Hall's-oween 2014

This Halloween was lots of fun. We did all sorts of things that we have never done before. To kick off the halloween festivities we decided to paint pumpkins. This isn't unusual for us, we usually prefer to paint them instead of carve them so that Landon can participate. This year he has really taken up an interest in the ninja turtles. Ninja turtles were a hot commodity this year due to the movie being released this past summer. We took Landon to the theaters to see it and I must say it was a GREAT movie, I may or may not have enjoyed it more than he did. Any who. Landon decided he wanted to paint his pumpkins like ninja turtles but he decided "They won't be as good if I do it, so I want daddy to paint them." So daddy did just that.

I must say, they turned out pretty amazing.

For Larson's pumpkin I decided to do an image of her footprints. Sounds easy, right? Nope. Who knew a 2 month old could wiggle her feet so much.

Naturally, Landon wanted to be a ninja turtle for halloween and it had to be Leonardo because his favorite color is blue.

 

Our little Larson was a pumpkin princess for her first halloween.

 

We

took

lots

of

pictures.

Thursday night we took Landon to the spirit of Ripley festival to trick or treat while Larson stayed home with YaYa. It was our first time and we had a great time!

We ran into some oompa loompa's while we trick or treated...

and we met up with some cool friends.

After the festival we went to Nana and Pappy's to trick or treat.

Trick or treating at Nana and Pappy's is more similar to Christmas...Landon told Nana he needed an alarm clock to wake him up in the mornings. I wasn't aware that me waking him wasn't sufficient.

On Friday, Jason and I took Landon trick or treating in New Albany. This was Landon's first time to really trick or treat. In previous years we always went to Tennessee and trick or treated at my families houses. This year we decided to stick around home since Larson isn't much on riding in a carseat. Although we missed the family, we had a blast. Jason dropped Landon and I off in a well known subdivision and we went from door to door. Landon had a ball. He told me he wanted to do that every year! Im so glad he got to experience a little piece of some of the precious memories I had as a child. All in all it was a wonderful halloween. I look forward to next year, when we have 2 trick or treater's.



Just for fun...Here are a few throw back pictures.


Our little pumpkin princess is 2 months old!

Our little pumpkin princess, according to her brother, is 2 months old today. Unfortunately, our pictures aren't that great because our photo shoot was short and sweet for 2 reasons.

Reason 1: Larson hates to take pictures.

 Reason 2: Larson hates bows.

 One thing she DOES love is to be naked.

 LOVES to be naked.

In honor of her 2 month birthday im going to share some of our likes and dislikes.

LIKES

Bath time

Eating

Snuggling

Her brother

To be talked too

Rocking

Me singing "You are my sunshine"

Her changing table

To sit up and look around the room

 

DISLIKES

The hiccups

Dirty diapers

Bows on her head

When her bottle runs out

Laying down

Sleeping in her own bed

Taking pictures

 

We love you sweet girl!

 

P.S. How cute is her pumpkin tutu?



Peanut butter cookie time

Guess what we decided to do last night?

That's right. Landon, Larson, and I decided to make peanut butter cookies. Technically I decided to bake some cookies and I MADE Landon help me. He had played on his ipad and watched tv for the majority of the day yesterday so i made him put away the electronics and get domesticated. As you can tell, he wasn't very happy. Larson, on the other hand,  was thrilled.

 

I gave Landon the responsibility of reading the instructions (he loves to read) and that seemed to lighten the mood.

 Larson had an important job as well. She had to sit there and be cute. She took it very seriously.

The further into the process we got, the more he was willing to help.



Before I knew it, he had practically made the cookies all by himself.

They were delicious and I think he may have even had a little fun.....

But we will never tell him that.  :-)





The Hall's and their Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Against my better judgement we decided to take our almost 2 month old to the pumpkin patch. Our church goes every year and Landon loves to go. This year was no exception. Now keep in mind, Larson has only been out of the house a hand full of times, dr. appointments included.

 Before leaving the house we did a little photoshoot.

 Landon got a little silly.

  Larson got a little silly.

 

 

Landon was loving on his little sister.

Daddy even decided to join in on the fun.

Naturally I couldn't help but think this was going to be a wonderful day. We arrive to the pumpkin patch and holy moses, It.Was.Packed. After taking out the stroller, hooking the carseat to it, feeding a baby, changing a diaper, packing up the diaper bag AFTER going through said diaper bag to make sure all items are accounted for, putting baby in stroller, covering with shade to avoid wind/ sun, we were ready. Whew, are you tired yet? Me too. As we chased Landon around to all the different activities such as the zip line.... 

the super slide,

 the race carts,

and the ponies just to name a few, 

Larson was pretty content hanging out in the stroller.  (P.S. how cute is her candy corn outfit?)

But then, she decided she was DONE with the stroller. She wanted to see what was going on outside of her little carseat which is understandable. She's a baby and babies are curious. However, it was really windy and I didnt feel comfortable with her being out in the wind so I tried to prolong the carseat ride. She wasn't having it. This is where the crying began and the pictures ended. We loaded up on the trailer crammed with people sitting elbow to elbow pulled by a tractor (once again against my better judgement) and headed to the field to pick out our pumpkins. At this time Larson usually has already had around 3 naps, but on this day she had 0. Getting her to sleep was near impossible due to all the noise and activites going on around her. Im to the point of tears, threatening to take the long hike back through the fields by foot, Larson is crying, the wind is blowing, we are surrounded by people looking at us with that sympathetic look and germs, oh my gosh the germs.

 

 We finally make it back to the truck and Jason realizes he has lost his phone. After searching for what feels like an eternity we find the phone. In the truck. Sitting right next to me.

Now, if you have never been to the pumpkin patch in Blue Mountain, MS, you truly are missing out. It's very family oriented and there are so many fun activities to enjoy. We are thankful for the church providing us with such precious memories. Although this trip wasn't the best, it's definitely the most memorable. We look forward to next year....when we have a toddler and a 7 year old :-)