Happy Halloween

Around here Halloween is a big deal. The Harris boys will tell you Halloween is his favorite holiday. In their opinion the decorations definitely trump Christmas. Halloween night is so exciting they start out even before it gets dark + energized to trick or treat every house in the neighborhood.

Molly the monkey : Athen his very own superhero

for a period of five minutes Athen thought he wanted to be a vampire superhero

Alice in Horror Land

My Aunt Lisa + Uncle Cory throw one of the biggest annual Halloween parties around. I have fond memories of dressing up as a little girl, taking a hay bale ride, eating yummy food, and avoiding the not so scary, but scary to me spook alley. It has been years since I had the chance to attend, so this year I packed up the kiddos and took a trip. This years theme was Alice in Horror Land.

Lisa : Queen of Hearts, Katlyn: Alice, George + Linda: tweedledee +dum, Cory: Mad Hatter

Hay bale ride with cousins: Jackson the frog, Athen the tiger, Sam the ninja, + Aunt Emily

Athen + Sam

Molly has an obsession with stuffed animals, when she spotted this  cat on a table she went crazy!

Athen, Molly, + Grandma : a fifty's girl

Preschool + Pumpkins

A.B's preschool took a field trip to a local pumpkin patch.

Intently he watched + listened as the process of how a pumpkin grows was taught to him.

Athen + Jace :: in search for the perfect pumpkin

 After 10 minutes of turning down every pumpkin mom suggested,  he pick a small yellow pumpkin.

The smallest one in the bunch.

But that pumpkin made this boy smile.

traditional october

An annual outing to the local Country Mercantile.
My baby girl, last year stroller bound, this year eyes wide with aw + a mouth smiling from cheek to cheek.
My big boy, remembering the tradition 4 years running, knowing exactly what to do + having a total blast.
Mr. H, in search for the perfect pumpkin.
Me. capturing the moments so they won't be forgotten.