Happy Halloween!

This year I decided to make our Halloween costumes, and we're celebrating one of Grant's favorite toys.

 

Happy Halloween from the Mr. Potato Head Family!!

Boys Club + Charlie Halloween Party

Lauren & Kevin hosted their annual Halloween party this year.  Here we are in our family-themed glory...

We attempted to get all of the kids together for a picture, but this was the closest we came (alas, no Luke)...

And here are a couple of sweet potato moments from the party...

Halloween Ghost Footprints

Our second project of the day was Halloween Ghost Footprints.  Grant loved having his foot painted...

Here are all four of the boys' footprints with the plaques almost finished (Grant's is on the far right)

And here's Grant's all done up and hanging in the entry...

Felting Soap

Our first craft was making felted soap, which is a bar of soap, wrapped in wool, wetted & scrubbed vigourously until the wool 'felts' to the soap or itself or something like that.  Not sure exactly, but it looked like a fun, clean project for the boys.  We started with our wool-wrapped soap tied into pantyhose...

Then we dipped and scrubbed...

Grant still loves having his picture taken...

And here's the finished product...we can now use these in the bath for an easy lather or something like that.  Still not sure, but we had fun making it.

 

Craft Playdate Warmup

On Thursday, we hosted a very crafty playdate that's going to take up three blog posts just to begin to cover it.  The boys played around in the backyard while we did some prep work.

Dylan and Grant discovered a pot of mud and had a blast with it...

Then they brought their muddy selves over to our clean water and had more fun with Carter & Curtis...

Once we refreshed the water, the fun continued...

 

Tailgate Time

Grant & Charlie love tailgating together...

Even when we tailgate during nap time...

Making pumpkin pancakes using our new tailgate table...

A little pre-game floss...

NC Zoo

Grant loved his first trip to the zoo...

Hill Ridge Farms

We met up with Luke & Charlie's families at Hill Ridge Farms for pumpkins, hay rides, and Grant's first train ride.

Fall is here!!

We took the boys to the pumpkin patch to kick off fall. They loved the hay ride...
and the corn crib...

and the cows...

and the goats...

and the pumpkins!!