Pumpkins!

This year the girls were old enough to help carve pumpkins! Aubrey chose Snow White and Evelyn picked Aurora.

Pumpkin Patch

On the first of this month Craig and I took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch. The one we went to is suppose to be awesome with 2 huge corn mazes and a ton of other things to see and do, but when we got there we found out the people that run it had a family emergency and they hadn't opened for the season. Because we were already there the workers who were setting stuff up let us walk around anyway. It worked out well, because the corn mazes which are the main attraction weren't finished yet they didn't charge us the entry fee and the girls got to be "testers" for the other attractions, like the jumper and the cow tractor rise :)

Halloween

This year we went to Palmdale for halloween. We carved our pumpkins after the packer game and then went trick or treating once it was dark. Aubrey was Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Evelyn was Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Both there costumes were store bought but I made them both candy buckets to match their costumes! They both loved getting dressed up as princesses and walking around. Evvy kept saying "look, me, princess!" Aubrey wasn't talking much at this time last year, but this time she had no problem knocking on doors and saying "trick or treat!" And both of them did a great job of remembering to say "thank you". Like last year, there was a haunted house and aubrey wanted to go through it! While waiting in line, she could barely contain her excitement and was giggling like crazy! While we were in line I pointed out a teenage boy dressed as a banana and she said "I'm going to eat him up!" Silly girl, I love the crazy things she comes up with!! Once we got to the front of the line the guy at the door let the people inside know there was "little fresh meat" and they went easy on us. Aubrey loved it and probably would've been fine if it was scarier. I on the other hand am a huge whimp and was so glad they went easy on us cause I don't think I could've handled it if it was any scarier! That was our last stop and a great way to end our ToT but Aubrey was dissapointed and is already asking to go trick or treating again!

Lombardi Ranch

Yesterday we took the girls to our favorite pumpkin patch, Lombardi Ranch! We found LR last year when we were looking for a real pumpkin patch and enjoyed returning this year. This year the weather was perfect, unlike last years cold gloomy weather. The girls had a blast climbing on the hay pyramid, playing in the gigantic pumpkins, and seeing all the animals. Last year Aubrey got licked my a cow, this year the was bit by an ostrich! All the animals in cages had signs that said "animals will bite" and the girls didn't even try to touch any of them but as soon as we got to the ostrich cage I had to pull Evvy back and as I was doing that Aubrey immediately stuck her hand through the fence and it bit her! She was so surprised and I think thought it took her fingers when it started chewing and then swallowed. She looked at her hand to make sure they were all there and then pulled Evvy away from the cage and wouldn't let her get anywhere near it! I was so proud of her for looking out for her little sister!!! While all this was happening, Craig was getting tickets to the petting zoo and corn maze, so as you can imagine, Aubrey was a little apprehensive about getting to touch animals. First she wouldn't touch any of them and wouldn't let Evvy either, but after a while she warmed up to it and loved petting them! After the petting zoo we headed to the corn maze. This time both the girls were bigger enough to walk all the way through it and even pick which way to go so it was a lot more fun for them. They found every animal on the map and were so excited when they reached the end!

Pretty Girl! On top of the pyramid

inside the gigantic pumpkin

This is the ostrich that bit Aubrey!

Onto the Corn Maze!

Baby pumpkins

Looking for the perfect "punk"