Halloween 2010

We got lucky this past Halloween. Not only did Emry arrive in time, but so did Tutu and Papa Phillips from AZ.

Tutu brought a haunted gingerbread house kit, which she and Pearce put together.

Pearce's tombstones for the front of the house. Most kids wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of eating before installation, but not Pearce. He's too obedient and concerned about following instructions. Plus he knew he could wolf them down later.

The yummiest haunted house ever!

Pearce picked a ghost pattern for his pumpkin. He did it all himself.

OK. Not really.

Pearce picked a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume for Halloween.

He suffered a mild case of buyer's remorse in the days leading up to Halloween because he's actually not that into TMNT. When we scanned the catalog in September, though, he was knee-deep in a TMNT phase after Eric picked up their latest movie in Saigon. His phases usually last two weeks. He rotates back to his favorites, though. Spiderman, Star Wars, and Batman are probably his most common and enduring.

Once he was in costume, though, he had no regrets. Besides, the costume got the job done, helping him secure more candy than he'll eat in five years. Here he's scoring at Trick or Trunk at our church building (Makakilo Stake Center).

Pearce with Spider-Kaleb. Pearce was Spiderman the year before.

Pearce and Max dueling with their respective weapons.

Papa came just in time to hand out candy. As you can see, we didn't really provide a trunk from which to dish out the goodies. A bit sad, considering that most in our ward had fully-functional haunted trunks, with special effect crews, music and fog machines. Oh well. Papa is cooler than any of their trunks anyway.


Round 2: regular old house to house.

Pearce pleased with round 2 of his candy collection.

In truth, he ended up eating less than half of this (not to mention the mounds during later rounds). Don't get me wrong, Pearce likes Candy. But he's the only 4-year-old I've ever met who will stop half-way through a cookie and proclaim that he's had enough. It's more about the anticipation for him than the actual payoff. He'd rather be playing guys.

Tutu, Eric and Emry watching

Uncle Heber and Auntie Olya came over to wish us a Happy Halloween. Uncle Heber is Pearce's second-favorite playmate (after his dad). They'll go at it for hours.

Emry with Auntie Olya. From her facial expression, it's obvious she likes what she sees. We anticipate many more years of these two hanging out.

Unfortunately, Emry was too small to fit into her First Halloween costume at just 12 days old. I tried it on her three months later and, by then, it was too small...

...but still cute. Pearce put on his Batman costume and pretended she was Cat Woman.

Papa and Tutu's last picture with the kids before they left to go back to Arizona. Oh, and this is when Emry peed on Papa!

We ended the nights festivities with a slice of my homemade pumpkin pie.