Pumpkin preparation

So time to do something with all those pumpkins we have picked this fall. We painted a few and carved a few and now we are ready for Halloween.

Corn Maze Capers

Last week a woman made national news for calling 911 when she got lost in a corn maze. A lot of people made fun of her because you know, calling 911 from a corn maze, but I felt bad for her. First because she had a 3 week old baby and probably was delirious from lack of sleep and secondly because it sounds like something I might do. Baring that in mind, I decided to start small on the corn maze scale and headed for the kids one at Bob's corn. The kids had to follow the paths and then mark their fingers with colored face paints each time they hit a dead end. At first I didn't think that they would really get into it, but it was a huge hit. Whenever we came to a fork they say "this way, that way" then run off through the corn plants. They stuck together and made it through safe and sound.

We also took time took ride horses and ponies, take the cow train, ride the trike track and pick more pumpkins. We've really been enjoying our farm fun this fall.

Moonpaper Tent

Moonpaper tent is the name of a small drama/art studio in Seattle. Each year they host an 'unhaunted house' that is suitable for small children. It looked really interesting on the website so I decided to part with the 30 bucks so M and Z could take part. The only tickets available were for 7 p.m., which is usually bath time for us, but I figured that as M and Z have skipped only maybe 5 days for bath since they were born we'd probably be okay. The BFF's came along too to share in all the crazy fun. The children were asked to wear their costumes. Max and Miles have both said they wanted to be Fire fighters for a long time. Zoe and GiGi were in full princess mode. Zoe has 4 princess dresses but the yellow one is winning out at the moment.

The idea of the night was a visit to Mr. Mgizmo because he wanted to share his latest invention. When we arrived there was face painting and imaginative play. Then the children got to make a magical monocle before going on the journey to meet Mr. Mgizmo.

There were a lot people dressed in crazy costumes with strange eye pieces. There was a 'cat' with a blue wig, a dancer from a musical box and a note for Mr.Mgizmo that had to be delivered. It was all a bit overwhelming I thought with the costumes and the lights, but the kids bought into it and seemed really into it. They have never done anything like that before and it was fun to try something new.

And of course we had to go to Peaks ice cream to round out our special evening.

Love that boy

Love that boy,
like a rabbit loves to run
I said I love that boy
like a rabbit loves to run
Love to call him in the morning
love to call him
"Hey there, son!"

Zoo Boo

So Halloween is upon us and today we attended our first costume event. The Point Defiance zoo and aquarium hosted their annual Zoo Boo. As zoos go I like this zoo. It is in a pretty location on the edge of the sound and they have a lot of interesting exhibits and animals that we don't have at the Seattle zoo.

My friend Lindsey, and her identical twin girls (Morgan and Mackenzie) joined us for some fun. As we were going to be outside all day I decided to go with warmer, more practical costumes. Max was happy to be a fireman and Zoe wore her pirate costume from last year. She had to wear Max's trousers as it is so short now, but aside from that it was fine. M and M looked super cute as Halloween ballerinas.

We had a great day. The kids a blast playing together, running away! (3 time outs for that one) getting their faces painted and( the highlight) riding a camel. It was fun to see everyone dressed up and made me excited for all the Halloween fun that is to come.

Fall festival fun

So Fall, or Autumn has officially arrived. The leaves are turning, the rain is here (again!) and it is pumpkin season. This weekend we returned to Remlinger farms to celebrate the fall festival. We had such a blast here just a couple of months ago on a hot sunny day, and it was fun to return on a blustery Fall day.

They have all the same rides as during the summer plus they had fresh cooked donuts, apple cider, a corn maze, hay rides and a crazy hay maze/jump. The kids loved the 'hay pit' and couldn't get enough of jumping in it. Luckily I came prepared with fresh outfits because they had hay EVERYWHERE.

We arrived at 10 in the morning and were still going strong at 3:30 p.m. We left the rides right around then to go and pick out a pumpkin from the patch, and just for grins we did the corn maze and took a hay ride. In the end we left at 4:30, and not a single tear all day.

You can never have too many good times,

You can never have too much fun.

Sung by the Beautiful south, but so true.