Guess How Many Seeds are in 6 Pumpkins?

I don't know why I let Adam and Hallie decide things for me. Probably because they are so cute and it's hard to say no!

For example, I asked Adam how many pumpkins we should carve and he said "six". Six it is! Well, it sounds better in theory than it does when you have to scoop, clean and carve all 6 of them. We got through 4 and decided the last 2 would just look pretty sitting next to all of the carved ones!

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A Turtle and a Mouse are in the House!

I can't believe we are in the last week of October! This month has flown by. The last couple of weeks we have had early Halloween fun. The kids were able to dress up in their costumes and we went trick-or-treating early.

We went bowling, and I have to admit, the bumpers make it harder to bowl! I did beat Matt (even though he gave me a 100 pin lead), it still counts!

We have had very busy weekends lately, going here, there and everywhere! Adam wanted to wear his costume everywhere we went, and I let him. I love Halloween, and they so rarely get to wear their costumes. Plus, kids should be kids and if wearing his turtle costume makes him happy, it's a win-win for everyone. :)

Happy Halloween!

We Like to Make Messes

A couple weekends ago, we decided to make Halloween cookies! The kids had a great time cutting out the shapes and doing the sprinkles. However, with all cookie making activities, usually the first batch is fun, the 2nd loses its ability to keep them entertained and the 3rd batch I decorated on my own.

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The end product was cute and the cookies tasted great!
Saturday morning, we let Dad sleep in, and the kids and I painted about 30 paper plates. The kids love to paint and paper plates are more fun than plain old paper. We like to do crafts in our house. :)

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Hitchin a Ride

Hallie has this idea that we are all her own personal horses, and she loves to climb on us and make us give her rides. (It's so hard to say no to her) Adam indulges in this request the most, and it's hilarious to watch him carry her around, given that she is only 2 lbs lighter than he is.

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Children of the Corn (Not the scary 80's movie)

There is a myth that if you are in a maze, corn or otherwise, and you keep your hand along the right hand side wall, you will find your way quickly through the maze to the end with out bumping into detours.

Well, we tried it, and they tricked us. It was all lefts. We found this out after an hour, and many wrong turns.

We went to the Corn Maze down near Chatfield, it was a great time. The kids had fun "leading" us, although Adam figured out right away the "shortcuts" to take through the stalks instead of staying on the path. We made him stay on the paths and we eventually found our way out. I suggest if you plan on doing this maze you wait until a cooler day. It was way too hot out, but we had a lot of fun. If you have older kids there is a trivia map to go along with the maze too!

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