My kids have certainly had their fair share of fun this fall season! You’re probably all tired of hearing about what people are doing to celebrate autumn/Halloween. But too bad! haha
Uncle Casey helped Chase carve the pumpkin. Actually, Chase didn’t do much besides explain the concept he wanted, smack himself in the face with a slotted spoon, and then eat Oreos.
A couple weeks ago, we invited some friends to go to Pumpkinland in Orem with us. It’s a cute place where they have tons of things for kids to do (play areas, animals, gardens), and of course, you can buy pumpkins at the end. Definitely the best festive place for little ones. Pictured below is Chase with his BFF (just a couple of tough guys).
And Chase loved this goat (below). Somehow, it seemed as though the goat reciprocated his love.
(If you’re wondering what happened to Chase’s face, he had a few warts treated by a dermatologist. He’s gone through this several times, and it’s kind of painful for Chase, but this method doesn’t cause scarring which is important since the little warts tend to appear on his face. I’m hoping that this might be the last time he’ll have to have warts removed. Only time will tell!)
We took all the Activity Day girls to Cornbelly’s at Thanksgiving Point. SO much to do there, like a huge corn maze, a haunted creature you could walk through, pedal carts, big slides, hay ride, etc. It was our big (pricey) activity of the year, and it was so helpful that Gretchen came and took my kids around to do everything so I could just be with the awesome little girls from my group. I love my church calling! Hard to believe I’ve already been doing this for 2 years.
The above picture represents a kid’s dream come true… A large play house that you could color all over!!! Hopefully kids won’t see that as a green light for doing the same back at their real houses.
Have I mentioned that the traffic and construction here is ridiculous right now?? It took us an hour and 15 minutes to get back from Thanksgiving Point (should take 30 min or less). Poo.
All complaints aside…. The afternoon following our Cornbelly’s adventure, Gretchen so kindly took my kids to play at Hee Haw Farms in Pleasant Grove (yet another Halloween-themed place that has fun things to do). I wouldn’t exactly say my kids are spoiled, but………….. maybe they are.
This past week we’ve been *blah* sick. Hopefully Pace is the last one, and on the upswing! There’s not much to say about that, except that I have done absolutely nothing over the last several days! And we’re thankful for our normal, everyday life when we have good health.