Over Holiday-ing

Nolan accuses me of "over holiday-ing" all the time. This means that I like to drag the kids to all events associated with whatever holiday is going on. Halloween is one of my favorites. So here are some of our October festivities.

Kids Halloween Party

This year is the 3rd year we have hosted a Halloween party for all of the kids. This year we had it on the only freezing weekend of October, so we set up shop in the garage. We decorated pumpkins, played pin the nose on the Mummy,and a fishing game and ate. So much fun and the kids are just adorable.

Pumpkin Patch

We met the Jewkes' for pumpkin hunting, also freezing this night. We were there for 10 minutes tops, but got the job done.

The Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point

Tara and I packed up fthe kids for a Friday of fun at this event. The kids had a blast. They played store, got in a big box full of corn kernels, jumped on a trampoline, took a hayride and poor Josie was horrified by the inflatable "Beast" that her mean mom dragged her into. My kids wanted no part of it. We also saw our friends Linsey and Shanon with their girls there.

This is the Place Park

My parents and I took Grandma Mary and the boys to this activity the third weekend in October. The boys made crafts, rode a train and gathered treats. It ended up being an extra special meeting. My grandma suffered a heart attack the next week, giving us quite a scare. She is doing great, but the time spent together is all the more cherished.

That's it. That wasn't so bad. I had wanted to also do Boo at the Zoo, Frightmares at Lagoon, Garden after Dark and the Corn Maze. We will set our sights higher next year. So we are finally to the week of Halloween, can't wait for the trick or treating. I am most excited for Cy's parade at school (first parade) and class Halloween party. I made some cute rice crispy treats that look like Frankenstein for the occasion. I thought it would be good family fun. I made them alone. No one else wanted in on it, they were labor intensive. Then I found out that you cannot bring homemade treats anyway. So much for the hard work, it was fun anyway.