Pumpkin Carving & Halloween

Halloween was SO fun this year! We did lots of activities in preparation for Halloween. One thing CJ loved to do this year was tattoos!!! At one point he had "sleeves" on both arms. Ha ha! 

E has the bluest blue eyes. We are thinking (I'm kind of hoping!) that they may stay!

Someone else was excited for her first Halloween! :)

I saw this shirt on Zulily and HAD to get it! "Will trade sister for candy" is SO CJ right now...

But he does love his little sis! (Even if he isn't willing to admit it!)

My two little pumpkins with their two little pumpkins! 

I love holiday clothes in case you can't tell. 

On to the pumpkin carving...I let CJ choose what he wanted us to carve. Much to my dismay, he chose the same template we did last year: Mickey. I guess he didn't remember us doing it last year. Ha ha!

E looking on intently!

Punching the holes for the outline with toothpicks. Look at CJ's little hand on the left helping!!

He was really into it this year which only made things more fun for us!

Daddy cutting open our pumpkin. CJ looking on. E sucking her thumb in the background.

"I'm the scooper"

Having fun!

Sweet girl's first pumpkin carving!

Sorting out the seeds so we could bake them.

The finished product!

Happy Halloween!

Look at the ruffle butt and "baby's first halloween" socks! :)

Boo!

In past years, we've enjoyed doing a family costume, but it just didn't work out this year...we'll probably try agin next year. So CJ was a firefighter and he was going to "rescue" his ladybug sister? Ha!

Two cuties!

This ladybug can't fly but she was trying to scoot...

All ready to go trick or treating! 

Walking around the neighborhood.

Getting some candy!

Gorgeous California Halloween sunset

More candy Daddy!

And because I HAD to put E in yet another outfit. This was CJ's when he was a baby! 

We had such a fun fall and Halloween! Already looking forward to next year! :) 

Fall Festivities with Friends

Last week we had a playdate at a Pumpkin Patch in Del Mar. It was really big and had lots of rides and things for the kids to do. CJ had SO much fun with his friend B. 

Posing with pumpkins

Checking out the sunflowers

How about this one?!

How does that corn taste? (ew.)

Running through the pumpkins!

CJ was SUPER excited about the train ride, and loved getting to "ding the bell".

There was also a car ride, and CJ was excited about the firetruck!

They had bouncy houses and giant slides. CJ loved it. He must have slid down and climbed up at least 20 times!

These two are so cute together...but they can also be trouble! Ha ha!

Come on B, let's ride the train again!

While we were waiting for our turn on the train, CJ kept telling me how he wanted to ride #3. I kept looking and looking and didn't see any numbers on the train. I told CJ "I don't think they have a #3 honey..." The train operator heard me and let me know that the numbers were on the back of each car (I had been looking on the sides) and that my son was indeed correct. Ha ha! Well, he got to ride in his #3.

One last turn on the firetruck!! 

What a fun time we had! Thank you so much for inviting us to join you, B!

Pumpkin Patch

There is a pumpkin patch really close to our house; which is so fun! We went one day just to get our pumpkins for this year. 

Checking out the pumpkins! (I remember last year all CJ could say was "punkee"...crazy how much things change in a year!)

Our little scarecrow, ha ha!

Choosing one

I can carry it...

Pumpkin girl

My three favorite people!

What is this scratchy stuff you are making me sit on Mom?!

We went back another day to go on the hayride!

The tractor stopped by the sunflowers field. The driver told us that many of the sunflowers that are commercially sold to florists all across the country (and world!) are grown around here.

There are a few sunflowers that are taller than the rest of the crop. These are called the "watchers" and they watch over the rest of the field and keep them safe at night from theft. Supposedly, if you steal a sunflower, you'll get bad luck.

The boys on the hayride

The girls. E was so tired, but was a trooper!

Best shot of the two kids we could get. HA HA.

Our family, Fall 2012 :)

This is seriously my favorite time of year! So many fun things happening! First comes college football in August & September. Then Halloween in October & Thanksgiving in November. Christmas in December, then  CJ's birthday in January! And all of these holidays will be even more special this year because they are E's first! :)