Happy Halloween!

What a beautiful day for trick or treating!!  The weather was uncharacteristicly warm and sunny.  Of all the years that I spent Halloween in Illinois, I cannot remember a single year where it wasnt rainy, snowy, or just plain freezing! This year was an unexpected treat!

We attempted to take Mason (dragon) and Maddie (lady bug) out to a few houses for trick or treat this year. . . and made it to grandmas house and grandpas house before the melt down.  They are still a tad too little to really have fun on Halloween. They got to put on costumes and run around a bit before they headed home for the evening with Daddy.  I made a pirate costume for my cousins little boy (Noah) and so I got to take him out trick or treating.   Im hoping that next year the kids will last a little longer in their costumes so they can go for a while.

Catching up...

I didnt realize how much time had past since my last post...Lot of fun stuff going on as fall is now in full effect!  The kids have really been enjoying the weather and getting to play outside.  We had fun picking out pumpkins a few weeks ago, and this past weekend had our annual trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch.   After our indian summer a few weeks ago, it is finally getting colder. Ryan and I carved pumpkins the other night, the kids halloween costumes are ready to go,  and I have been baking all kinds of fall flavored goodies...i am starting to feel like October went by too fast.