Preschool Halloween Party

 On Friday, Ashtyn attended her first Halloween Party at School!  Not sure why it was on Friday and not Monday, since Monday is actually Halloween - but nonetheless she was SO cute along with all the other kids and had so much fun.  Ashtyn is in love with Tinkerbell so it was only natural for her to dress up as her for Halloween.  In my opinion she was the CUTEST Tinkerbell ever!  Props to my sister-n-law who made her adorable Tu-Tu and wings - otherwise she would just be wearing a store bought!  Tinkerbell by far was the most popular costume this year - there were three others just in her class!  The teachers asked all the kids to bring a treat to share with the class, so Ashtyn and I made Rice Krispie Treats with Candy Corns in them - they turned out so cute, and I am not going to lie - I TOTALLY loved this project!

 The teachers invited us back for the last hour of class to "PARTY" with them!  I was so happy I got to go meet her friends and other parents.  We got to watch them play games, sing cute songs and do "Trick-or-Treat" with what they brought for each other...

 Eli helped himself to one of the treats - powdered doughnut!

 Chloe is sitting right next to Ashtyn and then Cate is next to her - those are Ashtyn's friends!

 Ashtyn passing out her snacks...

Our first Halloween Party at school was a success!  It was so fun and also special that I got to share in it with her!  I am sad to see her so grown up sometimes, but days like this totally make up for it and gets me excited for future, memorable days - just like this!

Carving Time

On Sunday before we had dinner at Nana and Papa's house we carved the pumpkins we picked a couple weeks ago - a tradition I tend to LOVE!  The weather was absolutely perfect - I wish it was this nice every year.  We actually got to carve the pumpkins outside and didn't freeze our hands off like we usually do.

Ashtyn is not too fond of carving pumpkins - the fact that my dad uses power tools to carve scared the crap out of Ashtyn her first year and ever since she has had no interest in the activity.  But this year we got to show Eli what carving pumpkins was all about and he enjoyed it!

 Being dirty and getting his hands into everything is what Eli lives for, so this was right up his alley.  He dove right in and starting scraping the insides out and then would play with it...

 Here is my precious daughter ignoring the activity at hand...

 while Eli kept on scraping and scooping...

 Uncle Kevin doing what he does best - drawing on the pumpkins!

 The kids only lasted so long and then us adults are always left to finish up.  Maybe as they get older they will get more into it...

 Jenn with a Power Tool - WATCH OUT!

 I chose to do some "designer" style pumpkins this year, and so the carving was a little intense.  I almost sawed my hand right off, so Kevin had to finish up for me...

And here is the finish product - Tah Dah!

(If you notice Kevin spelled Tebow wrong - some fan he is!)

Another year of carving pumpkins and I think they turned out pretty cute.

Until next year...

Rock Creek Farm

One my most favorite activities to do in the fall is to visit Rock Creek Farm.

Usually, we go early in the season to miss the crowds and snow, but somehow the month of October has flown by, so we decided to go after Matt got home from work yesterday so we didn't have to go on the weekend when this place is a MAD house!

We got there just in time to find the perfect "small" pumpkin which Ashtyn searched high and low for...

Eli could have cared less about the pumpkins and just wanted to play in the dirt...

...and he also loved eating the dirt!

Ashtyn found this tiny, baby pumpkin and was so proud of it...

(I'm not really sure if it is even considered a "pumpkin" but she loves it!)

and Brooklyn found some too!

The best part about going when we did was we got the Bounce House all to ourselves.

Ashtyn, Brooklyn and Eli jumped and jumped and jumped...

Next it was off to visit the animals...

Do you see what my son did there - he climbed right up that fence!  He probably would have jumped in if I hadn't stopped him.  That little goat would have nibbled him right up!

Eli loved walking on the Hay stacks...

Rock Creek Farm is my favorite!

We will be back next year for sure...