Fall Time Fun

This year for the month of October I decided to do 31 days of Halloween with my kids. I planned a different activity/meal/craft/treat everyday for the entire month and it ended up being a lot of fun for the kiddos and I as well! Everyday Dawson was so excited to see what we were gonna be doing that day and I think it gave them something to look forward to. I am not gonna go over the whole month but here are some highlights!

*We decorated a Haunted Gingerbread House. It was pre-assembled and I didn't check it so of course it was cracked. We made so and re "glued" some pieces and even added a graham cracker panel. It was a bit ghetto but it worked.



*We went to Ride to a Witch with our friends Jill, Parker, and Dixie. The kids had fun and the witches were pretty funny. Us Mommas even snuck in some material and bead shopping! PS check out the picture of Dixie and Emerson. They are best buddies and I just love how they are posing with their arms around each other!





*Of course we had to go to a pumpkin patch and get pumpkins...tradition, right?


*We decorated Halloween sugar cookies as a family! Well, Emerson globbed frosting on one and starting eating right away and Dawson carefully decorated (he did good!) and then said he wanted to not eat them and keep them forever....yeah...that didn't happen!




*Dawson got to dress up for preschool. They made trick or treat bags, decorated cupcakes, then the kids in his class trunk or treated to the moms outside.


*We went to the library Halloween story time with the Holyoak's and Andrus'....the kids got to listen to stories, sing and dance, then trick or treat around the library.


*We went to a Halloween party Jen ans Jer threw then one the Jesperson's threw and had a fabulous time at both. Chris and I were Mary Poppins and Bert.


*We went to Boo at the Zoo with Aunt Jen and cousin Kohen. It was definitely crazy crowded but I figured it would be so I wasn't surprised by it. I was surprised and impressed though with how many trick or treat stations there were and how much candy they got!



*We carved pumpkins with our family and Lisa and a bunch of her friends. It was a really fun night with a lot of laughs...poor Alexus and Chris had these pumpkins that were practically petrified and almost impossible to carve!





*We ended the month with trick or treating of course! We had a bunch of friends over (Andrus', Holyoaks's, Peterson's, and Tuckett's) and Aunt Jen, Uncle Jer, and cousin Kohen to eat, play, and go trick or treating. It was crazy wild with a dozen kids but they had a fun filled night trick or treating together.