Halloween 2010~ a pirate and a half?

This weekend we had two shots at trick-r-treating. The first attempt was well.....ummm.....not so good. Good thing we had a second chance to come back strong! Last night MiMi and Big Poppa attempted to take the boys to the annual neighborhood hayride/party. All things were going great! Roman was dressed and happy and Griff was also super excited to put on his costume. He was all smiles and ready to trick-r-treat until...... they got to the clubhouse. Griff associates the clubhouse with the swimming pool. Once there he ripped off his costume and all control was lost. By all means he was no longer a pirate and now a swimmer! Needless to say it was a 100% public meltdown. The evening ended before it even began. Back home and straight to bed. :(

Roman the friendly pirate! Take 1 (Saturday night)

This is the only picture of pirate Griff. Enough said...

Tonight we were invited to a Halloween party with lots of fun and tons of kids. I was a bit nervous of what to expect. (with good reason!) Griff brought over the pirate gear. This looked like a good sign~ right? We got Roman dressed in his costume. I tried to put on Griff's costume and he didn't go for it. Me~ not a battle I will fight so I went into his room and found a "pirate-ish" shirt and a pair of shorts. We loaded up and headed out for a night of fun! Once there everything was just fine! Griff ran around and played with the kids in the backyard. We gathered the group to hit the streets for a little candy. Griff was a little confused at the first house. He didn't understand (just like last year) why when they opened the door for him that he couldn't go inside? Once we went to a few more homes he got into the swing of things. Until..... he fell and really bused up his nose. After a few tears and a little blood he got right back into the action. The only difference was MiMi carried him. Why? Because he figured out that he could get the candy faster that way. He would tell her, "faster MiMi." We are very proud of our little pirates. Griff pulled through in the end and really finished the weekend strong. ;)

Roman and his MiMi Kat

Gotta love him.
As good as it gets when you try to get a picture of this many moving objects. ;)
Funny thing~ this is the best picture that I have of both boys together to date!
Come'on let's go!

Mommy and the happy pirate!

A band of not so happy pirates. :(
Trick-r-treat!
Yummy!!
Success~ sleeping pirate