Halloween Fun!

Pumpkin Patch:

Our very favorite strawberry farm opened up a pumpkin patch for the first time this fall. We were very excited to check it out and see what they had in store.

We got to ride on the tractor out to the pumpkin patch.

And then search through the patch to find the perfect pumpkin!

It was surprisingly challenging to find ones without bad spots on them. But we did find two that we felt would work well! The farm also had a fun apple chunking activity. We were able to purchase a bucket of apples and then using a sling shot aim them at targets across an open field. It was a lot of fun and we even hit a few of the targets.

 Finley told Grammie that he was dying to bob for apples so we brought home some apples from the farm to use. Bobbing for apples is surprisingly hard! During the process Finley ended up losing a tooth that we didn't even know was loose! 

Trunk or Treat:

A few days before Halloween we attend our churches trunk or treat. This year Finley decided he wanted to be Harry Potter. So of course we all had to dress up as characters from the book. I was Hermione Granger and David was Ron Weasley. 

We even found a fellow Hogwarts student Luna Lovegood at the trunk or treat! 

Pumpkin Carving:

We kind of waited till the last minute to carve our pumpkins this year. While David was at work on Halloween Finley and I went to work on one of the pumpkins.

We went with a soccer ball this year for this Messi loving boy!

Halloween Party:

Since Halloween fell on a teacher workday this year one of our friends decided to host a fun Halloween party at her house before the trick or treating. 

The kids did a few crafts and played don't eat Frank!

Had mummy races. 

And played a pass the pumpkin (like musical chairs) game. 

Finley ended up winning the pass the pumpkin game and his little besties helped him celebrate in quite the fashion by cheering him on and tackling him to the ground.

We ended the party with a doughnut eating competition followed by feeling some gross items in mystery boxes!

Trick or Treating:

After our traditional dinner of mummy hot dogs and apples with caramel it was time for some trick or treating. 

David and I took turns walking Finley around the neighborhood and we even made a stop at his teacher's house who also lives in our neighborhood. 

We had a fun and sugar filled Halloween and we hope you did too! Happy Halloween!