Halloween!

Jaden had a really fun Halloween this year. It was so exciting for me, as well, because I got to see him interact and really get into the Halloween spirit this year. It was the first year that he actually knew what was going on. Here he is decorating his little pumpkin with some Halloween stickers. (I'm not a fan of actually doing the carving myself, so we stuck to something a little less messy, at this point).

He was so proud of his decorated pumpkin.

About a week after his own little pumpkin experience, we decided to actually do some carving. I observed while Jaden got some hands-on time with it.

He was so curious about the inside of the pumpkin. He was a bit hesitant to touch it after he said with a stinky face, "I smell something." But, with a little encouragement, he finally put his hand in it.

And here is the face we got after he finally got a handful of pumpkin guts....Yes, this is a classic shot of my little darling dry heaving. He kept gagging for about 30 seconds afterwards and his eyes were watering like crazy. I couldn't help but laugh a little. Needless to say, the hands-on part of this carving activity stopped. (I have a video at the end of this post with his initial reaction to it all. Seconds later came the heaving. I stopped video taping it just in case I needed to grab a bowl for him.)

This finished product. It's a witch.

He was so curious how the light showed through the pumpkin. It was pretty cute.

For Halloween weekend, we went down to Arizona. It was a lot of fun! I'm happy that Jaden had some of his friends to share this excitement with.

Getting ready for Trick-or-Treating!

My little Buzz Lightyear "to the rescue!"

"I no like it."

Hanging Out...

Not quite sure what to say here...

We had a fun time making rice crispies, too. Those are always fun, because Jaden can really be hands-on with it, and I don't have to worry about him getting burned. He loves helping me in the kitchen. I almost think that he does it because he knows that licking the spoon is definitely going to happen at the end :).

We are a big fan of "craft time" and finding new things to do. I found a fun recipe for homemade clay, in one of my old Elementary Ed. school books, so Jaden and I attempted to make homemade pots. He just poked holes in it, which was a fun little gift for Grandma, while I attempted to make a little bowl, which Grandma called an ashtray.....sooo, we threw that one out.