Happy Halloween

I'm a few days late, don't ya think? We had such a fun and busy weekend that I have just now recovered from the lack of sleep and non-stop going that we did. We were up and at 'em early Saturday. Well, I guess I should say that Liam and I were up and at 'em. David was sick all weekend. Poor daddy missed out on so much! Back to Saturday morning.....Liam and I started the day with some serious house cleaning. He loves to help sweep! When Liam finally went down for a nap, I ran to do some fast grocery shopping so that I could get home to get ready for our company.

As soon as Devin, Aspen and Ayla arrived at our house, we were off to the Pumpkin Patch. We had so much fun! I was really worried it would be crowded since it was the day before Halloween, but it wasn't at all. Liam and Aspen could pretty much run everywhere and we didn't have to worry about them. Liam was enamored with Ayla. He has even begun to ask his daddy for a baby! (He's going to have to wait!)

These two loved the slides at the Pumpkin Patch. They were so fast and shot them off the bottom about three feet. It was so funny to watch!

Everywhere they went, Liam and Aspen held hands. It was so cute! Look at Liam's dirty bottom from landing in the dirt at the bottom of the slide.
This is the first time Liam has ever been on a big boy swing. He wasn't too sure about it and neither was I!

Liam thought the tractor pulling the hay ride was a choo-choo. He kept pointing and saying, "Choo-choo!"

After the hay ride, we decided to pick out our pumpkins. Liam picked up the very first pumpkin he came to and it was the one! He carried it all over the place!
Baby Ayla had a blow-out while we were at the Pumpkin Patch, so Liam, Aspen and I hung out for a bit on our own. Again, Liam loved to hug the big pumpkins.
He also figured out how to throw the hay, which was fine.....until he threw the hay in my face. It only took one warning about throwing the hay before he quit. He's slowly learning to listen!
When I asked Aspen to hug Liam, he crinkled his nose. It's like he was thinking, "Ewwww! Girl cooties!"
On Halloween morning, we met up with Casey and Owen for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Yum! Then, we spent a couple of hours shopping around Target. Liam, Aspen and Ayla were wonderful while we shopped! I think we wore them out, because they slept for a couple of hours and woke up at the perfect time to get ready for the carnival we were going to, The Monster Mash.

Liam was a Marine for Halloween this year. I wasn't too excited about his costume. Until I saw him in it. He made the cutest Marine ever!!!! And he loved wearing the costume! He actually cried every time I would take it off of him!!!
Aspen and Ayla were both flowers. We had the Marine escort for the flowers Haha!!!
Liam was pretty shy at the carnival at first. But, he finally opened up and had so much fun! They had all of the classrooms set up with different games, some with crafts and one set up with a photo booth.
See the cup in Liam's hand? It was full of popcorn and he refused to let go of it. He didn't even care about the candy in his bucket. He just wanted the popcorn!
Casey works at the Methodist church where the carnival was held. I was excited that we ran into her and Owie!
Liam's favorite game was picking out duck-ducks! It was a fight to get him out of this room!
After we left the carnival, we stopped at McDonald's drive-thru to pick up a quick dinner so we could began trick or treating. Aspen went into the first house we went to as soon as the man opened the door. It was soooo funny! Thankfully, the man didn't mind and thought it was pretty funny too. Liam got really excited every time I took him out of the wagon, but when we got to the door he'd just say, "Treat" in his super soft voice. We stayed out until about 8:30 trick or treating. At that point we were all tired and ready for some sleep!!!