Vincent being the little gassy guy he is, went as a Whoopie Cushion.

We had a late start to the evening due to Vince’s projectile presents (vomit) moments before we were to leave, which prompted a bath.  After a stop to show off the costumes to Grandma, we ended up at a friend’s house in Los Alamitos for a neighborhood Bug-A-Boo mini carnival.

There Dominic was able to walk the neighborhood and entertain all the adults who LOVED his costume.  He was enjoying it and would dance, especially when I’d play Elvis music on my phone for him.

Having two kids to manage on Halloween is pretty tiring and one of them isn’t MOBILE yet!  I can’t wait until next year when Vince is walking around (with Dominic running away) and then the subsequent years when they’re both running away from us while we go trick or treating.

Hopefully next year we’ll get some coordination with their costumes and maybe a return for Lori and I to dress up again though it’ll be hard to top Dog and Beth!

Halloween is ok but I’m REALLY excited for Christmas!

More photos here

It started on (Black) Friday of last week with me pulling out the decorations from the (meth)shed and I strung up lights on the outside of the house while lori hung up some inside decorations.

Saturday we hung our lighted fake pine garland on the wall opposite our TV. Tuesday came and I had heard about the awesome clearance discounts at Lowes on all holiday decorations including the expensive fake trees. I know, I know, first a neti pot and now a fake tree. Believe me when I say I LOVE real pine trees, in fact when we lived in Idaho we used to go to our neighbor’s house and pick a tree from his forrest!

Lori and I had considered getting a fake tree with now having Dominic (and eventually having another). We figured with him running around next year it’d be better not having to deal with the pine needles, watering, drying out, fire hazard and the other down side of having a sort of live tree in your house. I have to say after seeing the tree decorated and light up (oh yeah it’s pre light!!!) it looks very nice and always so perfect. The only drawback is that it doesn’t smell. So in honor of that I put a 3-pack of little trees air freshener on the tree as an ornament.

Here’s a time lapse video that boils down the hour it took us to assemble and decorate the tree into 2:30.

I am so looking forward to celebrating the Holiday as a newly extended family this year!

Tonight was out first Halloween with Dominic.  Though he had no idea what was going on and he also wasn’t feeling 100% well, he did great dressed as Chewbacca!  We trick or treated in Los Alamitos, where our Bug-A-Boo was being held.  It was a fun event and we had a blast, the Platt’s really know how to have a fun time.  We really look forward to next year when he can toddle around!

Here are a few photos from Pa’s Pumpkin Patch in Long Beach.  He didn’t last very long there (also not feeling well) but he hung in long enough for a few cute photos.