Happy Halloween!

We headed out today to trick-or-treat. It was the perfect evening to be out, and we had lots of fun!

Showing off my spider legs! I insisted on showing every person who opened the door too. I was pretty proud of my spider costume!

Little Peter looking adorable!

We only hit about 10 houses before I requested to go home. I just really, really needed to get my hands on all this candy I got!

Peter was ready too. He didn't even take time to take his costume off. He just sat down and didn't move for at least 10 minutes.

Halloween makes me happy!

Watch out for that stinger!

 

Do you recognize this bumble bee?? I was almost 1.5 years old when I wore this costume, and looked just as cute!

And Peter was stuck in a pumpkin!!

Apple Juice

Dad and I made our last batch of apple juice with the remaining apples from our tree. Our tree was great this year. It gave us 8 gallons of apple juice, 3 pies, 2 apple crisps, and endless apple eating for the last 3 months. Plus more that we gave away. It was fun to watch Dad grind the apples and then squeeze the juice out. And it is the best tasting juice ever! 

 This is me, after a hard days work. I told Dad I wanted to sleep in my chair, so I did just that.

Pumpkin Carving

We got two humungous pumpkins from Grandpa Gerard and spent the other evening carving them into a scary one and a nice happy one. I helped Dad every step of the way, even the gutting!

Peter wanted in on the action too, but didn't hang around too long when he found out that pumpkin doesn't taste too good.

Look at this! Slimy!

The finished product. Good job Daddy! And thanks for growing huge pumpkins Grandpa!

Haunted Hayride

Finally, time for the annual hayride at Grandpa's house! I had been looking forward to this for weeks and weeks! It was a full house, with extended cousins and Great Aunts and Great Uncles there too. I showed off my spider arms for the camera standing by Sydney, my Dad's cousin's girl.

The bumble bee tries to squish the zebra. Who wins...?

The Zebra does! She squishes the bee and I come to join the fun.

Little baby Ty is only a few weeks old. He is a cute little tiger!

There were so many people it took wagonfulls/trips to do the haunted hayride. Farmer Grandpa did a great job! We went through a graveyard, saw some ghosts, and even a scary monster jumped out and grabbed at us!

Before we headed out on the hayride, Audrey and Peter share a nice hug!

Peter makes himself cozy and comfortable with the guests, Joe's cousins who came all the way from Duluth.

Audrey with her cousins from Justins side of her family.

Boo at the Zoo, Leaves, Hikes and More

We have been having a very fun October with all the Halloween events going on. Aunt Shelly and Grandma Radzak came up for Boo at the Zoo. It was fun for the first hour until Peter started crying and couldn't be comforted. It was a cold, drizzly day and I think he wasn't very comfortable in his costume, which we had to change last minute because of the weather. We got lucky though, because we each have fireman rainjackets and just recently got firemen hats from our visit to the local Firehouse, so we were Firemen instead of a spider and bumble bee, which we will be dressed in tonight when we go trick-or-treating. I did really like the tractor wagon ride though. That was the best part of the whole event, just like last year. 

I found a cozy spot later at home to warm up in. Did you know you don't need to open a sleeping bag up for it to be cozy??

Peter is enjoying the caramel from our rolls the next morning.

This has been the best part of our fall- making trails in the leaves!

We took a walk on the Munger trail and looked at the landslides and washouts, all which are being fixed right now. We have been seeing lots of giant excavators and bulldozers and dump trucks driving on the trail. We should have a great new trail by next spring!

We managed to search for agates while we were up there too. It turns out that Aunt Shelly is good at finding them also!

What a beautiful day!

And of course we couldn't forget to stop by the neighbors and run through all their decorations!

Grandma helped me scoop up leaves when we got back home!

The best place to set up a great sleeping spot is at the bottom of the steps you know!

We still love tractors, if anyone is wondering!

Cabin Weekend

We went to Dave's (Dad's coworker) cabin a few weeks ago. It snowed!! October 13, can you believe it?! That is pretty early for snow,so we didn't get to do as much as we wanted to do at the cabin, but it was still fun and we did still play outside a lot.

 

Fortunately I found a digger to play with. 

 

Dumbell Lake. 

 

We went for a cool hike in the snow. Pete insisted on being carried alot. We think he really hated his winter jacket that he wore for the first time. It is kinda bulky, and we were calling him Blue Marshmallow by the end of the weekend. 

 

Action shot of when I hit Dad in the face with a snow ball. Haha! 

 

Here are some of the dogs. There were lots of dogs. 

 

We got to play with our friends Josie and Sage. Sage had the neatest light up coloring board. If any one is looking for Christmas present ideas, this is it! You color on it in the dark and it lights up the markers and crayon print, and then you can erase it and color some more. 

On our way home we stopped at Palisade Point and went for a walk to enjoy the view.

Us having fun running down the road...

 

...but not having fun when Peter tripped and scraped his nose and lip. Poor little guy!

Fall Time

We have been having lots of fun in the leaves this fall making trails and piles to jump in. It has been a pretty great fall until the last couple weeks, when it has started to get dreary with rain and cold. After the big wind storm today, with even a little bit of snow, we have no more leaves on our trees. Now we will be able to make a huge pile of leaves!