Trunk or Treat and Pumpkin Carving - Oct. 30th

Landmark Church of Christ held their annual "Trunk or Treat" on Wednesday, October 30th.  The boys were very excited to have two days of trick or treating in a row.  We also carve our pumpkin on Halloween Eve, so it was a very busy and late night.

 Brady is "Bumblebee" a transformer, Eli is Darth Vader, and Major is a dinosaur.  Here they are in front of the house, and at the trunk or treat event.

 Poor Major didn't understand why he didn't get to eat every piece of candy that was handed to him.  So basically, I got to hold him and his candy bucket the entire night.  He did get to eat two pieces, but I felt that two was plenty enough for a two year old.

 Brady throwing a football to hit a target to get his candy.  Eli is watching him in the background.

 And then home for some pumpkin carving!  I got one picture of Major and allowed him to watch for about 5 minutes, then put him to bed.  The next day was a school day and if he stays up late the next morning is terrible.

 This year's pumpkin..."Spooky".  Daddy did an excellent job, as usual.

The Pumpkin Patch

Time again for the pumpkin patch!  For the last 6 years, we went to Berryhill Farm outside of Houston.  Since that is now obviously out of the question, we had to find someplace a little closer to our new home.  We found a place called Dream Field Farms right outside of Montgomery, so we took the boys on Columbus Day since Bill also had the day off of school.  It was a really neat little place with lots of things for the boys to do.  Here they are at the entrance to the farm.  The farm had made bales of hay shaped like animals.  They liked the cow best.

There were lots of animals for the boys to pet and feed.  Major loves animals right now.  He always asks to "hold you" them.  It's so precious.

 This place had a lot of blow up things you could play on.  Major played, and played, and played.

 In these, the put little plastic ducks and raced them down the water spouts by pumping water as fast as they could.

 There were several "corn cribs" where the boys could play in corn like sand in a sand box.  Eli's favorite activity was to jump in and bury himself in it.

 Another animal Major was desperate to "hold you" him... a rabbit!  We could not pull him away.

 Time to go find the perfect pumpkin! (or 4, since each boy also gets to pick out his own small one)

 Once again, we were able to pick the perfect pumpkin!

 The boys showing off each of their pumpkins.  Major named his "baby pumpkin" and when he is home, he takes it everywhere with him.  It plays with him outside, it plays dinosaurs with him, it watches TV with him, it eats with him.  Hopefully, it will survive until Halloween!