We sure had our fill of pumpkins this year! We visited a pumpkin patch, carved pumpkins, and went to two different pumpkin festivals. We also made pumpkin pie and (of course) had at least one or two pumpkin spiced lattes from Starbucks. Needless to say, I’m pretty pumpkin-ed out at this point!
But in case you’re still craving more pumpkin, here are all the fun pumpkins we saw this month:
This week has been super busy! We got back on Monday from our trip to Asheville for our 10 year anniversary (recap coming soon!) and then Josh flew out the next morning for a work trip. The kids and I were busy all week, driving here and there – to school, activities, and play-dates. By the time I finally got the kids to sleep, I was too beat to work on any blogging. But Josh sent me a text this morning that he was able to catch an earlier flight back, and we’re all happy to have him home!
Since I’m taking it easy this week on the blogging front, I thought I’d do a quick post about 5 things I’ve been loving lately.
We stayed at the Grove Park Inn for our anniversary trip. That hotel, to me, was the definition of opulence. Everywhere we turned was another beautiful view to enjoy, roaring fireplace to cozy up to, or decadent restaurant to try. And the spa? Wow! It was amazing, and I’ve never felt more relaxed. The Grove Park Inn was absolutely one of the nicest places we’ve ever stayed before, and I’m already planning our next visit!
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing up, carving pumpkins, taking the kids trick-or-treating, and making fun Halloween-themed snacks and crafts.
However, I’m not a big fan of scary movies or haunted houses. I’m such a scaredy-cat! Although believe it or not, Josh and I saw The Ring on our first date back in 2002. Soooo creepy! (The movie, not our first date. Ha!)
Before we had kids, we’d always either dress up and go out bar-hopping, or host a small Scary-Movie-Night party at home with some friends. The past few years we’ve just had a couple of close friends over for a Halloween themed meal, and then headed out to trick-or-treat either in our neighborhood or at a local trunk-or-treat.
Here are a few pictures from Halloweens of the past:
You know when you want to make a pumpkin pie, so you go to the grocery store and buy everything you’ll need, except for a can of pumpkin because you’re positive you have one at home?
And then you get home and realize that cans of butternut squash look very similar to cans of pumpkin…
Yeah.
So full disclosure – this isn’t actually a picture of a pumpkin pie. It’s really half pumpkin and half butternut squash. *facepalm*
My son is the most inquisitive child I’ve ever met. Even when he was a baby, he was trying to take toys apart to figure out how they work. He wants to know everything about everything. And when he has a question, it’s a burning question. He’s gotta know the answer right away.
When he was two, he’d pitch humongous tantrums and scream and yell when I didn’t know the answers to his questions. Nothing like making your kid furious because you aren’t sure what’s inside that huge truck you just drove by.
“Uh…socks! It’s a sock truck! It holds boxes and boxes of socks! Now please stop screaming at me!”
He also had no problem telling me when I was wrong when he didn’t get the answer he wanted.
“No mama. The sky isn’t blue. It’s yellow.”
Ok buddy. Whatever you say!