Autumn / Halloween Enjoyment

I'm behind... but thought you might still enjoy seeing a bit of our holiday fun!

The kids had a field trip out to the Pumpkin Patch. This was Gabi's last year for this field trip and she's already asked me to take her out next year anyway. They had fun and I was able to take Peter and Jacob along too. The kids got to go on the wagon ride, check out the old tractors, see the animals, listen to Halloween stories, get a snack, race through the hay maze, and get a pumpkin. Since Peter was not part of the school group, he did not get a pumpkin there - but he had a nice one grown right in the garden.

The next week was Trunker Treat - and seeing that Halloween was on Sunday and we weren't going to go Trick or Treating this year, we decided it was worth the crowd to go. The kids were so excited!


Normally I make costumes for the kids - although last year I did buy a couple of them. This year, well, I've been swamped with other projects in addition to having the new baby, so I opted for easy. Thanks to a couple of friends, my four older kids were outfitted in costumes they just loved! I made a couple of adjustments to Gabi's angel wings and made a crown of ribbon for Beth's princess costume. Jeremy required nothing - Stitch came complete! And Peter, the Pirate, just needed something warm underneath. And Jacob was able to be Little Mr. Roo - you know, Roo of the Winnie-the-Pooh crowd - which I did make.... just not this year. It was the costume I'd made for Jeremy when he was a baby five years ago! The costume was a little big - as you can see with the hood!



They had a great time doing the "cake walk" and winning cupcakes. And, of course, going around and around and around trick or treating from car trunk to car trunk. Bob and I also dressed up - I have a picture, somewhere, of Bob as the "ever prepared Boy Scout" but once again, there is not picture of me... I was a pioneer woman.


The next night was the annual "Have Dad Carve My Pumpkin Face" night. The kids get there pumpkins out, sit down beside them with paper and pencil and draw the face they really want. Then Bob goes from kid to kid and cuts out their design (sometime talking them through alternations such as ultra thin hair that just won't work). Anyway, this is what they came up with this year!