October Shenanigans.....

Ben caught two dragonflies mating... this kids got skills!

That poor thing... don't worry I don't believe

 these creatures were harmed just tortured for a short while! 

Thank you little dragonfly for your sacrifice.

Ok if you haven't done this with your kiddos... you must! It's RAD!

Milk... food coloring drops

And q-tips with dish soap on them...

 

It was awesome... my boys had a hard time just letting it be... but they thought it was pretty great!

Ben working on his Thumbkin Pumpkins!

Colten painting his pumpkin patch

Some little Ben hand ghosts... later we added googly eyes!

Jumping in leaf piles is just about the best thing ever...according to my boys!

The raking part just stinks!

Ahhhhhhh...

Love him!!

This may be my favorite photo for fall!!

Or maybe this one!

It's just pure bliss...

Leaf wars are good therapy!

You get him Ben!

Soooo fun!  So much raking but the 20 minutes of jumping and battling was totally worth it!

 

Well with less than a week till Halloween we decided we better go get a pumpkin...

Papa mentioned something about how you just cant go pick out a pumpkin without a warm beverage... so some hot coco was in order

Mmmm

Thankfully the patch had wheelbarrows... Parent fail... Ben came with no shoes!  Yep he was carried to the car and we both forgot to grab them... oooops!  Thankfully Ben's wasn't too bummed, he says "I just ride in the wheelbarrow!"

 

Yeah you better run, there might not be any left!

AHHHHH found it!

Oh my word that's a lot of pumpkin!

He insisted on pettin the piggies!

In the pumpkin lookout tower!

 

Getting down to business..

Pumpkin carving is always better in your batman undies!

When your 6 it's hard to practice self control with power tools!

What was just a couple eyes and a nose... quickly turned into a totally mangled mess... Colten said he had a plan... but well he's not sure what happened! haha! 

 

So here you have it...

Mama's, Papa's, Ben's and Coltens!

I told Colten it looks like a woodpecker got his, and he says no it was attacked by a chainsaw Mom!

Off to Story time at the library...all decked out in our costumes!

 

Happy Halloween Friends!