Recipe for cutting Avery’s hair:
- Elmo in Grouchland movie
- Dum Dum Pop
- Various hair cutting items
- Mommy who’s skilled with above items
- Seat/chair with lap belt to keep said child from running away




The final product.

Recipe for cutting Avery’s hair:




The final product.

Avery’s first trip out into the neighborhood going door-to-door begging for candy was a success. He visited thirteen houses, and then the tired little dragon sat on the sidewalk and had to be carried home. Lindsey and I had a great time taking our tot around. It’s pretty cool being parents on Halloween and seeing the holiday through the eyes of your child.
Terrorizing the dog before we leave.
The best pumpkin ever! Go Barack!
Avery says “nite nite!”
This afternoon Lindsey had the great idea of leaving work a few minutes early and taking Avery to see the big rigs show. At first I was a little leery of the idea — I don’t want my kid turning into a monster truck fanatic — but Avery really enjoyed seeing the local: dump truck, fire truck, cement truck, garbage truck, school bus, milk truck, cop car, street sweeper, backhoe, tow truck, and generally any kind of truck you can think of. He even got to hop in all the drivers seats and honk the horns.
Beep beep!
School bus.
The Lindsey’s and their boys.
Distracted much?
On Wednesday we took Avery to the pumpkin patch to search for the perfect pumpkin. It was the same place we visited last year. Fortunately Avery isn’t old enough to feel embarrassed wearing his costume out and about, though he was a little grumpy when we first arrived. We went on a hay ride, but his favorite part was sitting on an old tractor and fiddling with the wheel and levers.