Halloween Fun

Here is a summary of all of our Halloween fun!  

The pumpkin Brian and I carved at our ABF's small group night.  It was actually the first time we had ever carved a pumpkin together and it turned out pretty well - maybe we'll do it again next year. 

The girls got all dressed up in costume for Ballet class!

We had a fun trip to the park - I got in a good 3 mile round-trip walk/run with the jogging stroller and the girls enjoyed the playground and just running around in general. 

Naomi said several times that she wanted to dress up as a helicopter for Halloween, so I found an online idea for making a helicopter costume and set to work.  One bankers box, 4 rolls of duct tape, one reusable shopping bag, one paperclip, one beanie hat, and one nut/bolt = 1 Happy Little Helicopter Girl with working propellers and rotors!  I love her independent spirit and uniqueness!

Olivia loved dressing up as Minnie Mouse, but couldn't resist trying on big sisters costume after we were done trick or treating on a couple of little cul-de-sacs in our neighborhood.  

Pumpkin Patch

 Typically we have gone to the Owens Pumpkin Patch with my MOPS group, but, aside from it closing, it didn't work out with our schedule to go with the MOPS group this year.  So, one Friday afternoon, we just took the kids to a little pumpkin patch at a local church.  

They loved it!  It was a wonderful reminder that they don't necessarily need some big broohaha of a pumpkin patch.  They just loved running around and picking up pumpkins and putting them in the cart.  We left with way too many pumpkins, but very happy kiddos!  

 

 

Trampolines!

Brian took off on a Friday so that he could go to the trampoline park with us because it is super fun and honestly Brian and I probably wanted to jump on the trampolines more than the kids did.  :)  

Yep, most of the pics are blurry... 

Yes, if you are the fun parents jumping on the trampolines, all the kids in the place gravitate toward you and want to jump with you.  I had a few random kid stalkers that would follow me around the trampoline park.  So, parents, jump with your kids!  

Naomi grabbed some water and pulled up a bench to watch the tv that they have.