Trick or Treat!

Enjoying a lollipop and watching the trick or treaters.  Ian made it to all of the houses on our street and probably would have kept going. 

Happy Halloween!

Ian dressed as a fish for Halloween this year. The morning's festivities started off with a parade around the playground.





Ian did not love his costume, especially the hat, and he got a little upset seeing me there after he'd settled in for the day.



After the parade the parents stayed and read Halloween stories for the class. They started an art project and I snuck out to get some rest before my next appointment with the doctor this afternoon. Later today they will have a Halloween party loaded with sugar and, if we can get Ian back into his costume (doubtful), I'll post more pictures of him trick-or-treating.

After a busy morning at the pumpkin patch and a trip through the corn maze (and the resulting nap), Ian is ready to cheer on the Cardinals this afternoon.

Mmmm cheeseburger

Fall Festival

It finally stopped raining long enough for us to get outside and enjoy some Fall fun. The Fall Festival at Cox Farms is one of the best in the area, and is mostly about the slides.

Ian loved climbing through the hay tunnels, but he wasn't quite brave enough to go in by himself. Joe was a good sport.


Riding the twisty slide through the barn past all the animals.


Playing on the train (and just for fun, here is a photo of Ian on this same train at last year's festival).


Then Ian got brave and went down the slides by himself for a while.


In this first video (excuse the poor quality, I took it from my phone), you can hear him say "I made it!" when he gets to the bottom:


And in this second video, he shouts "again!" as soon as he's up and off the slide:


Getting ready for the very bumpy hayride (I really should have sat that part out).


Feeding the goats.

Reinventing the Naturescape

The artist at work.

Snow Cone