Mickey's Halloween Party!

We have been so busy this October that I realized I haven't blogged much about all our fun activities, and more than that I haven't been great at taking pictures of all of them - but here are a bunch from the ones I have managed to document!

Last weekend we went to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins.  We went to one with friends and had a great time with them!  The kiddos especially enjoyed it!

 We went with the Hodgdons and our kiddos get along great.  Harper is helping the boys with a heavy one and then Justin is pulling the wagon with the goodies.  Chip is doing a good job supervising the work!

 Peek, and scary faces!

 All the kiddos!

 Trying to get a shot with them all jumping proved to be pretty difficult, but we did manage to get a few after about 10 minutes.  Nicole was adamant that we succeed and kept telling the kids what to do!  I found it hilarious and enjoyed just watching for entertainment!

 Last Sunday we made Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory caramel apples - they were SOOOOOO yummy!  Not quite as pretty as the ones you buy, but every bit as tasty and it was fun to do it as a family!  The boys thought so too.  We made a couple with cinnamon/sugar sprinkled, one with pumpkin pie spice (super yummy) and one with Heath bits on the bottom!  All were delicious and got eaten up!  Chip is a master twirler with these things so good thing he was there to help!

 Ready to dig in!

 We finished Dobby's costume just in time to go to Mickey's Halloween Party at disneyland!  How cute is he?!!!

Photobombed by his little sister who just edged her way over quietly and slowly while saying "cheese, cheese"!

 We also got Cash's school pictures this week and they turned out so darling.  Good thing he got all his crazy faces out on me the morning of when I asked how he was going to smile and instead did a cute little smile.  Love this boy!

 A very rare and quiet moment of Griff reading to Ivy while Cash was at school!  So sweet I couldn't interrupt and make her go take a nap.  They read all the books he had for about 45 minutes straight! A mother's dream!

 On Wednesday we got the kids all dressed up and headed off for Mickey's Halloween party at Disneyland.  It was SO MUCH FUN! And totally the way to do Disneyland.  They kick everyone else out of the park at 6 pm and just let those for the party stay and the kids get to trick-or-treat and ride all the rides and it was awesome!  We didn't have to wait in lines at all for any of the rides.  Cash and I walked right onto Splash Mountain and Space Mountain and the Matterhorn, and loved them all!  It was so much fun and I wasn't able to ride those last year when we went because I was 7 months pregnant so it had been way too long - I think I may have enjoyed it as much or more than the kids!  Griffin's favorite ride was Winnie the Pooh, and Ivy loved every ride, except Pirates of the Carribean (Griff actually cried the most on this one) but overall it was a perfect night.  We couldn't have asked for better weather and the kids costumes were a HUGE hit!  People kept stopping them and a couple even wanted to take their picture.  The best part - we didn't see even one other person dressed up as Harry Potter characters, so they were totally original here!  Chip and I will be all dressed up tomorrow as Professor McGonagall and Mad-Eye Moody, but didn't dress up here!  It was fun to see all the folks dressed up in different costumes!  Great memories made this night!

Happiest place on earth!  Here with Harry Potter, Dobby, and Hedwig!

 First ride of the night - Goofy's roller coaster!

 Enjoying some candy while waiting for dad and Cash to come out of the Haunted Mansion! Enjoying the fireworks too!

 The next morning while the boys were in gymnastics Ivy and I played on the park playground outside.  This little girl loves to "pway, pway" (Play) at parks and is very good at climbing and doing slides!  Love here cheeser here!

Happy Halloween week - are we really to the end of October already?!