Halloween

We started Halloween with a family fun day at our neighborhood park. We ate and let the kids play games. Scout made friends with a great dane, and Garrett hit a tennis ball with a pirate. Next, we walked around the Natural Gardener nursery and saw farm animals and fun gardens.

Our friends, the Greenes came over to trick-or-treat, and it was great. Our neighbors went all out with haunted houses, graveyards, witch potions and giant mousetraps. We dropped off the daddies and girls, and took the boys out again to cover more ground quickly about halfway through the evening. Both were dressed as Batman, and they had fun ringing the doorbell, hiding, and then jumping out to scare the person answering the door. We finished the evening with UT football, which we've come to learn is one of Scout's favorite things to watch. It was a fun night!

Tennis

Hula hoops

Swinging at the nursery



Chickens and a rooster at the nursery


Batmen!

Little lion


Trick-or-treating


On to the next house!

Mousetrap

Spooky cemetery

Enjoying the game with Daddy with her milk and one hand down her pants!

Halloween Party

Yes, it's December, my house is decorated for Christmas, almost all of the presents are purchased, and I'm just now blogging about Halloween. One day, this blog might become a priority that I can manage to keep up with, but, for now, it's more like sweeping the leaves off my front porch - I know I'd be happier if I kept up with it, but I always seem to be behind.

Anyway, we decided to go forth with our annual Halloween party, even among the debris of a house renovation. Luckily, this holiday lends itself to dilapidated, old houses. Our friends did not let us down with their costumes this year, and the kids were all really cute. Our table was spread with all manner of spooky dishes, including eyeballs and severed fingers. Ryan and Hudson led the kids on a hunt for bones in the greenbelt behind us, and a few kids found a real bone. I'm hoping it belonged to a deer.

Thanks, spooky friends, for making it another fun party!

The food

Getting some dinner

Batman and a ladybug eating together

Toilet paper mummy game

Scout running on steam and sugar at the end of the night

Pumpkin patch

We went to Sweet Berry Farm again this year for their pumpkin patch. Ryan couldn't join us, unfortunately, but the kids had a wonderful day, anyway. The weather was perfect, and the crowds were thin. We enjoyed a hay ride, stopping in the middle to take some pictures in a great old tree, painting pumpkins, feeding the goats, water games, and berry ice cream. We ended the day by picking out some small pumpkins, and the kids loved it all!

On the hayride

On the hayride

Pumpkin water games

George Party

The theme for Scout's 2nd birthday party was - what else - Curious George. We had a few of her little friends over for cake, games and fun. Some of Garrett's friends were able to attend, so that made it fun for him. Scout and her friend Kylie parked themselves immediately at the table in front of the food and took down a good amount of Pirate's Booty. The little ones were so precious playing the "pin the butterfly on the George movie scene" game we had, and the older ones admitted they could see around the blindfold and all stacked their butterflies in the perfect spot. We knew G could see when he turned his butterfly sticker right-side-up at the last minute and placed it perfectly over the one Caroline had done. When it came time for Scout to blow out her candles, her friend Kylie leaned in at the last second and took care of them herself! Scout didn't seem to understand, though, and we just re-lit them and sand the last line one more time. Kylie politely restrained herself that time (maybe I helped her a little). It was a sweet day. Thank you all for coming to help celebrate Scout's day!

The cake

Kylie and Scout

Starting the game




Garrett

Owen

The spread

Davis

Emery

About to light the candles

Blowing them out

Discovering George in the cake

Having some juice with George

Scout got Elmo from Grandma and Lito

Playing with her Snow White cleaning set from Aya

Opening her gifts from us on her birthday morning

Feeding her new baby

Trying out her new stroller from Garrett