Pumpkin Picking

I had grand plans this year to get to a pumpkin patch and take a million cute pictures of Rocco picking out pumpkins, going on a hay ride, petting farm animals, participating in kid's activities, etc. Unfortunately, we never made it. I was waiting until closer to Halloween so our pumpkins wouldn't rot and then when the weekend I had planned it for finally arrived it was cold and rainy. It felt like a huge mom fail since I kept seeing what seemed like every other mom post perfect pumpkin patch pictures. In the end, he's not going to remember picking out his pumpkin when he was this age and he really doesn't care where he gets it from. So we ended up stopping at a road side stand to get our pumpkins and he had a blast! There was a wagon for him to ride in and puddles to jump in and that's all he really needed.

 

 

 

 

Seeing his face light up with excitement as he picked out his pumpkins and climbed in and out of the wagon was all I needed for this Halloween memory.

Much Love,

B.



Halloween 2015

Halloween weather left a lot to be desired this year...cold, rain, and wind. Earlier in the week the forecast promised 0% chance of rain, but as the weekend grew closer it quickly changed to 100% just like the last few years.

Last year we really didn't mind since Rocco wasn't yet walking and was too young to eat candy anyway. We just stayed inside where it was dry and warm and handed out candy.

 
But this year I was determined to give him the whole experience. I had finally found an adorable costume (online garage sale) at a great price ($8) and we had been practicing saying "trick or treat" all week while collecting leaves in his "bucket".

We had plans to meet up with our friends at their house to trick or treat since they have twin boys his exact age. I figured he would have the most fun running around with his friends. Even though it was rainy and cold we still went out to a few houses. The kids didn't mind at all, they would have gone to 100 houses if we let them!

 
 
 
 
We have high hopes that next year's weather will be much better so Rocco can teach his new brother or sister everything he learned this year!
Much Love,
B.