Introducing...Yoda!
Evan dressed up as Yoda this year for Halloween. We practiced wearing the "hat" all week so he'd be used to it. We even got out our pumpkin buckets and practiced trick-or-treating around the house, with little cars, puzzle pieces, etc. It all was worth it! 
He was ready to go after seeing the children trick-or-treat at our house...
On our way!
Evan's first house was a nice neighbor of ours who is a pediatric nurse. 
She was all dressed up and had scary music and lots of lit pumpkins on her driveway. Evan was taken aback at first and was scared and shy. But when she gave him a piece of candy in his pumpkin bucket and it made noise, he began to like this trick-or-treating thing!
We ventured around the square to select townhomes and Evan got more and more used to walking up the sidewalks, ringing the doorbells, and looking at the pumpkins. 
The neighbors would hand a piece of candy to Evan and he would put it in his pumpkin and wave bye-bye! He even told one pumpkin bye! 
Yoda was a hit! Everyone thought he was adorable. Well, of course! 
The neighbors would hand a piece of candy to Evan and he would put it in his pumpkin and wave bye-bye! He even told one pumpkin bye! Yoda was a hit! Everyone thought he was adorable. Well, of course! After Evan's bucket was getting quite full (and Mommy & Daddy were tired), we headed back home. We set up camp in our driveway (something a lot of the people did in our neighborhood - very social!). 
Yoda handed out candy to the kids walking by. It was really cute! Our old neighbors from the apartments live in our townhome neighborhood now too, so we were talking with her. Evan gave the kids so much candy when we were talking! He would give one piece at a time and kept coming back for more. It was great! Yoda really likes Halloween!
Yoda is contemplating something...perhaps chocolate?!Yoda handed out candy to the kids walking by. It was really cute! Our old neighbors from the apartments live in our townhome neighborhood now too, so we were talking with her. Evan gave the kids so much candy when we were talking! He would give one piece at a time and kept coming back for more. It was great! Yoda really likes Halloween!
After we came inside, we relaxed a bit. Evan got to eat his first chocolate. "Yum!" He was a bit wired afterwards and played with Daddy...
And Daisy...
All in all we had a great time trick-or-treating tonight. Evan's, oh, I mean Yoda's Mommy and Daddy were really proud of how well he did! He's such a good boy!
Onto the Pumpkin Patch! We took a hayride to the fields and Evan wasn't too thrilled to be sitting on scratchy hay. Eventually he relaxed a bit and enjoyed the ride. Once we got to the pumpkin patch, Evan was off! He went running to every pumpkin and tried to lift them, no matter how large...
Exploring the patch... 
Here is Evan hugging and cuddling on a pumpkin. He was tired as he didn't have his nap yet that day. He does this to pillows at home when he's sleepy. 
Ooooh, I found one just my size...
What did Daddy find? Evan got a close-up view of Daddy shucking the corn. 
Wow! This corn is tall! (Again, we love this expression!) 
Weee!
Evan kept wanting to go on the slide again but he didn't want to wait in line. He tried to cut in line multiple times, but his Mommy and Daddy wouldn't let him. So to distract him, we went to the pumpkin chucker and saw pumpkins being shot out of a cannon at a old car and bullseye. One got close and splattered over everything! Evan loves to sit on our shoulders and now he thinks it's fun to lean back...
Checking out the pumpkin cannon. (Look where Evan is holding on - Daddy's ears, again!)
Butler's Orchard has a lot of things for little ones to play with and in. Here is Evan walking through a huge pipe. He kept going back and forth and back and forth...
They also have a "petting zoo" for the children. Evan saw the 3 little pigs (sleeping here). One of them awoke and came to the fence for some petting. Evan touched the pig and thought it was funny. 
He saw some chickens and hens (but no petting those guys - they'd peck his fingers off!). So we waved "hi" to them instead! Evan saw some sheep (aka "babas") also. Finally, he got to see two goats up close. How cute is this picture?!
More to come later...we took a hayride to the pumpkin fields to pick out our perfect pumpkins! Check back soon!
We got camera happy last night after work and took some fun, cute, and silly pictures. In this picture, I asked Evan, "Where is your spoon? Can you show me your spoon?" Somedays his spoon is like a security blanket.
Someone was getting hungry. Evan does this when he's hungry or tired...
Mommy got to snuggle with Evan... 
He loves these green boots his Aunt Susan gave him. That with his Elmo hat on backwards and he was ready to go! He really wanted to listen to "Melmo" on the stereo, but we stood our ground and kept the Jazz CD playing. Evan really likes Jazz as well. He'll move his body and groove to the beat. It's really adorable!
Gotta sit down to adjust my boots...
Yah, boots!
Taking a piggy-back ride with Daddy...notice where he holds on! Daddy could not see! 
There we go! We taught Evan to hold onto Daddy's ears for the rides. It was cracking me up!
Daddy was carrying Evan's boots up the stairs when it was time for bed. He REALLY wanted his boots and wasn't interested in bedtime!
