Halloween and Too Much Candy

Here are some pictures of our Halloween festivities. We really are not very enthusiastic Halloween people, so Peter is the only member of the family that dressed up.

Peter and Scott posing before pumpkin carving.

At first Peter tried eating the seeds. Then, he discovered the joy of throwing them all over the kitchen floor. Later when Scott and I were carving the pumpkins, he grabbed the garbage can and dumped it onto the tile-pumpkin guts and all of our regular trash. Lovely.

The finished products!

Peter and I at the ward carnival/trunk-or-treat activity. Every time he got a piece of candy from someone, he got mad that I made him put it in his bag. He just wanted to stuff his mouth at every stop.

Have you ever tried capturing an almost 2 year old pirate for pictures? Be ready for a challenge! This pirate was only interested in helping me press every button on the camera.
This is a common sight at our house. Peter loves to put blankets, pants-really any piece of clothing-on his head and walk around giggling. He thinks he is quite the comedian.
What a goof ball.
My sweet little 'Peter Pumpkin Eater' in his festive shirt.

Scott and I did learn an important Halloween lesson this year-the HARD WAY! We let Peter overindulge at the ward party which was the night before Halloween. As I went to cover him up last night, I smelled his room and thought, "yuck, that kid has bad gas tonight; he is definitely his father's son." (a lot of the men in Scott's family have a notorious reputation for this unfortunately) Then this morning, Scott grabbed Peter from his crib and discovered brown crusties all over Peter's sheets, blankets, and pajamas. We finally decided that he had exploded out of his diaper sometime in the early morning and slept in his gunk for about two or so hours. YUCK!!! This was not just a spot of poop; it covered a good third to half of his crib mattress. I cannot believe that he did not wake up and cry for us when it happened. Of course the diaper almost looked spotless. I am still trying to figure out how kids can have explosive diapers with little or no evidence left inside the diaper, but plenty of evidence outside. Needless to say, he did not have one bit of candy today; just plenty of bread and bananas. Okay, I admit that he did sneak a couple of pieces while the trick-or-treaters were distracting us. I think we will be rationing sweets just a bit better in the future. Better luck next year!