The Great Pumpkin!

I am LOVING this Halloween stuff with Connor! Probably because he is LOVING all this Halloween stuff! We've stocked up on the cutest Halloweeny movies from the library (Charlie Brown, Mickey's Halloween, Charlie & Lola's Halloween). We watch one at least once a day now & Connor loves to recite many scenes from Charlie Brown (which I never notices how often they say "stupid" and call kids "block head" on Charlie Brown until I had a parrot of a child watching it!). Amazingly enough, Connor hasn't recited any of those parts! We scoped out the Halloween ad for Bass Pro Shops, so we headed there a few days ago to see all the fun stuff they had for kiddies. A trip to Bass Pro Shop is right up Papa's alley, so we, of course, had Nana & Papa tag along with us!

Papa & Mr. Mickey Ears checking out the boats on the way in to Bass Pro...

(Sidenote: It's the cutest thing ever to hear how Connor likes to "catch big fish or baby fish with Papa." He loves to "go fast Papa's boat," and is super cute when we drive over any bridge & Connor announces "Mom, I see Papa's boat!" and points off at any given boat. I'm looking forward to all the kid fishing tournaments that Connor can go to with his Papa & Uncle Craig in the future :)).


Nothing better than "Charlie Brown & Snoopy!!"


We tried a "take two" to see if we could get a better smiley face on Mickey :)

We then wandered over to try out some crafts. This lasted a good few seconds before Connor was ready to go see cooler stuff like the fish tanks!

The had a 'trick or treat' line going around the store with kiddies dressed up in costumes. We opted to not go around in the line and instead, to just beeline it to the nearest candy bowl for a "blue bobo-pop." Connor doesn't care for any candy--not even chocolate (I'm grateful for that)! He has warmed up to the idea of the lollipop though.

Sitting on the fish bench waiting for Papa at checkout.


We enjoyed a little walk to see the doggies in a costume contest before sitting down to supper. When we got home, we had to say hello to all of Connor's pumpkin buddies in the front yard! Connor informed me that he named his pumpkins recently and they go by the names of "Scary, Harry, Larry, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy..." He decided to kiss them goodnight before we unplugged them and "let the pumpkins get smooshed" for bed!

This is my neighbor's house across the street. They are decorating fanatics!! They decorate for all holidays and fill the entire yard...(even for Valentine's day!). They've been up north the past few years, so when they came home before Halloween this year, we were so so so excited! Connor loves to go over into their yard (at least 3x a day!). It is the first thing that comes out of Connor's mouth when he wakes and the last thing that he wants to do before bed!
"Go see spooky Halloween stuff neighbor's house!"
(They have 6 giant inflatables, lights, graveyards, skeletons, pumpkins, etc)

This morning we walked over to say good morning to their stuff. I pointed Connor out to you in case you couldn't spot him! I'm sure the neighbor's love this little pajama'd boy in their yard every day, along side his crazy bath-robed Mom! ;)

Connor's favorite decoration!
"Fankensine"
This morning he told me,
"Connor sit with Fankensine. Mommy take picture. Cheese!"

Connor's love for Frankenstein motivated me to find another Halloween costume! We currently have two, so I have to decide which one I like best for Trick or Treating! Don't worry--pictures will come soon enough :)