and went straight to emptying his Easter basket one thing at a time.

 He got jelly beans, Reeses' pieces, and some bathtub crayons. (These are no ordinary crayons. They are one of the most genius playthings ever invented - they come off with just a little water, and keep him entertained. So much so, in fact, that he didn't want to get out of the bath. ) Once the basket was completely empty, this was the first thing Wes did:

(Open this candy, Mom!)

As mentioned before, Weston is learning to draw with his crayons and has even written on the wall once with a pen. (No, Bryan, you didn't hear about this. I cleaned it up.) Tonight, I changed Weston's diaper, then walked away to grab him some pajamas. I came back to find THIS:

It's a good thing he wasn't wearing pants anymore. You can't even see the pen on his left leg, but I promise it was there. Luckily, when I was scrubbing his legs, rather than cry, he thought I was tickling him. I know I should have told him a firm no and grabbed the pen right away... but 1, I couldn't stop laughing, and 2, I HAD to get a picture. The faint ink that remains should be gone in a couple days.

Maybe our son will be an artist.