Happy Halloween!!

It has been one crazy week around here with WAY too much candy involved.  Carson was sick last weekend which caused us to be seriously sleep deprived all week, combined with numerous sugar rushes in preparation for Halloween led to some fun times.  Like this for example; yes, three can fit on a plasma car:

Ryan though this would be a better costume for baby Carson.  Could you imagine if they walked up to someone's house like that?  
And here we are today, at Halloween.  We started the day off with some spooky spider pancakes:
And after breakfast, we had to clear a few leaves so trick or treaters knew that we actually had a sidewalk.  I realize Carson looks like some creepy character in a wacked out Dr. Seuss book but hey - we were going for warmth while he was still in his pajamas! 

Yes, it is true.  There really is a sidewalk under there.  Michael doing his part with his leaf blower too.....
Carson is officially crawling now and pulling up on everything.  He's happiest when he's standing.....and yes, he's still in his pajamas.
Since Michael was going to be a pirate for Halloween, we decided we needed a pirate pumpkin.  How awesome is this pumpkin?!?  Ryan did an awesome job!  

After naps, it was time to get dressed up and go to the neighbors for a pre-trick-or-treating BBQ.  Carson was happy to be a Spider.  He loved it actually.  Lots of giggling ensued with that boy.

Then there's Pirate Michael.  Anyone who is familiar with my son knows that for the past several months, he's obsessed over pirates.  Apparently, that all came to a screeching halt when the costume arrived.  We've tried 3 times in the past week to get him dressed up for school or parties or what not and he FLIPPED out.  So what happened today?  He FLIPPED out.  I had a premonition we'd need a back up idea so we came up with a Cowboy outfit in about 5 minutes. He was SOOOO excited and beyond thrilled and the tantrum came to an immediate halt.  He was cute and he knew it.  He worked it all up and down the streets and came home with more candy than we could ever eat.  His pirate costume was cute but this little Marlboro Man stole the show.  Seriously - cutest cowboy ever.