Halloween (Better Late than Never)

We had an eventful Halloween weekend. First we took Jared trick-or-treating at Alan's work, something that only lasted about 15 minutes because of the meltdown Jared had. He wanted to eat all of his candy at the same time. :)

Next we had my family's annual Pumpkin Party, where we carved pumpkins, sang Halloween songs (my family has quite the repertoire), and ate treats and drank cider.

Jared is decorating his pumpkin with stickers

Jared the bat

Jared and all his cousins (minus 2 babies) in their costumes (Note that Jared was the only one not willing to pose for the picture)

All of the pumpkins that my family carved. Jared's finished product is on the chair in the bottom right corner.

We also got together with my former roommates for a Halloween brunch. We ate yummy fondue, cheese balls, sticky rolls, donuts, fruit, and wassail. YUM! We also watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," which is actually kind of depressing. Here is a picture of Jared with my roommate's son, Lincoln.


Alan took Jared trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Jared loved it! Alan even dressed up as Severus Snape.
It is so fun to have a kid that "gets" Halloween. :) Now I'm excited to get Jared all excited about Santa Claus and Christmas!