Halloween Weekend

So I'm working on a post about what we have generally been up to lately, but I wanted to put up the pictures and list from Carson's first Halloween.

Day 1--Saturday
The day before Halloween, I worked Saturday school in the morning while Brandon & Carson had some quality time before his big trip to Vegas this week.  When I got home, we ran some errands together, including picking out our pumpkin.

No, not that one.  This one.

Carson really enjoyed watching Brandon scrape out all the seeds and gook.  We enjoyed watching her curiosity.

 I love her face in this one.

Carson supervised Brandon's cutting, just to be sure he did it correctly (wonder where she got that habit...)

 And here's the finished product!

Confession:  All these pictures are before Carson suffered a massive head wound, which you will see in later pictures.  While playing in the driveway, she started to stumble. I saw the fall coming, so I grabbed her by the waist to prevent it.  My plan backfired, and she actually spun forward onto her eye/face, rather than back onto her butt.  After we had all recovered, we accepted that things like this are just bound to happen.  She has been fairly mobile for 4 months or so now (pulling up, etc), and this is her first injury that caused actual bloodflow, so I guess that's not such a bad record.

Anyway, back to the fun.

Saturday night, we went to a Halloween party at the Gunters' house (thrown by Kace's sister Jenna), which was a blast.  They and their friends are some of the craftiest people I know, and they always throw the best theme parties.  Their costumes are always handmade, elaborate, and impressive. Their parties are always decorated, coordinated, and delicious.  We forgot our camera, but it was lots of fun.  Trust me.


Day 2--Sunday
Carson woke up Sunday morning with a croup-sounding cough and general bad attitude.  Can't blame her--she didn't feel well and probably still had a headache from her face-plant the day before.  We had been planning to go over to Toby and Angie's house that afternoon so Carson could do the Halloween thing with her cousins, but we didn't want to risk getting Patrick and Maddy sick, so we hung at our place.  We spent most of the day getting Brandon ready for his trip and just hanging out.

The real fun began in the late afternoon, when we started getting Carson and Kaila dressed. 

Yes, Kaila. 

Carson was Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween, and we made Kaila dress as the wolf who dressed as the grandmother from the story.  She really was a good sport about the whole thing.

What big eyes you have!

After Carson's first photo session, we headed outside to take a few more. 

Our neighbors saw us outside and started coming out to share some candy with her (which really meant Brandon & I started collecting candy, since Carson can't eat it :) Score!)  They were so sweet, and Carson thoroughly enjoyed sorting through their bowls of candy, making piles, putting it in her basket and then putting it back, etc.

We ended up just staying out in the cul-de-sac as trick-or-treaters arrived, chatting and passing out candy.  It really was a great time--mellow and close to home, which is just what our sick girl needed--and Carson enjoyed looking at the other costumes and meeting new people.

Finally, it was dinnertime, and we headed inside for some food and rest. She crashed hard and fast on Halloween night.  Being so cute has GOT to be exhausting!

And here's a slideshow with all the pics!