Halloween Pictures

Here are some Halloween pics finally!

We went trick-or-treating at the mall the night before Halloween. This is Landon with his friend- Woody and Buzz!

 My cowboy and cowgirl!

 Landon giving me a cheesy smile in front of his pumpkins!

Halloween 2011

I'm finally getting around to putting up a Halloween post only to disappoint with no Halloween pictures. Cameras were forgotten, disposable ones were bought and it will be another ten years before I get around to developing the film. Other than the camera issue Halloween went fairly well. Landon was the cutest Woody and Tinkerbell made a rather cute cow. Landon called it quits with trick-or-treating after about ten houses. He wanted to go home and sleep. He was so tuckered out that he forgot all about his Halloween candy until the next afternoon. I usually love Halloween because it's the one day of the year when I can find a little joy in Landon's milk allergy. Maybe joy is the wrong word. I never find joy in Landon having a milk allergy, but Halloween candy that contains milk is a big perk that I get from his allergy. I am able to indulge in some chocolate after dealing with his allergy all year long. This year Landon didn't allow me to have the option of having chocolate candy. Any time someone handed him a piece of chocolate he would tell the person, "no that has milk in it" and then he would take the candy out of his bucket and hand it back to the person or push the person's hand away before they could place the candy into his bucket. A few times I was a little embarrassed by this, but most people didn't seem to mind having their hands pushed away. They laughed about it and were impressed that Landon knew the difference between the candy with milk and the milk free candy. All of the time that I spend educating Landon on his allergy has really paid off. It was nice seeing this first hand on Halloween. Every time we go to the grocery store I point out different types of food that Landon can and can not have. I educate him on the dangers that milk poses to his body. Let's face it, Landon is safer sitting next to a pit bull than he is sitting next to a glass of milk. It is so important that Landon understands this and it was so rewarding to see it pay off on Halloween night, even if it meant less candy for Mommy! 

I was able to get a few photos of Landon trick-or-treating at the mall the night before Halloween, but forgot the camera card. I don't think I'm meant to share Halloween pictures of any kind! I'll post this and work on getting some pictures from that night up soon.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to everyone! 

I will get a Halloween post up as soon as possible with the most adorable Woody that you have ever laid eyes on.

T-I-Double Guh- Err!

Landon came across his second Halloween costume and insisted on putting it on. He didn't care that it was a size 18 months and that he currently wears a 3T- 4T. He squeezed himself into it and bounced around the house for several days as Tigger. 

                       

Trick-or-treating fun!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Landon was able to walk around collecting candy into his hunny pot basket (yes, I realize honey is spelled wrong, but that is how Pooh spells it!). Landon dressed as Tigger for Halloween. When Kevin and I took him to Toys 'R' Us for his costume I had originally put him in a Winnie the Pooh costume. Landon made the cutest little Pooh Bear, but Tigger is his favorite so we went with the Tigger costume. He made the cutest little Tigger as well. I loved the fact that Landon had a say in what he wore this year. Last year Landon was too little to pick out his own costume or to walk around and so it really felt like this year was his first "real" Halloween. The day before Halloween we took Landon to go trick-or-treating around the mall. He had a blast running from store to store. Most stores were handing out lollipops so Landon was able to enjoy his first lollipop. Since Landon is allergic to milk the lollipops were all that he could eat. I sure had my fill of chocolate these past couple of days!

Eating his lollipop

Trick-or-treating at the mallTigger from behindOf course, no visit to the mall is complete without a carousel ride.

Halloween day was so hot and I was afraid that Landon was going to roast in his costume. You know you live in FL when you can go around in a sleeveless romper on Halloween and still be hot!

My mom and I carved Landon pumpkins. I carved a Winnie the Pooh pumpkin and my mom carved a Tigger pumpkin. Landon loved his pumpkins.

Landon waving to his pumpkinsGiving his Pooh pumpkin a kiss!

Luckily, Landon tolerated the heat well and wore his costume all night long. We started Halloween night off by making a stop at Tropical Smoothie. They were giving free kids smoothies out to children dressed in costume. They were even able to make Landon a strawberry and banana smoothie without the use of yogurt. He absolutely loved it! It also happened to be happy hour at Tropical Smoothie so my mom bought me one as well. I had my first smoothie (I'm not a fan of fruit because I am allergic to most of it) and it was really good. I ordered one with oranges and limes. Needless to say we will be making more stops to Tropical Smoothie in the near future.

Tigger waiting on his smoothie

After we all got our fill on smoothies we headed out for some trick-or-treating fun. Landon fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep for the first portion of trick-or-treating. Alex decided he was tired of watching Landon sleep so he picked him up to wake him. It worked and then we were able to properly trick-or-treat. I felt a little weird going up to the houses trick-or-treating for Landon as he slept so I was glad that he was woken up. Landon had so much fun going from house to house. He especially loved looking at all of the Halloween decorations that people had up. After we finished up trick-or-treating we brought a very tired Tigger home and tried to get pictures of him in costume in front of him pumpkins. It didn't work out as planned. Tigger was far too hot and tired for any pictures. Who could blame him though, it was insanely hot out and it was past his bedtime. All in all, it was a good night and I am already thinking about his costume for next year!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

The other night we took Landon to a pumpkin patch. We took him to the same one that we went to last year. It just amazed me how much Landon has grown and changed. Especially when I saw him on the same props as last year and compared the pictures. Unfortunately, Landon wanted nothing to do with pictures this year. He was too excited to stop for a single moment for a good picture. He had a blast at the pumpkin patch. He especially loved the wagon ride and a rocking horse that they had there.

Amazed by how big the pumpkin is

Trying to pick up the pumkin

Landon would never try to push a wagon filled with pumpkins and break the wheel. Nope, not my boy!

Landon loved the pumpkin carriage

Riding on the tractor

Landon even picked out his own little pumpkin.

He couldn't wait to show it to me!

I carved Landon's pumpkin last night. Of course, it is a Winnie the Pooh pumpkin. It was hard to carve with a little one pulling at my arms and legs the whole time, but overall I think that it turned out pretty well. My mom is carving a Tigger pumpkin for Landon today. I can't wait to see how that one turns out. Later on this evening we will be taking our own Tigger out trick-or-treating. I will make sure to get those pictures up as soon as possible. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Fun

The computer had been broken for a few weeks, but all is fixed now. We took Landon down to Keystone for a few days for Halloween and to visit with Kevin's parents. We carved pumpkins and took him trick-or-treating. Landon was a monkey and Tinkerbell was a banana...it was the cutest thing! We walked around Keystone and everyone loved him...how could you not?! Landon got us a lot of candy! We also ran in to some old friends which was nice and of course no visit to Keystone is complete without a trip to Johnny's! Last week Landon had his first tooth break through his gum line. He has not been as fussy as I was expecting him to be. It does not seem to bother him that much. He is also sitting up on his own, no longer balancing himself on his hands. He is getting so big and growing up too quickly. He'll be 6 months old in just two days! Landon has his 6 month check up next week so I will be posting new updates then.