Halloween Time!

WOW What a month it has been!

I will be honest I am, excited for trick or treating with my little ones......but I am ready for November!

Part of my readiness is that I put out my decorations too early. The last weekend of September and I just couldn't wait any more!! So up went the pumpkins, ghosts and scarecrows! So as we enter the last weekend of October I am ready to stop looking at those same items in my house!!!

We have been to 2 pumpkin patches!! The first was Andersen Farms and it was soooooo fun! They had animals galore! We got to see a 2 week old goat and a couple 2 month old ones. Watch chickens and ducks squawk away. And even got to feed the goats. And that was just the beginning! There was a hale bale maze and a walled in maze, there was also a corn maze but we didn't get there! The boys played for a loooong time on a wooden train with 5 different cars. Dylan road a tricycle through a tire track. And they got to climb a tire mountain! Finally after finishing all this fun stuff we decided it was time to head to that patch! So we waited in line and jumped on the hay wagon when it arrived! The first stop the wagon made was by a group of cows. There were 4 big ones and 2 babies. The babies stayed in the shade but the big ones lumbered over to us and we got to feed them! Dylan did it once and found out that cows have very long and rough tongues! That was all he needed he was done, but did enjoy watching the cows eat. Brady liked to throw the food over the side for the cows. What a fun experience!! Then the wagon took us far away and into the patch. We jumped out and saw sooooo many pumpkins! And so many different kinds. Dark orange ones, bumpy ones, tall, short, fat, huge, red ones, etc! Brady found his pretty quickly then carried it around. I found a slightly smaller one with a long stem and tried to trade him but he told me "NO, This Brady's pumpkin!" So he was done. Soon after Dylan found his and then we were on a hunt for Mommy's!! The boys helped and we found a big tall one for Mom! Then we got back on the wagon and headed for the farm. We had to play on the wooden train one more time and then finally made it to the pay area. Both boys got to pick out 2 little ones then we left! It was a crazy place but soooo much fun! It may be the only patch we go to from now on!

The other patch we went to was with Grandma and Auntie and Uncle! This one was Rock Creek Pumpkin Patch! IT was fun they had fields and fields on pumpkins!! And they have the best mountain backdrop!! We took lots of orange pictures and picked out 2 more pumpkins! We doubled this pumpkin visit with my birthday so we didn't stay and play but instead went out to lunch and then had a great time playing at Grandma's house!!

The following week was filled with getting stuff ready for a Halloween party that I was hosting with Kendra. Along with that was Dylan's school Parade and Halloween party. He was so cute and so excited to show off his Anakin costume and see what all of his friends were. Then he shared his party experience with his brother which was so sweet! They got to decorate their own cookies and eat them! Both boys thought that was a blast! After their food the boys took the pumpkins that they brought and drew faces on them then they hammered a golf tee into the top of them to make holes. They did this all over the top then put dum dum suckers into the hole that they made. The dum dums were the pumpkins hair! It was so cute and the boys loved doing it. Once Brady's suckers were in he continued drawing his face. As he did he worked his way through tasting all of his hair suckers!! So cute!!

The following day we helped Kendra host a super fun Halloween party at her house!! There was mummy juices, Halloween shaped turkey sandwiches, eyeball taco salad, mummy cheese, hot dog worms, Halloween shaped homemade chips, cake pops, cupcakes, and more!! We also had beautiful decorations, a gross out table, pumpkin bowling, glow stick balloons, playdough, a pumpkin pinata filled with goodies, and a donut eyeball making station! It was busy with 15 little ones running around but oh so much fun!! I can't wait until next years!

This brings us to this weekend where so far we have nothing planned!! But knowing us that will soon change!!! We are all looking forward to trick or treating on Monday but first need a little R&R this weekend!!