Trick-or-Treating

Our neighborhood was rocking on Halloween night! There were several fire pits going, and adults were pulling coolers of beer and wine in addition to toting their children around. We went over to our neighbor's house for hot dogs and s'mores before taking Caleb to a few houses to trick-or-treat.

Caleb was too excited to eat very much - he wanted to play basketball instead.

Ray and Anita were nice enough to bring out the exersaucer for Clara. She didn't stay out long - it got too cold!

Here's Caleb at his first candy stop. He wanted to go inside again this year, but we were able to stop him.

He made it to a couple of houses and then came home. He liked ringing our door bell and also got super excited when other trick-or-treaters rang it. His highlight was definitely handing out candy. Seth and I thought it was funny how freely he would give candy away; if only sharing was that easy all the time! Caleb ended the night by staying up a little late to watch the Vols with Daddy!

Dressing Up - Numerous Times

We had lots of events that required dressing up this year, and Caleb had a blast each time.

First stop was the Fall Festival at church. Caleb went as a ghost.

The Thursday and Friday before Halloween were pajama days at his school. Here he is with Mea Mea who dressed as Dorothy for her school events.

We just dressed Clara up once - on Halloween night. She went as an adorable ladybug.

On the actual Halloween, Caleb dressed up as a kangaroo. He was being extremely uncooperative about getting his picture taken.

Halloween Activities

We had loads of fun preparing for Halloween this year. Late last week, Caleb made cookies with me. It was just the slice and bake kind, but he had fun putting them on the pan and watching them bake. On Saturday morning, I attempted ghost pancakes. Some of them looked more like blobs, but they were yummy. Then Seth and Caleb got all the seeds out of our pumpkin and I made toasted pumpkin seeds. Seth carved a nervous pumpkin and then attached spiders all over it. (I had seen the idea in a magazine - no we aren't that creative.) The pumpkin was super cute, but it looked like a sad pumpkin all lit up in the dark. Our neighbors probably all think we are depressed now...

Pumpkin Patch

Here's my last "fall" post - until Halloween anyway. On Monday it was actually sunny and nice again so we went to the Pumpkin Patch at our church. Caleb loved running around and trying to pick out a "big one." Clara was tired and wasn't much into taking pictures, but hey, it's a tradition.

Caleb riding the pumpkin train - his invention.

As I said, not interested in taking pictures....

Caleb loved picking out pumpkins. He picked out this one especially for Clara.

Bonfire

After Honeysuckle Farm, we went to a bonfire at a friend's house. We had chili, followed by yummy smores. It was a fantastic fall day!

By the time nighttime came around it was quite cold. I love seeing Caleb in his hat and mittens.

We wrapped Clara up real tight when she was outside with us.

Caleb loved the smores treat. He ended up taking out the chocolate so he had a piece of chocolate and a marshmallow sandwich. Of course he ate both. Somehow he looks like a marshmallow vampire in this picture.

At the end of the night, Caleb watched a little Elmo with his friends Allie and Aubrey. It's amazing how that little red monster can capture their attention.

Honeysuckle Farm

Last Sunday we took a day trip over to Honeysuckle Farm - a "pumpkin farm" with all kinds of activities for kids. It was a lovely fall day, which we were very thankful for after days and days of rain.

Caleb attempting to hold Clara and kiss her at the same time.

Caleb was very concerned about this pumpkin. He said, "You okay?" and then put it upright again.

Caleb loves to go down slides. He went down this one with his daddy.

Clara spent most of the time in the stroller. This picture shows her playing with her latest obsession - her feet.