We’ve really been trying to get out and enjoy this beautiful fall Iowa weather this year more than just about ever before. We’re totally exhausted but I also feel physically rejuvenated not having to carry around 14 pounds of baby in my tummy anymore! The end of our summer was pretty dull for our kiddos since I couldn’t get out and do very much so we’ve definitely been trying to get out and do all the fall things now to make up for that!
We took the big boys to a local (free!) pumpkin patch over the weekend while the babies stayed with my mom and aunt. For being a tiny little patch, they had so much for the kids to do. Caleb loved this giant pipe slide!
This tiny little ‘train’ was a huge favorite. I’m pretty sure it went about 2 miles/hour and went in a small circle but my kiddos thought it was the coolest thing ever. We were lucky that there wasn’t a ton of kids there around lunchtime when we went so they rode it over and over and would probably still be there if we hadn’t convinced them to move on to something else!
Tractor rides are always a favorite in our family! Someone along the way came over with a chicken from their farm and let all the kids see it up close. That was pretty cool for our boys!
We got our pumpkin decorating on which of course had to be painted like ninja turtles. We are big fans of painting pumpkins instead of carving them at this age because then the kids can help with everything and anything that doesn’t involve knives around a 2 year old is good news for us.
This is pretty much what these guys did while the rest of us were enjoying our outside fall fun. They wanted to be festive in their Halloween monster sleepers though. Don’t they look alike here? (Luke is on the left.)
The big boys helped Daddy rake up most of our overdue leaves… and then jumped in them and tracked them all over. If we’re being honest, that’s exactly where they still are today. I’m playing the newborn twin card for that one.
Our older boys have been obsessed with Toy Story since we watched the first movie over the summer and they have been talking about dressing up as Buzz and Woody for Halloween for months. It was all I could do to keep them out of their costumes until Halloween night.
Since Luke and Reid didn’t have much of an opinion this year, we went with the toy story theme and they were the Toy Story aliens! 😉 Their hats are just pieces of felt that I cut up and hot glued together. And of course added the pipe cleaner at the top.
Caleb and Eli went trick or treating around the neighborhood with Daddy and I stayed back with the little dudes. They definitely got a lot of attention from the kids that came to our door!
Trick or treaters are exhausting for a 1 month old!
That was our Halloween week!