HALLOWEEN 2015

Another Halloween has come and gone.  Lily and Bella think Halloween is about the most fun thing that has ever happened, and they were wound up ALL. DAY. LONG.  I must say that Halloween falling on a Saturday and on Daylight Savings Time feels serendipitous.  I dressed my Lego Blockade earlier in the day, because I knew I would never get pictures at the party.  William was about as delighted to be in his Lego as he was when I initially tried it on him.  I fed him Skittles li-tra-ley the entire time he was in the box.  But I got my pictures, and I am glad about that.

I don't think William would have been happy in any costume this year.  He's sort of living a grumpy streak, and he rocked a scowl most of the night.  Until he realized that people gave out candy at all the houses.  That frown turned upside down.

The girls and I decorated for the party and hastily carved pumpkins this afternoon.  Like, I carved two pumpkins in about 20 minutes.  They look like it, but it was what the girls wanted - they drew faces on for me to carve.

We hosted our D-Group plus a couple other families at our house for dinner and trick-or-treating fun. It was 27 kiddos, and honestly, they had a great time!  I love friends that are like family, and it was a family get together.



(spooky punch ftw!)

We did a hay ride while trick-or-treating which was a definite hit!

(the weather and sunset ended up being gorgeous!)

We rounded out the night handing out candy, which the twins especially loved!  Violet blew kisses as trick-or-treaters left our house.  See how happy William is with the candy?

(playing Ring-around-the-Candy)

Happy Halloween!

(Here are the blogs of Halloween's Past)
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TRIP TO PUMPKIN PATCH

Every year.  We go to the pumpkin patch as a family every year, and I love it with my whole family traditions heart.  We procrastinated a bit this year, and I was praying against rain all afternoon.  We got a few sprinkles at the end, but mostly, we had a delightful visit.




This year, the patch added a little animal train ride.  With trepidation, we loaded all kids into animals and waited to see who would cry first when the ride started.






Everyone had a great time!  We were pleasantly shocked and so very pleased.  It's nice to have some things start to be fun for everyone.  We circled a beautiful sunflower field as a super bonus.








We climbed onto a hay ride into the patch.

Most of our children enjoyed their time in the patch picking pumpkins.

Violet preferred to love on the driver.  We have been going to this same pumpkin patch since I was pregnant with Lily, and this woman always remembers us and is so kind to our family.

I wish with all my heart that this picture was in focus, but we don't get all things in life.  I still love it.

By the time we were finishing up in the patch, the raining was picking up, and it was time to go.  Violet insisted on being in charge of the pumpkins back in the parking lot.

I love this tradition!  Here are our past years.

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