Halloween - Boo!

Little Sharky

Yes, I know this is very late and we've gotten several complaints since none of the family was able to hang out with Evan for the special day (damn Phillies and their parade). Just kidding! hehe It was such a fun Halloween weekend. Actually, it all officially started the weekend before when Mike took Evan to "Creep in the Deep" at the aquarium and we went to a pumpkin patch/hayride place (pics coming soon)... Then Wednesday night we carved a jack-o-lantern and toasted the pumpkin seeds. Friday we went trick-or-treating on our street. The next day, we walked to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants that was celebrating Day of the Dead. Mike and I drank margaritas next to skull offerings while Evan ate pumpkin bisque, tilapia and then flourless chocolate cake with banana stuff on it. Then Sunday we went to a party at Mark & Danielle Daly's, which was completely decked out for Halloween. We really took advantage of the holiday. Here are some trick-or-treating pics...

Mike and I dressed up as lifeguards, notice the "suntan lotion" on our noses. That's toothpaste. Our costumes were completely free this year. Evan's was borrowed from his cousin Jack who was a shark last year. We're going to have to get it professionally drycleaned because now it's smeared with chocolate. So I guess it wasn't completely free...


Evan really took his time picking out the most perfect piece of candy from each of the bowls. He's like his dad in that way...




Evan's carrying a Halloween flashlight from Mima's goody bag. He loves that flashlight so much that he fell asleep with it one night.



The sharky hiney was the cutest part. After we got home, we sat on the porch with our neighbors and passed out candy. We kept asking Evan to shake his tail and he did. So damn funny. Then Mike starting lighting fireworks on the porch steps. I took that as a cue to bring Evan up to his bed.



This guy was dressed up entirely in post-it notes.



What the?! This is why we can never move from this neighborhood.



More monsters...


the grim reaper display was back again at the end of the street.


Chocolate soooo gooooood. Sharky takes after is Mama and Dada.

At the Pumpkin Patch

This is from the Sunday before Halloween. The day before Mike took Evan out while I had a spa/shopping day (it was soooo nice- I had this amazing full body massage then went shopping downtown on Walnut st.) Anyway, we spent the whole day in Media at this farm place and had a blast. Afterward, we went to dinner at a random restaurant in the town and ran into one of Mike's friends. I'm not saying any more. These pictures pretty much speak for themselves.

One more thing... this is the sweatshirt that Evan's Aunt Kelly gave him last Halloween. It still fits!












This just about sums it up. Boo!

Some Florida stuff

These are from early July. I forgot to post stuff from our 2 week Florida trip.

But first, here's Evan with a stuffed bear at Wilderness Lodge. Grrrrrr


The first week of our trip took place at Disney's Yacht Club hotel. It was a beautiful hotel with an awesome pool with a pirate ship waterslide. Plus it was right on the Disney Boardwalk and a 1 minute walk from Epcot. This was my 8th trip to Disney and I have NEVER stayed in a hotel like this. My parents had always gotten a little hotel room somewhere in Kissimmee. Not that it ever mattered, because we'd only spend of total of 10 minutes in the hotel room anyway. We always opened and closed the parks. However, things are different now with our Evan. We spend a lot more time in hotels with naps, meals, etc.

Evan was very sick and feverish the first few days. He then passed his illness to me and Mike. As you can see here, he's not too excited by the "breakfast with the characters". He fell asleep after this. Poor little guy.


We had adjoining rooms with my mom and our view overlooked the boardwalk. One day Evan shut the adjoining door and was locked in my mom's room while my mom was packing his diaper bag in our room! My mom also had the security latch on her front door, so someone had to be called up to let him out. He thankfully was fine... Here he is rocking out with a pink headband!


And poolside!



One night my mom, Evan and I had drinks at the bar while waiting for Mike to come back from work.


Daddy's home - yay! Let's not tell him about the hotel room incident.


Now time to look so cool.


We spent a lot of time in Disney Village since it was free. Here's Evan with Donald & Daisy.


I entered a hula hoop contest and the kiddies kicked my butt. Evan was so embarrassed.



Godiva was always giving out chocolate samples, so we all had some of those and Evan fell in love with "Skully", or so we call him. It's a skull on a stick that lights up and spins when you push a button. It helped keep Evan occupied on the later nights... Until Skully dropped and stopped lighting up. Damn cheapo toys.


Chocolate good.


Here's Evan and I lounging on chairs on the Boardwalk Hotel.


Now we're on a boat to Wilderness Lodge to see the Hoop De Doo Review (a dinner show). The wilderness island thing is pretty cool. It's only a 10 minute boat ride from the Magic Kingdom. People can camp there and drive around golf cars. It's huge and has a Davie Crockett theme, playgrounds, an animal petting zoo, restaurants, etc. I know this sounds dumb, but Disney is so cool and is worth every penny if you have a child. There's even a boat light show on the water every night.


More of wilderness island...


And the Hoop Dee Doo Review...


Evan played the spoons while I stuffed my face.


It was all you can eat (and drink). Mike made friends with our waitress, Sandy, who kept bringing out the beers. Mike had a serious case of the hiccups while we waited for a boat back to the Magic Kingdom.


It was also my momma's birthday. She was picked out of the crowd. I told the guy she was 25 and he said "It's the 25th anniversary of her 25th birthday!" Afterward he came up and apologized and said "I'm just so not funny." It didn't matter to us, because we all had a bit to drink.


There were buckets of fried chicken, mac & cheese, cornbread, green beans and strawberry shortcake for dessert! They brought out spaghetti and some delicious grilled veggies for me and Evan.


The guy on the far right is the one who made the comment.


After writing this, I wanna go back. More to come on our Florida trip from 3 months ago (back from when Evan turned a year and a half!) he was so young...