Halloween 2010

Last night's Halloween festivities were absolutely wonderful. Halloween around our house always brings with it so much fun, and this year was no different. The night started with our traditional Halloween dinner with the whole family at my parents house - Halloween sloppy joes with jack-o-lantern faces, french fries, and hot cider served right from a pumpkin. For dessert, graveyard cupcakes, each with our own personalized "head stone". After dinner we got dressed in our costumes and readied ourselves for a full night of trick-or-treating.

Auden with his trick-or-treat buddies - Nevaeh, Anthony, and Alayah

The night was off to a great start, but it came to an early end after my first time trick-or-treater lost his dinner (not once, but twice) all over my mom. Poor Baby! I mean Auden, not my mom. But yes, poor her too, because really... who likes to be barfed on? So I took my barfy smelling baby home a bit earlier than we had planned. Besides all that, the night was lovely.

We were all dressed as skeletons this year. All 4 of us! Yes I said 4, look close and you'll see...


I like that all 4 of us were represented this Halloween. I also like that this baby isn't even born yet, and I'm already putting pink bows in her hair! By the way, baby girl is due in exactly 3 weeks from today. That is only 21 days, for anybody who is counting (and I am!).

Happy Halloween!

Auden making his scary halloween face, just for you.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE SPEAKMANS!

Pumpkin Patching

There was something almost perfect about watching my little boy, all dressed in his very cutest plaid, exploring his way through a pumpkin patch for the very first time. It was dusk, and the cool October air smelled sweet. It was everything fall should be.