Halloween Fest ........

Since I am still hoping to go into labor over halloween weekend, I thought we should find a local event we could enjoy and get dressed up for the weekend before instead. We decided to head out to the Halloween Fest at the Ecotarium! Nicholas had a blast getting to ride on the train and going on the blow up slide. And he of course enjoyed running Dan ragged having to chase him thru the exhibits inside the museum. We stayed until dark so Nicholas could enjoy some of the hundreds of pumpkins that were lit uip outside for the event.

Since Halloween is really Dan's holiday, I let him take full control of picking out Nicholas' costume this year. Anyone who knows the Loach family knows that they each own atleast one super hero costume - although is the Riddler really a super hero??? But in keeping with the theme, Dan got Nicholas a Robin costume. But Robin of course needs his right hand man Batman right?? Dan had planned to borrow the Batman costume from his brother Jack but doesn't it just figure he just threw it out! Dan was going to skip it and just be the Riddler (AGAIN) but I said there could be no Robin without Batman and went out to buy the costume myself. Now I had told our friends Leighann and Scott who also love Halloween about our plan to dress up for the event. They unfortunately didn't end up dressing up ......... and neither did ANY of the other hundreds of parents also there!! Dan sucked it up and put the costume on anyways and was a huge hit! He was getting hugs from other kids and having his picture taken... Nicholas was a bit confused on why his Dad was so popular :) Being a Halloween hater AND 37 weeks pregnant, I thought that the effort I put in to put on an orange t-shirt with a jack-o-lantern on the front was more than enough!

Batman and Robin......

Going down the blow up slide. Apparently the weight limit is 150 pounds.... Dan told the lady he weighed 140 and Nicholas weighed 10.... which one do you think is less believable????