Fall Festivities

This is the first year that Breckin has been aware of Halloween and he was so excited about it! I just really love fall, by far my favorite season, so it has been a really fun month for us. Here is a little bit of what has made it so fun!

To start with, here is my 16 week belly, baby has been very active and we can't wait to find out if we are having a little boy or girl but we have to wait until Thanksgiving week (way too long)!

Our neighborhood has been so beautiful with changing leaves and Breckin and I love going on crunchy leaf walks. Breckin always comes home with a handful of leaves that he calls "nice ones".



Breckin helping mow the lawn in his monster jammies and dragon boots!

I have been cooking up all sorts of fall goodies including applesauce, soup and these wonderful pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting and oreo truffles, yum! We tried to give most of them away!

And then for "Howoween" that Breckin was so stoked for! We love the zoo so much and they hosted a great scavenger hunt over the weekend where the kids could wear their costumes and we had to figure out the answers to little riddles and then go to where that animal was. Once you got to each stop you got a stamp and they had fun activities pertaining to that animal. It was great and we all had fun! At the end you turned in all of your stamps and got a goody bag with mostly healthy treats and cute creatures.





Halloween night we went trick-or-treating and Breckin practiced what he was supposed to say all day. He was giddy with excitement and couldn't wait for it to get dark so he could go out so we did some practice runs at our doorstep while we waited. Then we walked the neighborhood for a while to wait for darkness to fall. We assumed that Breckin would get shy and not want to say anything once he got up to houses but he shocked us and confidently went up to each door and and said "trick-or-treat" carefully put the candy in his pumpkin and then "thank you" and "happy howoween". Everyone thought he was just too cute and couldn't believe he was able to say so much (I think most thought he was much younger since he is such a tiny peanut)! Once we finally convinced him to head in he loved handing out candy at the door, although he thought he got to pick candy to add to his bag each time. Overall it was a very fun evening with a lot of excitement!