The October backlog

We've done a lot of stuff lately. I just haven't blogged about it. These are for the grandparents - have fun catching up!

Frankie tried on baby Ferb's new legwarmers. He really didn't like them very much. 

We made Halloween sugar cookies; Frankie helped for awhile and then lost interest. I spent a couple of hours finishing them off. They taste SO good and luckily they don't spike my blood sugar too much for some reason. 

We took Bridget to the park and fed the geese some stale hot dog buns. This was also the site of a potty emergency. Luckily those are fewer and farther between now, a week later.

We went to a Halloween craft party at Anna's house. You will notice the lollipop in one hand.  Frankie said that his painted pumpkin was 'beautiful' when he finished it.

They kids also made slime. It was pretty cool, to be honest. It turned out just like that gak stuff we played with as kids. 

Last Saturday, we went to the world's cheesiest pumpkin patch. We'll be looking for another one next year. They did have a reptile house with lots of snakes and turtles for some reason.

We took the tractor ride around the Christmas tree part of the farm to the 'petting zoo.'

It's the only petting zoo I've ever seen that had animals behind barbed wire and a caution sign.

The highlight of the pumpkin patch was definitely the giant blow-up pillow. It took some coaxing to get Frankie on it, but once he did, he had a blast. 

Yes, they did have pumpkins. No, we did not buy one. They are much cheaper at Trader Joes.

In the afternoon, Frankie and Juston painted the door of our crawlspace to protect it from rain. This ended up with both boys covered in oil-based red paint. Olive oil and sea salt are the best way to remove said type of paint from the skin - there you go, you learned something new today. 

We dressed Bridget in a sweet wig and sweater. You can tell how she felt about it. 

And here's the only picture I got from the ward Trunk or Treat last week. He still insisted on wearing the tiny costume.