Happy Halloweenie!

Oh well...better late than never. Which unfortunately is becoming a habit more and more these days. Ha. We had a sweet Joeysaurus for Halloween this year. And what a mess that was. I was one of the poor, desperate housewives digging (and I do mean digging) through what was left of Target's picked over costume area. It was scary for awhile...I wasn't sure if we were going to end up with an horribly ugly and scantily clad princess or a lady bug costume for a pet dog. I was leaning towards the dog costume.

Two Targets and two Old Navys later (Old Navy had some really super cute ones but alas, not in his size) I was really worn out and pretty nervous that my child would be THE child with no costume. I ran into Party City for my last stop and just about turned around and ran when I pulled into the parking lot.

It was a madhouse. The parking lot was packed, there were kids running around everywhere, and best of all - there was a real live mob surrounding the costume wall! It was amazing. There was a Party City employee standing in front of a huge wall of pictures of each costume they had. You had to yell out which one you wanted, he checked on his headset if they had it in the stockroom, then he yelled back the answer to you. I opted not to start yelling with the rest of the crowd. I didn't like any of the costumes anyway. I choose to push my way outta there and run over to the invitation aisle to check out the party supplies for Joseph's birthday. Lo and behold...each party theme had a little matching toddler costume hanging among the invitations, balloons, plates and napkins. I couldn't believe it! I rushed up and down the aisle checking out all the different ones too scared that someone else was going to find out my secret. I settled on the sweet little green and orange dinosaur, pleased that it fit our little guy's personality perfectly! But then I had to conquer the checkout line....

Halloween was a blast at Summer's house. Ada-Gracie had her first party! She takes after her mom for sure. It was super fun and cool!

Joseph couldn't resist the jack-o-lanterns out front. He wasn't too sure about the slimy insides, in fact I think he was pretty confused about the whole thing.


Joeysaurus' diet consists of pizza and cupcakes. They are omnivorous scavengers that don't usually attack their prey except to give hugs, kisses, and cute smiles. Joeysaurus' are usually seen around playground slides and occasionally chalking and kicking balls.

Sweet Ladybug Ada-Grace was as cute as...well, a ladybug.

We had a nice night handing out candy at home, although with very few trick or treaters. I peeked outside at one point and there were about two or three other houses with porch lights on. I guess our neighborhood wasn't in the holiday mood. Worst costume of the night: a little girl that had a tiara with a dollar hanging on it and wearing a t-shirt that said "Money Queen" on it. We weren't too sure what to think of that.

Josh got a trick of his own that was pretty good though....I went out to get the mail and as I was coming back up to the house I saw him go to the window to close the blinds. It was dark enough that he didn't see me coming so I went right up to the window and stared in with a crazed look in my eyes. His face was priceless when he realized someone was standing there staring at him...and he didn't think it was as funny as I did. Paybacks are the worst; I am on guard.