A Little Halloween Fun!

After our visit to Granny and Papa’s (many posts ago – I’m behind!) we rushed back to Gainesville to attend the Halloween festivities at Trinity United Methodist Church.  It was so cold, but the boys didn’t seem bothered and, in fact, Elijah sweated to death in his costume.  In the days prior to the event Josiah loved his costume and played in it delightfully while Elijah protested his, but when we got there Josiah was in a sour mood and Elijah was beside himself with glee!  You just never know, do you?

This was when Josiah first tried on his costume and he loved it!  Here, he is throwing his spider web.

And here’s the frowny face and insistence on being held associated with the big event.

And then there was this excited little bee:

He’s smiling!

And now he’s standing on his own!

Grandma joined us for the fun then treated us to pizza at her house afterwards.

Enjoying lots of candy:

Yum yum!

More please!

Check out Elijah’s costume.  When Jacob went to zip it up, the zipper fell off!  Luckily I happened to have safety pins :)

Elijah got a little greedy with getting the candy.

Josiah really liked the petting zoo, but it took me awhile to figure out how to take high motion pictures in the dark.  It was funny that when Elijah wanted to pet the chicken Josiah was very protective and tried to gently urge him away, yet he enjoyed petting one.

Playground fun:

I love Josiah’s growing sense of being a protective big brother.  While trick-or-treating, Elijah moved forward to investigate a mummy-type man in a coffin that was on a sensor and jumped up when people came close.  Josiah wouldn’t get near it but Elijah liked it and wanted to see more.  Josiah risked himself (in his own mind, I’m sure) by rushing in to drag Elijah away a couple times.  Too cute!

Aren’t these boys so fun?