Halloween Trick Or Treat

After a busy morning celebrating Elliot's birthday, the kids went to the downtown Menlo Park trick or treating event.

The weather was so warm, Elliot couldn't stand his costume after a while. He took it off completely. But the trick or treating must go on.

In the evening, the kids went trick or treating again around the neighborhood. They had a lot of fun all day.

Audrey Loses Another Tooth

Audrey lost her 3rd tooth while eating breakfast this morning.

Happy 4th Birthday, Elliot!

Elliot is 4!

I was willing to throw him a big party, but he didn't want one, so we celebrated at home and made it special for him. I told him he could chose what he wanted to eat for his birthday and he said "Cake for breakfast, mac n cheese for lunch, and Mama Coco (local Mexican restaurant) for dinner". He got his wish.

I made him a special rainbow cake for the big day.

He got a bunch of presents from every family member he knows, and was one happy kid all day. Happy 4th birthday Elliot!

Halloween Parade

Audrey had her school Halloween parade and party. It was well over 80 degrees and the kids were all roasting in their costumes, but they were all smiles.

D-1

Elliot's birthday is tomorrow (Saturday), so he celebrated a day early at school. I suggested he wear his "4" t-shirt, but he refused to wear it telling me he's not 4 until tomorrow. Therefore, he wants to wear his "3" t-shirt. Great. He can wear it one more day. I read the class one of Elliot's favorite books (The Book with No Pictures), they sang him happy birthday, and he passed out a little toy for his friends. He is looking forward to tomorrow.

Halloween Party

In's firm had its annual Halloween party. This year, Elliot is a three-headed dragon and Audrey is a spider witch for Halloween.

Sports Class - Halloween

This week is all about Halloween for the kids. Elliot even played soccer in his dragon costume. 

Red Dragon

This year, Elliot is very particular about what he wants to be for Halloween - a red dragon. So I found a red three-headed dragon costume online. It meets his criteria, he loves it. His preschool had a Halloween parade so he finally got to debut his costume this morning.

More Pumpkins

With Halloween now a week away, we carved our pumpkins. We carved a couple of them, and then got lazy and decided to try painting them.

I added some spiders. 

Audrey put tons of glitter on this one. It's really pretty.

We now have a nice collection of decorated pumpkins.

Pumpkin Decorating

Pumpkin decorating.

Scarecrow Party

Elliot's preschool had a fun scarecrow making party. Between two kids, it's our fourth year at the preschool, but our very first time finally making it to the famous scarecrow party.

Elliot had fun seeing many of his friends in the evening and Audrey also liked being at her old school and seeing some of her preschool teachers. 

Elliot's ghost hands.

The three of us made our own scarecrow.