Halloween (3.8 years old and 2.2 years old)

October is probably one of our favorite months of the year.  There are so many fun activities to do.  We took the kids to Lake Farm Parks for their Halloween hayride. We really enjoy their Christmas celebration so we thought we should give it a try. It was a nice evening for it.  We went on a hayride for about 15 minutes though the park and they had several different Halloween displays.  It was cool.  After the hayride we walked around.  Austin and Sydney would even go up to the people dressed up.  We were really impressed.  We also watched a glow light dancing show.  That was really neat.  It was a fun night.

We have also enjoyed apple picking with Austin and Sydney this year. It's fun to let the kids pick the apples. They love getting on Daddy's shoulders and picking them.   Austin is really good at helping peel and slice the apples.  He goes "superfast" with the peeler.  Also always too fast and Brian tells him to back up.  We have made some apple pies with the apples.  It turned out good.

One of the field trips for the local preschool parents club was to Petitti's.  They got to plant a flower inside a carved pumpkin.  I thought that was a really cool idea.  Austin loves planting things so he really enjoyed it.  They put stickers on the pumpkin too.  Sydney really enjoyed that because she loves stickers.  Most nights before bed she gets 2-3 stickers and puts on her shirt then she will go to sleep.

The kids picked out their pumpkins.  We carved them.  Austin and Brian had an idea to do have Austin and Sydney's hand print on one of them.  Brian had a difficult time making it stay but he did it.  They enjoyed carving them.

We have been so busy with the kids we didn't really didn't celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary.  I was kind of bummed about that but it worked out.  Brian took me to Target that night and let me go shopping.  I got some cute jeans and boots.  I was happy about that.  I had something made for him however I still haven't gave it to him because I haven't got a frame.  We did go to the Cavs season opener with the return of Lebron.  Brian and I were very excited about that.  It was a nice night out for us.  We don't go out together very often.

We also went to Boo at the Zoo.  We got to go with Kaitlyn and her family.  It was fun except Kaitlyn got sick and had to go home early.  Austin and Sydney had a great time though.  They had a craft station and they really enjoyed that.  Then they got a flashlight after they completed all of them.  They also danced around at a dance party.  The weather was raining all day but it never rained at the zoo.  It worked out nicely.  We really enjoyed Boo at the Zoo this year.

We also went to trick or treat street at the IX center.  They had an indoor trick or treat station with 10 different places to stop.  That was their first experience trick or treating this year.  They enjoyed it.  Then they had several rides for the kids.  Sydney was too short for a lot of them which was a bummer.  However she was tall enough to ride the roller coaster that was terrible.  She just kept getting bounced around and Brian was holding her protecting her head.  She hated it.  Austin loved it!  They also had a haunted house that we walked though.  It was a good time.

We went trick or treating at my parents house.  We came down for dinner and then we went out trick or treating.  We took the kids around the small block.  Then Sydney was done and she wanted to go back to Meemaw.  So we dropped her off and Brian and I took Austin around the big block.  He really loved that.  He would go up to every house and go trick or treat.  He was also good at remembering thank you.  It was a fun night.

The kids have been doing swim class this session.  Austin is in preschool 2 and is doing so much better.  Sydney is still in the parent and me class however she really wants to swim by herself.  The instructor taught Brian how to let her go and tickle her tummy so he swimming for a few seconds by herself.  She loves it! They said she can start in the preschool 1 class now.  However since we are going to miss a few classes we will wait until January to enroll her into preschool 1 class.  The swim instructor said she is going to be swimming by herself by age 4.  We will see.  We are so happy they love to swim.

On Halloween we went to the kids school for their Halloween party.  They were Micky and Minnie Mouse.  It was so cute. After their party, I went home to pack for Disney.  After school, we had trick or treating at our house.  Brian took the kids out while I stayed at home.  I feel that I should give out candy.  We are getting candy so I should hand some out.  We never get many kids (that makes me sad) but Sherry and I always hand out candy together.  The kids were out for the full 2 hours trick or treating.  A fire truck even stopped by and gave them candy.  They had a lot of fun.