This year, for the company sanctioned Halloween party, they moved it from downstairs to the museum. A little less convenient, but considering how much Thomas liked the museum the first time we went, I figured it would be worth the hassle of going 3 blocks away... ;)
Henry was quite the hit in his giraffe costume. He didn't have a say in costume choice, but he didn't seem to mind it one bit! (Thanks to one of the fellow photography club members for this cute photo of us!)
Thomas, on the other hand, picked out his Halloween costume. He was super excited about finding a rocket ship on the rack at the store (never mind the fact He shoved it back when I found it, but when he re-found it 30 seconds later... Woooo!) and had so much fun playing with it that evening. "Rocket Ship! Whoosh!"
I had been trying to get him pumped for wearing it to the actual event and was not having much luck. I figured we had a 50/50 shot of him wearing it long enough for a photo, so I dug out his Halloween shirt Grannie sent him last year so he would be in theme, if not in costume.
The photo above was the best I got. He wouldn't even put it on for me! Argh! I will try again, but don't hold your breath for a cute "toddler in a rocket ship" photo...
Henry was happy to do double duty on cuteness photos since his brother wasn't playing along. Look at that cute little giraffe head! Awwww...
He was drawing all kinds of attention! A coworker's daughter was all about Henry. A sequin fell off her Ariel costume and she was trying to give it to him. Very Rainbow Fish, if you know that particular children's book...
I finally got Thomas to leave the exhibits and go upstairs for the Brick-by-Brick main display. The boy loves Legos, so I just promised him he could play with 'blocks' and he let me carry him away. Here he is impatiently waiting for the (biggest ever) elevator to arrive.
Also note the new shoes. He was super concerned about a superficial hole in his Thomas the Train shoes and Brittney promised him we'd buy him new ones - in the future. Which to Thomas meant as soon as we get done with our road trip...
Cue a freak out in Target when he sees the Lightning McQueen shoes! But they don't have his size and he was sooo upset. I was looking them up on the Target app to just order them right then, when I noticed they were supposedly available in his size at the store we was currently in. After some frantic scrounging around, we found the last pair of size 7's misplaced in a size 9 box...
Hallelujah!
The exhibit upstairs was totally geared toward kids or the young at heart! Thomas wasn't sure what to think about all the Legos and a whole wall to stick them on.
But he was quickly in the thick of it amongst the fairies and ninjas building something. The boy loves his Legos!
I wandered with Henry over to the large sculptures and they were pretty cool! Some people are talented, not matter what the medium. The sculptures were pretty creative and well executed. My favorite one was behind glass, so it didn't photograph well, but it was a guy "opening" his chest and Legos spilling out. (Which was not nearly as morbid as it sounds.)
But, coincidentally there were a few skulls that totally fit the theme of the day.
So...
Happy Halloween!