Halloween 2013

The week or so before Halloween is always crazy. We have school parties, trick or treat, boo at the zoo, etc. etc. etc.  Here is a recap of the Halloween season.

This year since I was like 38 weeks pregnant there wasn't much I could really do.  I worked at our Homecoming football game for the Levy Committee the night before we were to go to Boo at the Zoo.  Bad idea.  I came home after the game and could barely move.  Thankfully Paul is a trooper and took the kids in the rain and on his birthday without me.  Also thanks to Ashley who went along on the trip to help out!

Our next stop on the Halloween train took us to Dussel Farm to get our pumpkins.  We always go every year and get the obligatory pictures.  Some of us cooperate. Some of us don't.

That week the girls friend Milyn came over to carve pumpkins with them.

The Thursday before Halloween was Rylee's party at school.  I was able to go with Doc McStuffins that day.  She still acts pretty shy if I'm in the room and did not want to play the game they had set up.  She did partake in the dessert portion of the party though. :)

That weekend was Trick or Treat.  Another event I wasn't really able to participate in since I was not going to walk around the neighborhood at 38 weeks pregnant.  Ashley and Corey came over to help out and along with their help, Paul took the kids to all the houses.  Thankfully this year it was not raining and freezing like it is most years.

Finally during my many trips to L&D, Morgan had her Fall Festival at school.  I was scheduled to go but due to my circumstances, Paul ended up going for a little bit in the morning with her.  Kindergartners don't get to dress up in their costumes but they can dress up as farmers.  Morgan was not happy about that at first but warmed up to the idea when she found out she could have braids in her hair.

All in all this year was very fun and very tiring (for mommy at least).

Dussel and Pumpkin Carving

We made our annual trip to Dussel Farm to get our pumpkins and enjoy the festivities.  We absolutely love going to Dussel and it's really convenient that it's only 10 minutes from us.  We gathered up the girls on a Sunday morning and headed out. They were beyond excited to pick out pumpkins this year.

Once we got there we checked out all the new things they had this year! 

The girls even got to meet the "infamous" Chief Oliver!

(When I repeated this story to my mom and said the girls met the Chief, she replied an Indian Chief???  Yes mom, an Indian Chief.)

I take these pictures of them by the how tall this year sign.  

It's neat to see how much bigger they have gotten over the years.

Of course we can't leave without having our faces painted.

To Morgan's delight they had Hello Kitty.

Later that evening (after the girls begged us all.day.long) we carved our pumpkins.  Neither one are huge fans of sticking their hands in the pumpkins.  Matter of fact when I told Rylee to do it, she looked at me and said "Ew."

Paul was of course less than thrilled that Morgan picked out the most intricate pattern for her pumpkin.  He got over it though after she squealed in delight at the finished product.  Pay no attention to the fact that Rylee is wearing no pants.  She marches to her own drum.

Rylee with her Angry Birds pumpkin.

I would be remiss to let my child's first Halloween go by without forcing her into a pumpkin.  I was unsure how this would go since Morgan and Rylee were both 4 and 5 months and therefore much smaller on their first Halloween.  I have an almost 11 month old that I had to squeeze into a pumpkin. We bought the biggest, roundest pumpkin they had and hoped for the best.  Thankfully it worked and she didn't put up much of a fight.