Halloween Day/Night

Both the kids had a great time this Halloween. This was the first year that Cody was able to enjoy himself so he had a great time.

Here is my scary vampire before heading out to school. They are the only ones that get to dress up at school and they even had a little carnival for just their class.



After their parade (thank goodness the rain seized long enough for them to venture out), the class headed back to the classroom to line up and receive the goodies that their classmates brought them.



Every Friday, I volunteer in DJ's class while Cody is babysat by his Uncle. That morning, I was there for the parade and all the kids kept asking me where Cody was. The kids love him and always want him in their class. He even stands in line with them somedays and walks into class with them!

By special request, Cody attended the carnival.



The carnival consisted of 10 games for the kids in which they win prizes. One of the moms works at Chuck E Cheese and they donated a ton of little toys for the event. The kids LOVED it.

DJ was a little off on the Pin the Spider on the Web game. :)



Cody had a great time at the carnival. While the kids played games, their teacher had a Halloween record (yup, they still have RECORD PLAYERS in the school!!!) playing. Guess what Cody did? He did what he does best - he danced!



Recently, DJ told his dad that he should volunteer in school like mom. Doyle just happened to fly in early that morning from the East Coast and headed straight from the airport to the school to surprise DJ and volunteer in DJ's class. DJ was pretty excited that his daddy was there.

(Note: the only reason I dressed up for the Halloween Carnival is because a week earlier, DJ told his teacher I would be dressing up. So, the day before the carnival, we went out and found me this cheesy Angel costume! The lashes were a hit with the kids.)

DJ with one of his best buddies in school.

Let's check back in and see what Cody's doing.....

Yup...STILL dancing!

Back to more games for DJ...this one was a ring toss.

Cody thought it looked like fun so he stopped dancing long enough to play the game, too.

One game that Cody couldn't stay away from was Monster Bowling. In between songs, he would walk over to the table to steal the monsters.

That night, we brought DJ out trick-o-treatin'. We didn't bring Cody since it was sprinkling outside.

We decided to dress up with DJ for the outting.

Since Cody wasn't using the Muno head, Teri borrowed it for the night.

DJ with his Uncle the Wrestler.



A rare shot of me in front of the camera.

Imagine this scary bunch walking up to your door for candy!

We only made it to about 10 houses before DJ said his bag was getting too heavy. Since there were not too many kids out, people were throwing handfuls of candy into his bag. :)

Muno Bopping Til He Drops

At school, there is one song in particular that Cody loves to dance to, Bop Until You Drop. Being in a Muno costume didn't stop him from dancing! Although, he is a bit distracted by all the costumes. He was pretty unsure about the Elmo costume. He couldn't stop staring at the Elmo head.

The reason the video is fuzzy is because DJ and I were watching from the one-way mirror in the observation room.

Cody's Halloween Parade

Since Cody doesn't have school on Fridays, his class had their Halloween Parade today. He was excited to wear his Muno costume.

You will notice that he is not wearing the original Muno head. Because he was afraid of the head part, I modified his costume so that it was something he would wear.



Muno at work doing puzzles. Like DJ, he is a natural at puzzles! He can look at a puzzle and know exactly where the piece goes! That's our boy!!!!



After free play and book time, it was time to go trick o treatin'!!! Cody wasn't sure what to think of it. He doesn't even like candy. DJ sure was excited, though, since most of the treats were his favorite, M&Ms.



In the hall, Cody found a ride-on car and decided that he would ride that instead of walk during their parade/trick-o-treatin'.



Cody in his "ride".

Happy Halloween!!!!

This weekend, I attempted to take pictures of the boys in their Halloween Costumes. I swear, with all the kids I have taken pictures of so far, mine are definitely my hardest subjects!

This year, DJ decided that he wanted to be something "scary" and not "cute" for Halloween. He decided on a vampire.

(WARNING: LOTS of pictures)

DJ did NOT want his picture taken at all.

Isn't he a cute, oops, I mean SCARY vampire? He didn't want to smile for me, but I think it worked with the costume! :)

Here is the full view of my Vampire. He was trying to be mad at me, but he couldn't help but break into a smile.

Doesn't this face say it all????

What's a Vampire costume without a set of fangs?

Maybe the fangs are a little big.

His scariest Vampire impression!

Cody noticed that DJ was getting his pictures taken so he decided to strike a pose.

As mentioned in a previous post, Cody is a HUGE Yo Gabba Gabba fan! So this year, we decided that he would be cute as one of the YGG monsters.

Unfortunately, they don't sell costumes. SO...mommy got to work and sewed one for him.

Here is a picture of the Muno head with 2 of the kids' Muno toys.

And here is our very own Muno Cody! Isn't he a cutie? He hated the head so he's NOT happy!

It didn't take very long before he started ripping the head off. Poor Muno!

OH SO MAD!

Just like DJ's picture...his face says everything!



Since Cody wouldn't wear the head, I decided that SOMEONE had to!