halloween!

I should have known better when I asked Lucas what he wanted to be for halloween. He originally said "a dinosaur!" and I was so excited because there are some really cute dinosaur costumes out there.  We started looking online at costumes and everything that was cute and fluffy that I showed him he quickly told me "no mommy. That one's for babies."  Ok.  Well.  So what kind of costume are you thinking of then, Mr. Opinionated?  "I wanna be a T-REX!!!"  And he started pointing to these horribly frightening looking t-rex costumes!  I was appalled.  I thought for sure I had one more year of picking his costume and making him the cutest little dino in town.  Boy was I wrong. And so began our search for a t-rex costume (that didn't cost a fortune).  

We visited a few of the consignment stores around town and even tried to convince Lucas that an adorable dragon costume was way cooler than a t-rex, but that was a fail.  We went in to one last consignment store and I flippantly asked the lady working if she had any dinosaur costumes.  Lucas piped in, "not a dinosaur, a t-rex!" and batted those long eyelashes at the lady behind the counter.  The poor lady didn't stand a chance and quickly said "I actually do have a t-rex costume in just your size!"  She must have not seen my death stare at her because she scurried over to the display and pulled out the most hideous halloween costume I have ever seen. 

Lucas's eyes lit up with excitement as he saw the perfect costume (according to him).   

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your t-rex.

Awful, isn't it?  I know I know let the kids have fun it's not about me anymore blah blah blah, but I was supposed to have one more year!  One more year of cuteness!  I mean yes he's cute and makes any costume cute, but this piece of junk costume is just...!  Anyway.  I digress.

We had to explain to Lucas that we had to wait for halloween to wear the costume.  Try reasoning with a toddler on that.  We decided to carve our pumpkin in celebration that we found the perrrrrfect t-rex costume.  Lucas wasn't that into carving the pumpkins because he was grossed out by the "nuts."  As we were scooping out the inside of the pumpkin I called them guts and Lucas called them nuts from there on out.

"Mommy, I don't want to touch the nuts.  The nuts are gross and slimy.  I don't want to touch the nuts.  Does that pumpkin have nuts too?"  On and on and on and we were dying.  It's guts baby boy.  Guts.

 Finally the day came that we could wear our beloved costume!  Our neighborhood has a halloween parade and all the little kiddies dress in their costumes and walk together down the street in a parade lead by a fire truck.  It was great.  Londyn and her mom Alicia came with us, and we met up with some neighbors and had a great time.

At the end of the parade route they had games set up with prizes and candy.

It was the first year we have been able to do the parade and it will definitely be something to look forward to every year.

 Our next occasion to wear our beloved t-rex costume was our annual Pullen Park day with my friends from work!  It's something we have done every year since our baby boom and definitely something we all look forward to.  Of course we rode the train:

And attempted a group picture of 5 toddlers and a newborn.  Yep.  Fail.

And then finally, finally, HALLOWEEN IS HERE!  We were lucky enough to wear our costume twice this day, first in the morning at Summit's staff kids party, then finally to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood.  

Nana and Poppy came in town to watch the cuteness that is Lucas trick-or-treating.  Uncle J and Aunt K brought Murphy too who was the cutest police dog.  

Lucas did so well trick-or-treating.  He would knock on the door and say "trick or treat thank you!" all in one breath.  We also taught him to say "I'm allergic to peanuts" which may sound funny but is necessary.  

Of course, Lucas had to find his buddy baby Colton.

Happy Halloween from the cutest t-rex in town!