Halloween Adventures

I'm not going to lie, last Halloween was insanely dull. Rich studied all night while I laid around on my newly pregnant stomach, sick and miserable. We didn't dress up, we didn't go out, and we didn't even have any trick-or-treaters come to the door. Boring, boring, boring.
This year was much better, although we still didn't have any trick-or-treaters. But that's alright, we didn't have any candy to pass out this year, anyway! Instead, we stayed in and had a game night with some friends.
We also carved pumpkins:

Rich's pumpkin. When I asked him why he decided to do Jack, he said, "Because he's the pumpkin king. Duh." Of course, how silly of me!

Sage's pumpkin. He didn't actually carve it, of course, but we dedicated it to him. That's a pacifier in it's mouth, in case you couldn't tell. Mine is slightly visible behind his...I was carving a really cool bat, but I didn't have a chance to finish it, so it kinda wilted on me.

We made roasted pumpkin seeds, which turned out to be a pretty big hit.

We had a monster hat from another outfit and a Halloween shirt for Sage. The little stinker didn't want to keep his hat on at first.

Sage is almost 5 months old now. He is daddy's little buddy. Rich can make him giggle so hard, just by making faces at him. It's very fun to see them interact! Sage is pretty much sitting up by himself, very smiley, still loves peekaboo, and is so wiggly it's hard to get a non-blurry picture. He has tried cereal and peas, and loved them at first. Now he's bored with them, and just wants to munch on the spoon. He loves eating his toes and dancing, too!

We hadn't planned on dressing up, as we weren't going anywhere and both had a ton of studying to do. But last minute I felt bad that Sage didn't have a costume for his first Halloween (not that he cares), so I found an old shirt and whipped up a hat (based on the movie How to Train Your Dragon) for him to wear. He didn't want his picture taken, so I kept getting blurry and grumpy-looking pictures.

The ears on the hat are stuffed, so they're rather floppy. They're pointier than they look in this picture. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, especially since it's my first time working with a really thin, stretchy fabric.

But I did manage to get a semi-decent one, although the previous picture is a better view of his hat.

Well, that's our Halloween story! We all hope everyone had a safe, happy Halloween!