The kids had a week of half days for parent teacher conferences so I took them all to a roadside pumpkin patch. There were a few animals to feed, some horses to ride and some pumpkins that were too expensive.
See the huge pumpkin in back?
Heidi really liked the white ones
They all found the perfect pumpkin, several times, but I wasn't going to pay 15-20 dollars for each one, so Heidi and Brett found some little ones for a decent price but we headed to Walmart afterwards where the kids could pick whatever pumpkin they wanted for 3.75 from a bin! Fun Fun.
They did get spoiled a little though and got to ride some ponies. I was surprised that Brett was willing to ride by himself and didn't get scared.
Saturday afternoon lunch with Aunt Marilyn
Ward Trunk or Treat--complete with games to earn tickets for jumpy houses and other prizes, a fishing pond, cupcake/cookie decorating, haunted house, crazy scientist booth, free cotton candy and more!
Amber sneaking candy while Curt isn't watching
Fairy Princess friends
owl eating cotton candy
trunk or treat exhaustion
Amber up until today hasn't really liked her baths. Curt brought the bumbo into the tub and voila, she is a happy camper now, splashing and kicking in the tub.
I took Heidi with another preschool group to a bigger pumpkin patch
Hay bale maze
The corn was awesome. I wish we had one of these in the back yard. Heidi and Brett could have played there for hours.
Brett filling his sock with corn
he also LOVED pulling a wagon around and picking out his own pumpkin
First foods
At the school parade. The high school band of several hundred was bussed over and they played music while the kids paraded around, it was pretty cool actually.
carving pumpkins
Nicole got invited to trick or treat at a shopping center with friends so she opted out of the pumpkin carving. I cleaned one out for her and she ended up carving hers the next morning.
Brett held firm with wanting to be a "kitty" until we were trying to put a tail on him. He didn't really like the ears or whiskers either, but was willing in the name of candy to oblige.
Heidi called herself a "fairy princess flower girl"
Ryan's favorite animal right now . . . maybe the fin is a little large?
Isaac was really grateful to me for his bat wings and hat--happy kid
Yes we reused this from last year . . . I think there may have been some disappointment at first, but Nicole couldn't think of anything she'd rather be that was semi-simple, so she stayed with the owl. She ended up getting a lot of attention for it so I think she was happy with it in the end. I was too since it meant one less costume to worry about, AND since I spent enough time on it last year it was nice to get two uses out of it.
Amber was ready for bed when we were leaving, so we couldn't get any smiles out of this little pink leopard.
The kids ate a bunch of candy, did some trading around for favorites, then they got to keep a few and traded the rest in for books (the older three) and toys--Heidi and Brett. Hoping this limits the weeks of sugar overload and begging for their Halloween candy.
Brett had been waiting patiently for me to carve him a happy face earlier in the day but it was too crazy, so right after we laid the kids down I carved him a quick happy face. He was pretty pleased.
Nicole finally got to carve hers . . . an owl of course
1 comment:
You did it! The costumes are great and I am glad Nicole went with the owl. It is such a cool costume--I want one. Where is the pumpkin patch with the corn. That is where I want to go next year. We went to the same place you went to (at the top of the post) but it was late at night and I was not in the mood to entertain my kids. We did not do pony rides or the petting zoo...then I bought the expensive pumpkins and we went home. I think our trip to Lucky last year for pumpkins was more fun--and more family-budget friendly!
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