My Heart is Smiling: Halloween 2010 (a bit late)

So I'm a bit late on this blog post. It is mid-December and I am just now posting our Halloween pictures. Yup . . I am a bit behind. I have been planning on catching up on my blogging for weeks, but have fell behind in the craze that is our life on the weekends. Squeezing every minute out of our time to do the stuff we have to do (laundry, grocery shop, clean the house) in order to arrive at the stuff we want to do (relax and enjoy our boys). But you should know that I didn't create my blog as a source of pressure simply to add one more item to my 'to do' list and stress about. I created my blog as a source of pure enjoyment for me alone (I'm selfish, like that), so I don't hold myself to unrealistic deadlines or committments. My blog has become a haven for me to enjoy my family and my photos and in turn, share that joy with anyone that is interested in reading along the way. So this is really just a long-winded way of me saying that it doesn't bother me that I'm behind. I'll enjoy posting my pictures and documenting our life, no matter how far after the fact it is.

For Halloween this year, we had Woody, Buzz Lightyear and an Octopus (strange combination, huh?). I had originally intended for Evan to be part of the Toy Story gang, but his costume selection was more a function of 1.) how unbelievably cute he was as an octopus and 2.) said octopus costume was already purchased (yes, he had a hand-me-down, poor kid). Unfortunatey, he did not get to wear the octopus costume though, because he got a fever and didn't feel good all night. It made me sad that his first Halloween was spent in his infant car seat with flushed cheeks watching his overly eager older brothers.

Owen's cute little butt is one of my favorite things about his Buzz Lightyear costume!

So Aunt Amy's family goes 'all out' for Halloween. Seriously. With Uncle Tony's assistance this year, they created a pretty spectacular array of 'scary things' in the front yard. Check out the pics and videos!