Pumpkins!

We went to Bipperts farm to pick pumpkins from their pumpkin patch.  Jonas ended up picking one from inside because he didn't think any in the patch were big enough.  I personally think it's more fun to find one in the patch :-)

We carved our pumpkins in Collins with some fun carving kits from Grandma Gabel.  The kids did really great.  No whining about pumpkin guts or anything!

Oooh, scary!

Happy Halloween!

We finished out the Halloween season strong.  Malloween yesterday at the Eastern Hills Mall...

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It was actually ridiculously crowded and the kids got barely any candy, but we bought them a hot pretzel, and of course, that makes everything ok!

We went trick-or-treating tonight with Jonas' Dad and the Lafferty clan.  It's amazing how cold and rain doesn't even come close to stopping kids from wanting to get free candy :-)

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Now...what am I going to do with all this candy?!?

Playgrounds and Pumpkins and Costumes - Oh my!

Jonas and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather that we had last week and hit the playground one more time before winter hits.

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Jonas and Bethany really worked together to be able to pick up Jonas' giant pumpkin!

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What's gonna work?  Teamwork!  I did have to take it from them immediately after I took that picture so they wouldn't drop it and let it smash into smithereens.  Of course, once we got the pumpkins where they needed to go, it was pumpkin carving time!  Jonas designed his own jack-o-lantern face, and I did the best I could to carve out his masterpiece :-)

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Last night we went to Trinity's annual "Trunk or Treat".  It ended up being in the gym because of the rain, but the kids had a blast anyway, and came home with tons of candy!  

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Jonas loved doing his strong Hulk poses, and can't wait to dress up again for Halloween!

Fall Fun

Here's another random set of pictures of some fun things we've done over the past week or so.

 

 

We celebrated Papa's 58th birthday over the weekend.  Due to his new Ebay hobby, we made him an Ebay addict cake.  The kids were excited to help make the cut out stars to decorate, and of course, Papa loved it.

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We went to a corn maze via tractor ride, where Jonas adopted a caterpillar for the day and kept it safe on an ear of corn.  We found the 4 clues to answer our adventure questions and eventually (after about an hour) made it to the end.

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After the corn maze, we took another tractor ride over to the fence maze, collected our 12 stamps (eventually) and played some games at the end.  Somehow, the caterpillar managed to escape (I don't know how, I swear!). 

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After all the excitement at the mazes, we headed out to another farm to get our pumpkins.

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And now you're caught up!  Until next time...



Mall-o-Ween!

Jonas dressed up as Sebastian this year for Halloween. Bethany was Ariel and Bekah was Ariel's sister (another mermaid!). We went to the Eastern Hills Mall on Thursday for some trick-or-treating. Jonas thought he was tired, until he realized if he kept walking he could get more candy. Funny how that works...

Trunk or Treat!

Our last Halloween adventure was Trinity's Trunk or Treat. By this one, Jonas really got the hang of it! He went around to the cars at least 5 or 6 times, and got as much candy as he could. He started out taking one piece from each car, then it was once piece in each hand, then it was as much as he could carry! He was a little afraid of some of the cars that were decorated, but not enough to stop him from getting the candy! Unfortunately, I did not have my camera to document this event because I had already left it at my grandma's. But check out the post on Bethany's website! The last picture is from Trunk or Treat!

It's not over yet?!?

Saturday night we headed over to Great Grandma Sirgey's. Jonas and Bethany had a lot of fun playing with their cousin Leah.

Party Party!

The day after Halloween we went to Grandma's office party. Jonas got to color, go through a haunted house, and of course, eat a little candy.

Halloween Night

On Halloween, we dressed up the children and headed out to show them off. First stop was Great Grandma's! Jonas got a goody bag of treats and was very happy to be spoiled!

Next we headed back home, and Daddy came over to give Jonas a treat and do a little door-to-door trick-or-treating. Jonas was really excited!

Last we went over to Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary's house. Jonas got a new Hot Wheel truck! He had a great time chasing Shadow all over the house!