Scenes from Halloween 2011

Andrew is dressing up as a monkey this Halloween. All month long we've encouraged him to try on his costume, to no avail. Therefore, we were not optimistic that we'd even get a quick snapshot of him in his costume this year.

So we were pleasantly surprised this morning when he happily donned his monkey suit to wear to his gym class, where costumes were encouraged this week.

Here is Andrew with his gym teacher.

The monkey suit stayed on for a post-gym stop at the grocery store where the little monkey bought some bananas, of course.

He also stopped by Old Navy. Hey, why not?

Back at home, out of the monkey suit for now, Andrew had some other Halloween business to attend to. He laughed hysterically as Carrie gutted his pumpkin during lunch.

And he was very interested in the carving process, which took place after his nap. Andrew "helped" using a plastic spoon and liked pushing the carved pieces out.

Here is the end result:

Andrew enjoyed meowing at his "kitty bat" pumpkin, and was quick to say "night night" to it at bedtime.

Stay tuned - we may give trick-or-treating a go on Halloween night!!