October Shenanigans

After a particularly hard week with the girls (Piper escaped,the neighbor yelled at me for it, major fits were thrown, no one seemed to be sleeping through the night all week, the house seemed EXTRA messy each day, etc.), I was so relieved to have some down time this weekend!  Shawn was out of town all week again and for some reason, it was just a bad week- you know how that sometimes happens...

Anyway, we did the whole Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin carving/painting over the weekend and made some good memories :)  Piper sure knows how to crack us up!

Usually we don't carve pumpkins this early in October, but I will be gone next weekend and so we decided to go for it.  No one cares how your pumpkins look on Halloween anyway- they only care about the costumes(and the candy!)

The pumpkin patch here is tiny, but the girls had fun doing "Pumpkin Bowling," beanbag tosses, horseshoes, and swinging on a swing-set. It was a perfect day to get out of the house after being stuck inside all week.

It was chilly- but isn't that how it's supposed to be this time of year?  There were still ducks to feed too, so we managed to give them a feast before they migrate for the Winter! It doesn't matter how often we go, feeding the ducks will ALWAYS be my girls favorite thing to do.  We all love it! 

Painting Pumpkins actually started off as a clean activity!  Little did we know it would soon turn into such a hilarious mess!

And so it begins.....

Never a dull moment with this stinker.

Shawn and I carved Olaf for the girls!  I'm pretty impressed with us.  The girls LOVE it!

There is something about this picture that captivates me.  I love this little girl something fierce!

Certainly I'm biased....but that doesn't mean that she isn't the most beautiful little girl in the whole world ;)

I spy with my little eye.....a REAL LIVE DUCK!  He's a duck whisperer....

I really wish it would stop flipping my pictures and not allow me to flip them back.  Sorry guys! Lucy got a strike though!

Piper's version of Pumpkin Bowling was to drop the pumpkins right on top of the pins :)  But she got a spare! Haha!

This is my view of the world each and every day.  It's gorgeous, and when the fog rolls in it makes it look enchanting!  I love heavy fog!

My 3 year old is looking so old!  She most definitely does NOT look 3 here.  She is just gorgeous!

She's like an adorable little puppy with her tongue hanging out and her face in the wind as we're driving home....Silly Piper!

Well, I'm off!  Can you believe we caught some snowflakes tonight??  Just a little dusting of teensy little ones, but they were there and I was SOOOO happy to see them!  Winter is just around the corner!  Woo hoo!