Happy Halloween!

Brendan was thrilled Tuesday morning that Halloween was finally here. He'd been waiting a long time. Case in point: He's been wearing his Spiderman costume, which he first asked for last summer, nearly every night since Grammy bought it for him two weeks ago. He'd wear it more if we let him.

Brendan and Ryan clean out the first pumpkin. They both did a great job, even Ryan who enjoyed dumping the seeds into the bucket.

Brendan shows off our carved creations, plus one pumpkin that he decorated with markers.

Monday night we spent an hour carving pumpkins. This activity is still a little frustrating for Brendan, who isn't quite old enough to carve. But he enjoyed scraping the pumpkin guts and drawing on his own pumpkin from school.

Halloween morning, Brendan was eager to throw on his muscle-enhanced Spiderman costume, which he wore to school for the annual Halloween Parade, in which employees in the Wayne County building (where KidSpace is) hand out candy to all of the kids. The parade is followed by a class party. Brendan brought ghost- and pumpkin-shaped cookies that he and Grammy made during her visit.

Brendan gives us a Spiderman pose. He LOVED being a superhero.

Ryan was fascinated by all of the costumes and looked adorable dressed as a pumpkin.

Our lil pumpkin checks out his trick-or-treating stash.

Halloween evening, we made it home in time to get in a little trick-or-treating. Ryan only visited a few houses, as he needed to get to bed. Brendan joined the neighbors -- Morgan, Austin, and Karlyn -- to make the rounds. They were out for 90 minutes! Needless to say, Brendan was worn out (and cold) by the time they returned.

The boys trick-or-treat with the neighbors. From left: Karlyn, Ryan, Morgan, Spiderman (er, uh, Brendan), and Austin.