The entire month of October was much different for us this year. We didn't have to crank the AC so that we could wear our sweaters, or buy ice cold lemonade to keep us cool while we picked out our pumpkins... no no, this year was legit. I busted out our dusty winter boxes much sooner than I anticipated, but don't you worry, I had a giant smile on my face while I was doing it.
We got bundled up and made sure not to waste a weekend.
We hit Afton Apple Farms-- they had amazing apple pie, a huge playground and tire mountain, a fun hay ride, and raspberry picking.
Obviously Betsy was thrilled
We also picked out some pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch.
Then painted said pumpkins:
We drove down to Stillwater for their Fall Festival, and while the actual festival left much to be desired, the town was incredible. I guess it's the oldest town in Minnesota so it is full of gorgeous homes and twisting old trees. We went at the peak of the fall foliage so it was lit up with fall colors.
Ok, the giant pumpkins were pretty awesome
The kids got a fun Halloween package from Nona and Papa to get them in the candy spirit.
To get us into Halloween mode we left the kids and headed to fright farm....it was perfect.
Then for Halloween we made all of Finn's dreams come true and dressed him up as Peter Pan and Daniel up as Captain Hook. This happened ALL night....
He was in heaven.
If Daniel agreed to wear "guy"-liner, then B and I were going to join the crew too. We picked our sides and became the trusty side kicks.
My favorite part of Halloween this year was watching Finn trick or treat. He and his friend Elsa ran around our complex baffled by the fact that they could knock on any door and GET CANDY?! He ran home and dumped out his loot and was thrilled that it was all his. Luckily like 20 minutes later he got just as excited to hand out candy and he had forgotten all about his own. I was able to dump it back into the trick-or-treating bowl and we handed it all back out.
Thank you Minnesota, quite a legit October.
I'm sure December will be even better!
