Happy Halloween!

READY, SET, PUMPKIN PATCH!
The glow of a day at the pumpkin patch!

A few days before Halloween (Oct 28) we headed off to the pumpkin patch so Taylor could pick out her pumpkin this year. Unfortunately by the time we made it to the pumpkin patch that afternoon the wind really started to pick up and blow under the tents where the pumpkins were and none of us were dressed appropriately.

That didn't stop us from having a little fun though. Taylor was really into all the pumpkins and scooting around in the hay. She just loves being out and exploring the unknown. And as you can see, part of exploring means that she put everything in her mouth!

She picked out a pumpkin that was just her size!

They had a petting zoo there but as we walked over the wind really picked up and she was not having fun at all. We didn't think it would be a good idea to throw her in with a bunch of animals when she wasn't happy in the first place.

For Halloween Taylor and I spent the night at home just relaxing and reading books while Todd was at work. We don't live in a very kid friendly area so there really wasn't anything for us to do. We don't even get trick or treaters. :o( So no costume this year. I'm already looking forward to next year when we will live in a little neighborhood for her to go door to door. It may be a little colder in Olathe, Kansas but she is going to have so much more fun!

Here is a short little video from the pumpkin patch. She is wearing the cute little outfit that her Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Amy got for her! The little socks are from her Auntie Vanessa!

At the Pumpkin Patch

On Wednesday, Oct 22 Todd and I took little Taylor to the pumpkin patch in Woodland Hills. What an adventure. First of all, I've been looking for a little onesie that I saw weeks ago that say "My 1st Halloween".  Well, we go to find one and they are all gone and they are starting to put up Christmas stuff. I couldn't believe it. I did find her a cute little outfit with a matching hat.  Plus, her auntie Amy bought her these really cute halloween socks that matched perfectly! My sister Wendy sent a really cute mermaid outfit but it's HUGE.  She'll be able to wear it next year. 

 

The pumpkin patch was huge and had so many fun things for kids to do.  Taylor is going to love it when she gets older. So the plan was to get one shot of her amongst all of the pumpkins and one family shot. We headed to the pumpkins and saw that David and Victoria Beckham were gathering pumpkins with their kids too. We put Taylor down and got one shot of her before the tears came.  Every picture after that she was crying. We think it was the hat. The evil, evil hat! For some reason she HATED it!! 

I didn't want every picture we had of her in the cute little outfit to look like we beat her so we set up a little photo shoot at home. It turned out to be really cute AND we got the one picture of her smiling! SOOO CUTE!!