Halloween 2013

 

A local family decided to build giant minions for people to enjoy.  They did a great job and I am happy we took the small detour to get our photos with them :)

 

We stopped there on our way to my friends house where playgroup had a lovely bonfire with hot dogs and smores.  Both kids enjoyed themselves.

 

Another day Addison and I enjoyed a small local event called the Scarecrow Festival where people compete to make the best scarecrows.  There were some neat ones, my favorite was the minions.  They also gave out pumpkins and had stickers, markers and paint for kids to decorate with.  We went with stickers.

We met our playgroup at a local orchard for pumpkin picking another day.  Not even ten minutes after we arrived Addison fell flat on her face and scrapped her nose really badly.  She was not a happy camper.

Even with her big spill I think she still had a good time exploring the pumpkins and riding in wagons.

Then came the really fun part of making our pumpkin masterpieces!  For Addison's I cut out stickers and made a Jack-O-Lantern face, then she painted the whole pumpkin, after it was dry I peeled the stickers off and she had her fancy pumpkin :)

 

 She also painted herself...

Joe and I carved our pumpkins, Addison helped.  She thought the seeds looked so yummy that I roasted pumpkin seeds for the first time ever.  Addison and especially Joe were fans of that!

 

Every year I forget how bad I am at carving pumpkins.  I was trying for the look on the left and ended up with the right...

 

Joe's was the best I think.  He wanted it to fit on his head, but we underestimated exactly how big his head is.  Was pretty close though :)

 

Addison went trick-or-treating 3 times this year, by the end she had it figured out.  First time we went was just us two.  We went indoor trick-or-treating at a local library.  She kept giving all the candy back to people, but at the end when she received her pinwheel she held onto that!  She was a pumpkin for the warm indoor fun.

We went to the park next door for their trick or treating.  It was back on a wooded trail and very pretty,  Uncle Sam was able to go to that with us.  We also went to tent-or-treat, where the Girl Scouts give out candy and treats from their little pink tents, Grandma was able to do that one with us.  Addison dressed as Piglet for outdoor fun.  I may be biased, but she was the cutest Piglet I've ever seen!