Heartbroken....

Jacob and Timmy wore their Halloween costumes to school today. It turns out Jacob and another classmate both happened to have "Luigi" costumes. In fact, I got a picture of the two of them!

From 2010 10 29 Timmy Jacob Halloween Parade 2010

The boys had a good time with their Halloween parade at school, and their respective Halloween parties. But after school Jacob asked if he could wear another costume to go trick or treating...his classmates told him he didn't really look like Luigi as well as the other young man in the picture.

Jacob also claimed that he never really wanted to be Luigi, but that simply wasn't true. The boys were super excited all month at how easy it would be for Jacob to be Luigi because he was tall and skinny, and Timmy would be Mario because Mario is shorter and less-skinny. It was also evident the first two times he wore the costume, he was having a great time.

At first I was ready to just run to the store and buy Jacob a polyester unitard of his choice...I guess Jacob's getting to the age where individuality is going to be trumped by popularity. He's getting older, and I think I've been lucky that he's rarely expressed strong opinions in what he wore up till recently. I think he'd have felt better in the store bought version of the costume.

In general, I'm still heartbroken. I may just have to absolutely turn Jacob loose with the choice/shopping/assembly of his costumes from now on...with zero input from me.

Sniff...sniff...my babies are growing up...

Gettin' in the Halloween Spirit

This weekend we finally took some time to get into the Halloween spirit. Friday we went to the Bellevue Pumpkin Patch to choose the family pumpkins, then the boys had a chance to wear their Halloween costumes both Saturday and Sunday.

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From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

The Bellevue Berry Farm and Pumpkin Patch is right up the road from us. We usually pay a visit to the much-larger Vala's Pumpkin Patch at some point, but always get so caught up in the attractions, we never make it out to get our pumpkins. Bellevue is so much more relaxing and laid back, we have an equally good time. Living only 10 minutes from there definitely helps too.

We met Timmy's friend Roger's family out there and had a fun morning.

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

From 2010 10 22 Bellevue Pumpkin Patch

Saturday was the AFWA Halloween party.  For those new to my blog, AFWA stands for Air Force Weather Agency, and it's the name of the military organization Dave works for.  Their Halloween party consists of games and crafts for the kids, hot dogs and cupcakes, and then it's wrapped up by a "Trunk or Treat".

Last year we simply took the boys and they had a good time, but this time we did a bit more. I put on my recently-renovated witch costume and decorated our trunk up pretty fun. I got a bit overzealous thinking our car battery could power our fog machine, oops :-)

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

From 2010 10 31 Halloween 2010

Today we made our way to the Omaha Zoo's "Spooktacular" event. Apparently this is a pretty big deal around here. Perhaps it's worth its own "Nebraska Discoveries" blog post because it was a cultural attraction all in itself! Yes, I think that's what I'll do.