Gorsch Moment in Time: Let the Fun Begin!

I guess this is part 1 of our Halloween fun... Sadie is really starting to get more into Holiday festivities (I can't wait for Christmas this year!) She enjoyed helping me get out some fall decorations and was very excited to see her stack of Halloween/Fall books come out of the basement. She liked helping make some Halloween treats this year (including pumpkin bars and orange rice krispie treats w/ Halloween sprinkles. She has LOVED seeing kids dressed up also. She was a bit hesitant of the scary costumes at first, but she told me yesterday after talking to a skeleton (w/ a mask) in my classroom--"Mom, I like that scary man." Her dad has enjoyed teasing her about "scary" jack-o-lanterns and she likes to tease him back by being scary (a dryer sheet over her face = a ghost).

Sadie chose to make Halloween trail mix for her friends at church and Ms. Jennifer's. She loved dumping everything together, stirring, and filling the bags--perfect for a 2 year old! (Kinnick enjoyed sitting in his high chair and eating cheerios and dried fruit.)

Sadie came to my party at school--she thought she was big stuff marching in the parade then watching all of the big kids march by. She also enjoyed the cupcakes and treat bags. My Kindergarten kids always love to have her.

Last night, we carved our pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. Kinnick loved exploring the slime. He of course was trying to eat the seeds. He also kept trying to put everything back into the pumpkin--makes sense, right?

Sadie was a bit more of a priss this year... she wanted to wash her hands every time she reached in. She was also very concerned about when we would be washing her clothes and the sheet on the floor. She told us that Kinnick was getting way to messy. This picture is her showing her messy hands and making a pouty face.

After the big debate, Sadie wanted a "nice" jack-o-lantern. We decided to carve it to match Kinnick's shirt...

Both kids were in awe when we turned off the lights and lit up our jack-o-lantern. Kinnick got very mad that I would not let him reach in and grab the candle. Sadie told him "No Kinnick, we do not touch candles. That is very dangerous!"

Today was Streator's down-town trick-or-treating. This is the first year we attended. We stopped at the library first--they give out books every year. Sadie had fun!

Marc had to work this morning, but we went with Sadie's friend Mikenna and her parents. (I was glad, b/c I don't know if I could have handled both kids by myself--too many stores to go into w/ a stroller and a 2-year old!)