October Family Fun

I am playing catch-up to document all of the fun October festivities we enjoyed. Fall (and really all of the 4th quarter of the year) is my favorite!

1. 7 Acre Wood

This place is in Conroe, and it is so much fun. We came here last year for the first time and were excited to bring the kids back again this year. It felt like a scorching August day, but we still had a good time. They have a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, play grounds, zip line, putt putt, sand area (Greg's favorite, haha), old boats to climb, pony rides, and other random things.

Cambry had been watching a lot of Spirit (a tv show about horses), so she was really looking forward to riding a horse. We thought Lainey would be too scared to ride but she was super brave and enjoyed it.

2. Pumpkin Decorating

We decorated pumpkins. The kids had face stickers for their pumpkins and the girls added jewels and sequins. I always love an excuse for craft time. I decorated fake pumpkins with gold sequins to add to my fall decor.

3. Pumpkin Carving

We saved one large pumpkin to carve the day before Halloween. The kids had fun digging into the pumpkin guts. Cambry helped some with the poking and cutting out of the face. I wanted to roast the seeds (although no one else seemed interested), but I accidentally burned them. Maybe I'll try again next year.

4. Trick-or-Treat Trail

This was our first time to go to this event. The kids dress up in costumes and they have lots of booths and activities going on at Town Green. It sounded fun but it ended up being extremely crowded and long lines for everything, so we didn't stay too long. It was fun seeing all the costumes, a man on stilts, and getting a free cookie from Tiff's Treats, but I don't know if we will go back again.

5. School Costume Parades

Cambry's school had a book character parade. Since she was dressing up as a unicorn for Halloween, we went with that costume and used the book Uni the Unicorn. I loved watching all the kids parade by in their costumes. As our oldest child, Cambry always seems so big to me. But when I see her at her elementary school she seems so little and adorable. The kindergartners are just so dang cute!

Lainey's school had a costume parade as well so Lainey wore her Halloween fairy costume. Afterward they had a class party and I got to be the book reader. They did crafts and had pizza. Lainey looked beautiful.

Superman helped me read

6. Gigi and Pa's Halloween Dinner

My parents wanted to see the kids in their Halloween costumes so they invited us over for a fun and spooky dinner. Pa's mask may have frightened the little ones slightly, haha. My mom had decorated the table in such a cute way. She also bought the kids these beautiful and delicious candy apples. They loved them. Pa had made us a wonderful dinner of smoked brisket and potato salad. We finished off the night watching the Astros (who later ended up winning the World Series!).

7. Adult Halloween Party

Our friends from our old church invited us to their adult Halloween party that they throw every year. We didn't get to go last year so we were so excited to see everyone this year. My parents had planned to babysit the kids but then my mom ended up getting sick. My dad was so sweet to come by himself and do triple bed time on his own. We were so thankful. Greg and I dressed up like a barista and a frappuccino. We tied for first place for the costume contest.

8. Halloween Night

Cambry had the idea to eat an orange dinner for Halloween night. She planned out that they would eat macaroni and oranges. I thought that was such a cute idea.

Here are the 3 cuties all dressed up and ready to go!

The Unicorn

The Fairy

Thomas the Train

It rained all evening. We were debating whether or not go with our back up plan of hanging out with neighbors indoors but we decided to brave the rain. And I'm glad we did. We still had lots of fun trick-or-treating in rain boots and with umbrellas. The kids were all troopers. Especially Colton. I thought he wouldn't wear his costume because he hadn't liked it during the development phase. But he proudly wore the whole costume up until the very end. He was very slow walking with a bulky box on so Greg would put him on the scooter and push him between houses. He loved it. He was getting lots of looks and compliments on his costume and one person even asked if they could take his picture.

It was a good October!  And that didn't even include Lainey and Colton's birthday party or our Lake Tahoe trip (separate posts). I'm not sure how we fit all that in but I'm thankful for such a fun month.