Halloween

We asked the kids a few weeks before Halloween what they wanted to be.  Parker wanted to be a Robot, and Adley said Ballerina Princess. Ryan instantly had the robot planned out in his mind and executed it perfectly. He and Parker had a great time working on that together.  

There was a costume contest in downtown Wheaton at 10am on Halloween morning.  Ryan was frantically putting on the finishing touches (flashing lights) and it was pouring rain!  Adley and I dropped Ryan and Parker off a block from the contest tent and went to find a parking spot.  It was so cute watching them walk down the street.

They showed up at the tent right as the 4 & 5 year old contest finished.  Ryan asked the judges if Parker could squeeze in the 6 & 7 year old division and they gladly accepted.  Adley and I got there just in time to see that he won "Most Creative Costume!"

We walked around to the stores downtown and stopped for a while at one of our favorite coffee shops - River City Roasters.  The people there started asking if they could take Parker's picture, and every few minutes someone would come up to us and say "that's the best costume I've seen all day!"

What a cutie pie ballerina princess!

We heard Mariano's had candy, too. Since it was still pouring, we headed there. That turned out to be the highlight of the day. Our little robot was turning heads like crazy. One guy we passed was in the middle of a conversation on the phone and he said, "Oh my gosh, you have to see this. I have to take a picture of this so you can see it."  Then he asked me if he could take Parker's picture.  When he got back on to the phone he continued going on and on about how it was the best costume he's seen in his life!  I was laughing so hard.  More people wanted to take his picture, and one woman even gave him a dollar.  She said, "I just feel like I have to give him something!" Then she noticed Adley and gave her one, too ;)  Right before we left, the manager brought Parker a balloon and told him it was the best costume he'd see all day.  It probably took us an hour to walk through the whole store.

That evening we went to the Martinez's house for Marlowe's costume party and trick or treating.  These little princesses had a lot of fun getting candy.  They look so cute with their coats and big poofy skirts.

Earlier in the week, Ryan carved an Adley pumpkin.  If you haven't noticed by now, Ryan is a man of many MANY skills =)  

The next morning we walked into church. The greeter asked the kids if they went trick or treating and what they were. Parker said he was a robot, and the greeter responded, "Was that you at Mariano's yesterday?!  You're costume was awesome!"