In the Midst of Autumn

We had Ingrid, Maya, and Olivia over on Thursday. It was so fun to have everyone over to our place. I can’t wait to to it again. The weather is pretty mild still, so we had a chance to take a few turns on the tire swing. :)

Kelly came over for a while on Saturday afternoon, while my mom got her hair did, so we decided it was a good time to carve the pumpkins we have. James missed out, he was out watching the football game, but I figured my mom wouldn’t be doing any pumpkins with Kelly this year, and I figured she would like it. It was FREEZING. For some reason I thought it would be Ok to do it on the porch. But my hands were frozen stiff. Kelly did most of the work.

Ben loves Halloween. It has taken a lot of reassuring that the ghosts and zombies you see all over aren’t real, just pretend like any other stuffed anima we have at home. We’ve done a lot of pinching and poking of zombies just so he’s sure. Now he’s really into it.

We took him outside last night, and lit candles in the pumpkins. He thought it was pretty cool, then we took a walk outside in the dark. He calls night time “good night” and he thought it was pretty cool to be outside at night.

Today we went to Allie’s Halloween Party. Ben was so excited to get dressed up in his cowboy costume. So excited that when it was time to take a nap he just layed there and said “Halloween Party! Halloween Party!”… so nap didn’t happen… until we got in the car of course. We drove around a little so he got about 20 minutes, then he was good to go and ready to PARRTAAAYY!

Kristen did such a good job with Allie’s party. They have a great backyard with all kinds of fun stuff. Ben had a GREAT time.

  

There was even a giant pumpkin.

 

And balloons!

 

And jello jigglers!

And a pinata!

Ingrid was a little freaked out by all the Halloween stuff. She’s still cute when she’s freaking out though.

We had beautiful weather, and a great time. Thanks for throwing a great party Kristen! It was SO much fun :) !