Pumpkin carving, Trunk or Treat and Halloween!

Kemper was very excited to carve pumpkins this year and even more excited when Mommy came home with 3 HUGE pumpkins!!  Daddy wasn't so happy when we started carving and found that the pumpkin walls were incredibly thick!

Hudson even got in on the action!

Scooping out the guts.

Happy Hudson!  He enjoyed watching the process.

Kemper designed his pumpkin this year all by himself.  He was VERY particular about it and wanted to make sure that I drew it on the pumpkin EXACTLY as he had sketched out for me.

Trying REALLY hard to carve it himself!

The finished product (thanks to Daddy's help!) - Batman symbols for the ears, circles for the eyes and a SCARY mouth!

That afternoon, James's Squadron hosted a Trunk or Treat so we packed up our Dynamic Duo and headed out despite the chilly start!

Kemper had a blast!  There were lots of fun activities and plenty of trunks full of candy!

Robin hitched a ride with me after the location proved too difficult for the Batmobile to navigate.  

Daddy with Batman and Robin

Kemper played pin the mouth on the jack o lantern...

Dart balloon toss....

Cornhole...

And a cake walk!  (He won cupcakes!) 

Family photo at the Squadron Trunk or Treat

Daddy and Robin

Isn't he a cutie!?

On Halloween, the Schmidts and Liesens came over to trick or treat with us!  We had a motor cross racer, 2 Batmans, a Robin, a cowboy and a giraffe!  Ever since we moved to Tennessee, we've had Casey and Joey come over to trick or treat and then have dinner while we hand out candy.  We sure did miss the Hitchcocks this Halloween but were happy to continue our tradition with friends!  

I made sure to take photos of Hudson in the lion costume Kemper wore for his first Halloween but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a Robin with Kemper's Batman!

Hudson and his girlfriend, Harper

Ready to trick or treat....we had to convince Hudson not to eat the Batmobile.

So, I thought maybe carrying him would be easier.

But, a fussy, hungry baby on a chilly night ends up eating dinner at the front door while Daddy hands out candy and big brother trick or treats!

All in all, I'd say he had a pretty great first Halloween!