Happy 5th Birthday Zack!

Zack is 5 years old today! We've been celebrating his birthday for almost a week now! First we had a party with some pals from our playgroup. It was Mickey Mouse themed since Zack & Mickey share a birthday.
At one point or another, Zack said he wanted a football cake, so I made one in the shape of a helmet for the family party.

This morning I blew up a bunch of balloons and piled them on him while he was sleeping.

And then we celebrated with his classmates today and when daddy gets home, we'll go out for a birthday dinner (betcha pizza is involved).

We love you!

Tricks & Treats!

Trick or Treat Night, Friday, October 31, 2008

Emily age 3 & Zack age 4 Emily GAVE away candy!
and she got plenty!

Zack is proud of his Jack O'lantern, it's the pumpkin he picked out of Uncle Joe's garden, he was trying to get passersby to stop and take a look.

Halloween 2008 ~ Zack's Costume Review

At one point Zack told me he wanted to be a superhero for Halloween, so I was happy to find an Incredibles costume on Ebay for a steal. Everyone at the Trail of Treats event got a kick out of his mustache (pronounced moose-stash by Zack). Mr. Incredible also went to the Scrapper's Field trick or treating event. He wore this train conductor outfit to our first Halloween event of the year and it ended up being the outfit he wore trick or treating, to the library and to school. I had bought those overalls just hours before so this was a total spur of the moment costume!

He had also mentioned fireman and firetrucks are one of his current interests so I'm really surprised he didn't wear this more often (turns out the pants were to big).
I already posted a picture of him at Borders Bookstore in his UPS costume from last year.

For Christmas last year, Uncle Kirk & Aunt Meghan made Zack his very own Super Zack cape so I covered the I on the Incredibles costume with a Z that matched his cape.

Halloween 2008 ~ Emily's Costume Review

We kicked off the Halloween season with a party at a friends house. I couldn't get Emily to put on her costume or anything in her dress up box but she agreed to the Steeler Cheerleader dress.

She wore a set of fairy wings to the library, mall and Zack's school program.

The cat outfit was worn to Borders, dance class and trick or treating at Scrappers Field, Deerasic Park, the nursing home and around the neighborhood.

Finally, Emily wore her Shirley Temple dress to Uncle Kirk's & Aunt Meghan's party.

Pumpkins!

Uncle Joey grew pumpkins in his garden this year. He invited his nieces and nephews over to each pick one out. His square watermelon turned out cute so maybe we can talk him into square pumpkins for next year! This is at the pumpkin patch we go to every year, we thought this one looked like a butt! We also visited a pumpkin patch with Zack's class but it was such a rainy day there aren't any great photos.

Our Jack O'Lanterns!