October Happenings

October was busy around our house...

 We decorated for Halloween

 We went to the National Zoo in D.C.

 We had a very, very early snow storm

 And I was the target of many snowballs!



 Adam trick or treated as a Ninja



and Nick was Captain America!

Now November is here and proving to be even busier!!  Have a great Turkey Month everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

I hope your Halloween is full of more treats than tricks and tons of smiles and fun!

Have a great day and enjoy this super holiday!!!

Costumes!

Just wanted to share our 2010 costumes with my blogger friends/family. Link up and tell me what you dressed as this year!

Friday Flashback ~ Halloween Edition

Our first Halloween as a family of four.

Adam is 9 months old and Nick is almost 4.

Visit more flashbacks at http://minyards7.blogspot.com/.

Have a Very Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Week 8 of 52 ~ Penns Cave

At Penn's Cave, a boat ride through a cave near State College (Penn State). After the 40 minute boat ride, we walked through the grounds. They had hundreds of painted and decorated pumpkins. I took some cute pics that I will share later.

Pumpkin Carving

My boys did not like cleaning out the pumpkin and they helped about as long as it took me to take the picture.

A few weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch and, in my opinion, came home with perfectly shaped pumpkins (I look and look until I find them - you should try Christmas tree hunting with me sometime - I'm VERY picky). Ahem anyway, everyone was soooooo excited to carve pumpkins. Apparently I was too slow because I was slowly abandoned, one by one. Well, at least I had peace and quiet to concentrate! I am quite pleased with the results.

Friday Photo Flashbacks

2004 - Nicholas is 11 months old and we went to Hershey Park for their Halloween tour/display. They take the amusement park and tranform it for Halloween. It was a great day that I am thinking of repeating real soon ;)

Monday Mugs (on Tuesday) ~ Fall

We love trips to the pumpkin patch!

And being Silly while we are there!

Corn mazes are the best!


We love beautiful fall walks through the woods!

And it's always a special treat to carve our pumpkins, roast pumpkin seeds, and light the faces for Trick or Treat night!!

I'm a day late, but you can always visit more Monday Mugs and Heather's cute blog at http://oswaldcuties.blogspot.com/

Monday Mugs - Orange!

This week's theme is Orange ~ just in time for Halloween!!!

Last Friday Nick didn't have school for a teacher in-service day so I took a "sick day" and we went to the pumpkin patch. There was lots of orange!

Visit Heather and more Monday Mugs at http://oswaldcuties.blogspot.com/

Have a super fall week!!

Halloween Costumes

Nick as Optimus Prime

Adam as Wow Wow Wubbzy

I didn't realize that Nick changed the setting on my camera so pardon the not so pretty pictures.

Halloween Party

I decided this year the 4 of us were having a Halloween Party. I bought halloween music and we danced to the Monster Mash, made a spooky arts and crafts project, enjoyed dressing up in odds and end costume pieces I picked up at the dollar store, played Bobbing for Bats, had a gooey snack, and had a great time!

Our Carved Pumpkins