Another fun Halloween has come and gone...and more importantly my son continues to shy away from any kind of candy with chocolate. Score one for the parents!!! I am sure any parents would be happy beyond belief to have a child who only cared about the "suckers" and other chewy-fruity candies : ), and left the chocolate alone (since most people hand out chocolate candy).The week leading up to Halloween was really busy for us. I spent a half day getting our kitchen cabinets ordered and assorted problems that arose with that order (missing pieces, etc). Jackson had a Halloween Carnival at his school on Thursday night, so we had to carve our pumpkins on Wednesday night. I was afraid about the pumpkins holding up until the big day, but they did just fine.
So the pumpkin carving began. Jackson wasn't too keen about
pulling the "guts" out of the pumpkin...in fact he wouldn't even try : ( Don't worry...Drew and I got him with a few seeds and
strands of "guts" during the course of the pumpkin carving session. I went with a more traditional pumpkin look, while Drew and Jackson went a little more non-traditional with added bats and snakes attached. We had a lot of fun!!The Halloween Carnival was a big success and Jackson really enjoyed himself. His teachers really enjoy him so much, which as a parent is so nice to see. It was a trial run for his pirate costume, which was a big success. Several of his little friends called him Captain Jack Sparrow, which I really think that he loved (even though I am not really sure if he knows who Captain Jack Sparrow is).
Halloween night was really a blast for all of us. First and foremost, how great was it that
Halloween fell on a Friday night!! There was no need to worry about wrapping things up early in order to get the kiddos home to bed. 
The cousins were all together for the night and were treated to a hay ride around Ma-Ma's neighborhood making periodic stops for trick-r-treating. It was another fun and very successful Halloween, costume and all!!
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