Happy Halloweekend!

You're probably sick of hearing this by now, so for the last time... Matt and I love fall! The first official holiday (and one of our favorites) of the season has come and gone. Halloween! Here is a picture-filled recap of how we spent our Halloweekend.

Early on in the weekend, we went to a park near our house and used the fall foliage as a backdrop for our Fall Photo Shoot. Not all of the photos are ready to be posted yet. So for now, here is a sneak peek of the cuteness captured by our camera.

Saturday afternoon we took Ava to a pumpkin patch. You know the whole, 'Matt and I love fall' thing? Well, as a result of that, we have pumpkins all over our house. Ava loves them. She loves pointing at them, holding them, looking at them, etc. So you can imagine her excitement when we plopped her down in a field full of plumply, dumply pumpkins!

 Saturday night was quite eventful. First, we got Ava dressed up in her Halloween costume. She was The Caterpillar from Eric Carle's, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."

After getting dressed, we swung by Gammy's house to have dinner and to let Gammy see Ava's costume. 

Then it was off to our church's Fall Spectacular. Candy, costumes, rides, games. Everyone had such a great time, both the young and the young at heart! Matt and I threw on our costumes well. Again, from the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." (My wings are hard to see in this picture, but trust me they're back there. Unfortunately the wings were more of a weapon than a costume. Throughout the night my wings smacked several people in the face. My apologies if you are one of those people.)

This year, Ava was too small to play the games and ride most of the rides. She did get the chance to ride the train while cuddling with Mimi and Poppy. 

After all of the action at the Fall Spectacular, I expected Ava to crash when we got home. Instead, she crawled around the floor like a mad woman, with a toy frying pan in her mouth.

On to the main event... Halloween! Matt and I always enjoy carving our pumpkins every year. I really look forward to Ava being able to carve one in the years to come. Here is a picture of my pumpkin: 

 

And Matt's pumpkin:

After the pumpkin were carved, candles were lit, decorations were perfected and Matt's face paint was applied, it was time to pass out some candy. This is what the little trick-or-treaters saw as they approached our front porch.

A closer, darker and creepier look.

At first, Ava was not a fan of Daddy's face paint. After a while though, she let out a laugh or two. Can't wait to take our little pumpkin trick or treating next year!

We hope you had a fun, safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :)