Tell me . . .

Is it possible for three-year-olds to survive on edamame alone? Because mine is trying to.

Pumpkin Patch Play Day

This post is a little out of order--should have come before all the halloween stuff. But the pictures were cute enough I had to post it. We found the greatest pumpkin patch--yeah, it took us 45 minutes to get there, but gas is cheaper here. So why not?

Who do you think weighs more? Umm, it's getting pretty close!

Gee, thanks, Mom. I just love being a sunflower.

Follow me, Carter.

Any of you think you could keep up with Carter in a gigantic corn patch?

Wait for me, Carter!

They had a great tractor-barrel-train thing. The boys loved it.

For the record, I took a ride too.

And I was just as nervous as Mac was that we were going to tip over

when he took the sharp turns.

Seriously. I was gripping the sides of my bovine-painted barrel.

Do our faces look pink to you? It was only 95 that day. We were hot, sweaty, dirty, sticky (popsicles) ... and totally happy.

Now we get down to the real point of the trip. The Best Pumpkin Ever.
Checking out the options.

Got it. Now roll up your sleeves, got to get it to the car.

Returning the wagon. And the brother.

Happy Haunting!

Happy Halloween! (a little late)

I guess my boys were tired of being pirates, because they opted for other costumes for the actual Halloween festivities.

Carter was a ... we're not really sure. Matt's dad had this costume, and I think I decided it was an orc from Lord of the Rings--you know, those goblinish soldiers? Anyway, he was pretty impressed with how scary he looked. And thought it was really funny that he was wearing a dress.

Mac was a friendly, neighborhood Spiderman.

As the night wore on, Carter was as grouchy as an orc,

but Mac's spidey senses were tinglin!

He was jumping off curbs, pretending to fall, bouncing up, and "shooting" webs at everyone he saw. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that he ate a piece of candy every third step he took. He was a wild man!

Wait, is Spiderman in cahoots with an orc? Or is the orc strangling him?

Your guess is as good as mine.

We saw some pretty creative pumpkins at Matt's dad's house.

The labels speak for themselves.

We live close-ish to a guy who works for Universal Studios in their prop and set design department. He decks out his house for Halloween with about 20 statue/figurines that were real movie props, etc. I was a little worried that the boys would be scared (the realistic--is that possible?--werewolf was pretty creepy, and there was a Chuckie, etc.), but Mac assured me he would be brave. In fact, in his own words,

"I'm not afraid of anything, Mom. Except dinosaurs."

Here are a few of the pics:
Brothers keeping each other safe.

This one is hard to see because the fog machine was going right next to it, but it was a pretty fancy Captain Jack Sparrow and his treasure.




Darth Vador and a storm trooper.
Carter has no idea who or what Darth Vador is, but he is pretty sure he is totally awesome.




My spidey vision must be off!
Do you see two spidermen in this picture?



All in all, it was a really fun night. We ended up with a LOAD of candy--every house gave the kids a *handful.* We tried to get rid of some of the candy we bought by leaving a bowl of it on the porch all night, but we still had a ton left. Matt and I have just about finished off the boys' candy (a week later). Hooray for our new dental insurance!