Getting Ready...

...for Halloween!!!

On Monday I took the kids to a little "pumpkin patch" to pick out a pumpkin. Zach was fascinated by any pumpkin that wasn't orange. Landon loves being in the front carrier now, although he's getting so big that it will kill my back pretty soon.After months of waiting Zach's pumpkin patch has finally produced. This is the one and only little pumpkin. Too bad it's not ready for Halloween!

We had our annual Family Home Evening pumpkin painting.

I helped Connor paint a snake on his and Dallin had the idea to make the pointy stem into the "rattle." Connor thinks it's "so cool!"

Dallin helped Landon paint his pumpkin...

On Tuesday morning I took Connor to the Halloween Library Storytime. They had a little party for the kids. Connor is SO excited to be Buzz Lightyear. We borrowed the costume from a friend.

He was a little wary of the lady dancing around in a big pumpkin costume, so he stayed back by me. But he still had fun.

We trick-or-treated backwards. Each kid went around the room and dropped a little prize in each sack (a prize that we brought). Then at the end each child got a bag full of stuff.

After the library Connor helped me gut out our pumpkin. He loved picking out all the seeds.

Meet Zachob! Here's our friendly jack-o-lantern that wears glasses and braces.