Pumpkin Carving is always one of those things that your glad you did it when it's done, but the prcess is really messy.  Some how me and Dan end up cleaning out all the pumpkin seeds because the kdis think it's gross.  This year Kate decided to paint her pumpkin instead.  She is so artistic that it seemed perfectly suited to her.  Kirk did a diary of a wimpy kid, and Ben just wanted as scary face.  Jence picked out a tiny pumpkin so his carved up pretty easy.  Note to self next year pick out the smaller pumpkins they are way less messy to carve!

We also went to Black Island Farms this year with some good friends the Lowes and the Johnson's. 

 

Black Island Farms is a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and playground with slides, and bounce houses.  The kids a an absolute blast.  It was fun to go as a family.  It had been years since we have been and in the past we would just go in the day time with a preschool group.  Going at night with the whole family and friends was super fun. 

Haloween

Halloween this year was really fun.  The kids got so much candy that there is candy everywhere in their rooms.  Wrappers turn up all over the house.  The other morning

 I even spotted Kirk eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast in between bites of cereal he was eating a full sized Twix bar.  I am so tired of candy I feel like gathering it up and disposing of it.  I think I'll give the kids a few more days to work on it, and then what ever is left over in their rooms will "disappear".  But really the kids had a great time.  Kate was a sound of music girl.  She wore a costume her Grandma brought back from Poland.  As you can tell from the pictures it's pretty authentic and really nice.  Kirk was a minion.  Jence was really two costumes I bought him the minion jacket from Sam's club.  The jackets were the best find.  Just zip it up and go.  It;s also nice that kirk can wear it as a nice jacket during the year.  On Halloween day however Jence decided to be a ninja turtle from our dress up bin.  The turtle costume turned out cute, but I still love the minion jacket.  Ben was Harry Potter.  I can't believe what a cute harry potter he made.  he looks so adorable in glasses.