So this was going to be post just about Halloween, but as I was looking through my pictures I found some really good ones of other stuff we have done this month. These first three pictures are of my kids and their cousins, Isaac, Alayna, and Eli, at the pumpkin patch. There is a great little pumpkin patch close to our house that has this little kid size corn maze that the kids love. This year they added kid size wheelbarrows too. We had fun looking for the perfect pumpkins.
These next pictures are from one of our families favorite fall activities, going up in the canyon to see the fall colors. This year we made the trip with Jason and Erika and their kids. So again my kids are pictured with Isaac, Alayna, and Eli. It was a beautiful day.
Don't we have some dang cute kids?
Okay, now to Halloween. Our Halloween festivities lasted for a week this year. We started off with a ward Halloween party last Saturday. Then Nathan had a Joy School party on Thursday. Jacob had a class party on Friday. And finally the real deal yesterday. So Jacob got to wear his costume 4 times and the other kids did 3 times. I usually make my kids costumes, but I wasn't feeling very creative this year and so we recycled old Halloween costumes, with the exception of Jacob's, which Randy made. Jacob really wanted to be a robot. So, Randy got a box, spray painted it silver, covered a play hard hat with tin foil, and put some dryer hose on his arms, a perfect robot, except he couldn't sit, or put his hands together when he was wearing it. Nathan wore a corn on the cob costume that Jacob wore a couple of years ago, and Adam wore a lion costume I made when Jacob was about the same age.
Adam was not very cooperative, this was the only picture I could get with his mane on
On Friday there was a little Halloween parade at Jacob's school before their class party. They started playing the Ghost Busters song and Jacob started dancing. I couldn't stop laughing, it was so cute. I tried to include a video, but it wouldn't upload. Sorry Mom, I will have to try again later. I got to help with the Halloween party in Jacob's class. This is a picture of his class, they sang some songs at the beginning of the party. Notice how little Jacob looks, he is one of the smallest kids in his class.
The little golden princess in this picture is Katelyn, she is Jacob's new best friend. This is a big deal because Jacob's cousin Isaac has been his best friend his whole life. Now he says Isaac is his best cousin, and Katelyn is his best friend. He also thinks it is amazing that a girl can be his best friend.
Let me tell you about Katelyn. Her family actually moved in across the street from us over the summer, but they didn't meet until the second day of school. Jacob pointed out that she is the first friend he made by himself, without mom or dad. They sit at the same table at school. He talks about her constantly. One day I picked Jacob up from school and as we walked by her she said "bye" to him. Then one of our ward boys who is in their class, Jaxon, yelled, "Jacob has a crush on Katelyn." Jacob laughed and said, "That is funny what Jaxon said, isn't it mom?" I agreed, then Jacob said, "What does that even mean?" with this perplexed look on his face. I told him it means that he likes her and that he thinks she is cute. Then I asked him if he does have a crush on Katelyn. He said, "Well, I really like Katelyn" and left it at that. Apparently he is not the only boy in his class, or in our ward, who really likes Katelyn. Another mom in our ward asked me at the party who she is because her son, Tyler, is constantly talking about her. Today Jacob asked me if he could marry someone he met when he was five. Hmm.
