Halloween Day

Today was a lot of fun. This year Ryan really understood what Halloween was all about and he got the concept of Trick-or-Treating for the first time. That made Halloween very enjoyable for us. Our day was pretty low-key in the morning but we did plenty in the afternoon and evening to make up for our slow start. At around 1:00 I got the boys dressed up in their "Chinese Men" costumes and took them up to Colin's work to Trick-or-Treat around the office. It is amazing to see how much the firm has grown here. I remember Ryan's first year going up to the office. He was only 2 months old and it was a very small celebration. Last year was busier and this year I could hardly get a parking spot! There are so many more people. I love taking the boys up to the office though because it is so fun to see all of the other adorable costumes. Some of the adults had quite amazing costumes this year as well. Ryan always wants to go visit dad at work because we'll do that occasionally so he was super excited when I told him that we'd get to go on Halloween day. Here are our photos from the morning and afternoon of Halloween.

Evan and Ryan dressed up in their beautiful Chinese costumes.

These costumes are authentic apparel from China.

Grandpa Bruce brought Ryan's over a while back and Aunt Brooke gave us Evans for Christmas last year when I was pregnant. How perfect that they both fit on Halloween!

This is the boys before driving up to Colin's work. Wide awake and excited to go see Daddy at work!

And this is them upon arrival, both asleep!

All four of us at Colin's work area. Ryan wouldn't take the sucker out of his mouth for the picture but oh well, it is Halloween right?

E & Me


Another family shot.



This is Colin taking the boys around the office Trick-or-Treating. He was awesome and helped Ryan say "trick or treat" and "thank you" to each of the cubicle pods.

Notice his Super-Daddy-ness in the last photo; wrangling a wiggly Evan while assisting Ryan with his candy bag.

Colin's co-worker Chen loves Evan!

Evan playing on the floor of Daddy's office.

Ryan getting an early start on candy consumption

Ryan was being "shy" when we first got there because, as you will remember, he fell asleep on the way up. He actually only fell asleep about 10 minutes away so he was a bit on the groggy side which means that the whole way to Grandma's house he was a bit on the cranky side.

Daddy and Evan

Daddy and Ryan

Mommy and Evan