halloween night 2

now for the best part: the trick or treating!

is he brave enough to handle the scary house?  oh you bet he is!

getting in there, making sure he gets some good candy!

you cant tell, but he is grinning from ear to ear in there!

organizing his loot at the end of the night!  now that's quite a haul!

halloween night 1

we had gotten to the high school event a few minutes early.  well, ledger certainly couldn't sit still for 5 minutes, so this is what trouble he found to keep him occupied!

all costumed up, he is ready for the festivities to begin!

chatting it up with some of the other kids at the event.

costume/parade

looking nice and spooky, kid!

watch out for the ol' ghost in a box!

halloween day his school always has a costume parade so the kids can show off their costumes for the year.  he was the only 'classic' ghost in his whole school!

now that's a handsome lil' ghostie!

carving the pumpkins

gettin them guts out!

not very happy about how gross that was...

drawing the face on his pumpkin before the carving.

he was very pleased with how they turned out!

'about me' poster

ledger made a special 'about me' poster for his first grade class.

gene the pumpkin man

they have a giant pumpkin that you can go in and play inside of- a ledger favorite!

yelling 'hey cows!' to all the cattle in the field next door.

our goofy pumpkin head!

he was delighted to be among all the halloween gourds!

he brought his cart around looking for just the right one!

he's now over 4 feet tall- what a big boy!

with ledger wandering the rows and rows of pumpkins looking for just the right one, diana and steal a minute or two for us to enjoy the afternoon together!

ledger really wanted to get a picture with gene this year!

jump and roll

playing around with the other kids.

playing a game lead by the trainers.

trying the balance beam!

he loved it so much!

the orchard with papa

his eyes were about as wide as humanly possible as he stared at his donut!

a happy boy and papa!

silly faces!

now that's a big chair!

so spooky!

hangin' out with papa for a little bit after we get back.

dads and donuts

chow down, little guy!

pleased about the yummy delight he is about to eat!

picking our book for this year!

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our lil tree climber!

putting up his halloween decor.  we got him some window clingers that he wanted to put on his mirror.

trying on a silly mask at the store!

getting cozy on top of the bottle returns...

our old rocking chair, the one that we would always rock him to sleep it, finally gave out.  goodbye, old chair!

going to see a movie with daddy!

showing off his drawings to auntie barbara.

halloween decor

ledger having some fun with the ghosty!

we had gotten a beanbag toss game that we hung up and had a great time playing!

our lil' ghosty was having so much fun that he needed to rehydrate to finish all the decorating!

moonlight jack

we all know the legend, of course, but here's a retelling of it for those of you who may have forgotten.
once upon a time there was a silly and joyful man named jack.  he loved the fall, everything about it- the cool breeze, the changing leaves, and the pumpkins.  one night, as he was working late in the fields of his pumpkin farm, he looked up to see the full moon shining down on him, lighting the crop so he could see in the dark evening.  the joy of the season, the excitement for the holiday, and the beauty of the moon struck jack on that magical night.  he was so pleased about the fresh crop of pumpkins and all the beauty of the season, that he made a promise: he would make sure he welcomed in the halloween season for all time!  that night the moon made a special halloween spirit and put it in one of the most beautiful pumpkins in his patch.  she then took that pumpkin up to keep, sending it back to earth each october to ring in the new halloween season!
to this day, when jack shows up, that means it's time to get the decorations up and start the halloween celebrations!