Liam and Gibson: Halloween 2012

Even though Halloween officially happens tomorrow, for all intents and purposes, it is a past tense event for us. We won't go to any parties, or go trick-or-treating, or have a parade of costumed children knock on our door for some candy. Tomorrow will be a normal day for us. We've had our Halloween fun already!

Saturday afternoon, our church hosted its annual Pumpkin Bash and Trunk or Treat. Last year, we took our five month old Super Liam!, and two years ago I was there telling friends I was pregnant! Even though Liam is still too young for trick-or-treating (and candy...and staying still for just one moment...), we went anyway. In the weeks leading up to the end of October, Will and I decided Liam would be a monkey for Halloween, based solely on the fact that he does a great monkey impression (when he feels like it). I am not a fan at all of store-bought costumes, but I knew there was no way I could cobble together a monkey costume by gluing felt. Thankfully, the Carters brand monkey costume is basically just pants and a hoodie, and it's cute, so it was purchased.

I think our first mistake was that I had to wake Liam up from his nap so he could eat before we went to Pumpkin Bash. Our second mistake was that when we zipped up his monkey hoodie upon arriving at the event, we accidentally scraped off some of his neck skin as well. :( The worst part was that we didn't notice it at first (there wasn't any blood); Liam just started crying all of a sudden. We had no idea why, and I didn't discover his neck until later. But he recovered quickly, and in true Liam fashion, immediately started protesting the fact that he was being held. After we got through the entrance, Will put him down, and from that point on, it was basically a chase. We just followed Liam around as he ran wherever he could, and tried to keep him out of danger. Of course the first thing he headed toward was a generator powering a bounce house. A gate kept him occupied for a couple of minutes, and we had to stop him from walking into the pony ride area. Each time we picked him up, he screamed. He just wanted to go, go, go. Surely he's not the only toddler like this, right? We were able to walk around some and look at the trunks (with Will holding Liam), but we definitely didn't get the chance to really look around and take everything in or talk to many people. Liam was just in a bad mood, and when we let his feet hit the ground, he was running. Exhausting.

The last 30 minutes of the event, I did help out at the Moms' Connection baby trunk, where kids had to put a play cloth diaper on a baby doll to get some candy. That was fun, and I got to see more costumes that way, since I was able to stand in one place for more than a second! Will chased Liam solo at that time. He said Liam enjoyed looking at the ponies and he got him to say, "Neigh!" After that, we left. We were only there for the last hour of the event since I had an inkling it would turn into a toddler chase. Next year, Liam should be old enough to participate in more activities and do some trunk or treating!

As you can imagine, it was difficult to get decent pictures of Liam at Pumpkin Bash...but I tried.

Trying on Will's size 15's before going to the Bash

And he's off!

Mesmerized by the gate

That pretty much sums up how Liam felt about being held that day

I've worn that hoodie to the past 2, possibly 3, Pumpkin Bashes, so I decided to carry on the tradition.

Walking to the car

Time to go!

Since I was unable to get good pictures of Liam in his costume, I took him to a nearby church pumpkin patch this morning to hopefully come away with at least one decent photo of him in his costume. Liam's friend Addy and her mom Brenda joined us. We were the only ones there and had the run of the place. Of course, Liam just wanted to run out into the parking lot.