Jam-Packed Weekend!!!

So.. This Halloween, it was just me and my kids! David went to Talledega for the races.
I was bound and determined to have a fun-filled, jam-packed weekend for me and my babies.. and that we did!!

Our weekend started on friday night! I planned on taking the kiddos to the pumpkin patch, but they took late naps while I hung out and chatted with some great friends! Walmart was our "fill in" for missing the pumpkin patch! We wore silly hats and danced in the isle! Smiles and laughs, it was all worth it! We had to get some yummy snacks for the following day!

Me wearing a dancing elf hat! lol

Cass wearing a dancing christmas tree hat! Lol

Saturday morning is when all the real fun began! I woke the kiddos up at the butt crack of dawn (Okay, more like 6:50am, lol!). Jonathan still sleeping, and wanting nothing to do with the pink shirt I had made for him, 'allowed' me to put on his "pink is for giiiiiiiiirrls shirt".

"I wear pink for my Grandma"

                                                     
I hate to admit this.. but this is the first year I have participated in a breast cancer event. But I will tell you this, I will be involved every year for the rest of my life! And NO, I did not start now because "Someone else did". I did this for me, I did this for my kids, and more importantly.. I did this for my mom!!

We all looked super cute and decked out with pink. (We also "people watched" for ideas for upcoming events!)

Team Cancer Cussin' Cuties!

                                                          

Tracy, Kristin and myself. I just LOVE our team shirts!!

                                         

Me and my adorable babies all decked out in pink for grandma!

                                 

We all had a blast at the walk! I had some great friends out there with me, and it was an awesome experience! It definitely helps when I have friends supporting me! I am not sure if I could have done this alone!

After the walk, we danced and played and just took in the scenery! Pink! Everywhere!!!

Then we went to The Crab Trap for lunch, it was very nice! (Pics to come soon, I didn't have my camera!)

After lunch we headed home and the kids took a nice long nap! I should have joined them, but I got deep into working on pictures! :) Ahh, I love pictures!!

Time for the Orange Fest!!!

  My lil Tinkerbell!!

                                                                 

My lil Iron Man!!

                                                              

(I can only upload horizontal pics???? Vertical pics get flipped, that's dumb!)

The kids had fun Trunk-or-Treating! Jonathan tells me "I love this, haha!" What a cutie!!! And Cassidy just kept getting handfuls of candy. Until she realized, if you hold the bucket, you will get even more!! The Orange fest wasn't as huge as it has been the last few years we went. But we did stop for some ice cream!! Which the kids thoroughly enjoyed!!

Jonathan and his "yellow hiese cream"   and YES, I had to wash tinkerbell that night!

                                                   

After the fun festivities, we went to Tracy's house for some yummy dinner. They had a great time, and Cassidy "learned" to play the guitar!! :)

Sunday.. Well, sunday morning I was dragging butt after all of the walking we did on Saturday. We were lazy! When we eventually kicked it in full gear, we met up with the McDaniel's and went to subway to enjoy some free lunch (courtesy of David winning free stuff!). Then we headed to the corn maze. It was a lil bit of a drive. It was a good time! We got pictures in a horse trailer.

Then the kiddos played on the playground! and had a blast!!

After we played on the playground, we ventured over to the cow train. Where Jonathan decided to throw a fit because he wanted to play more. Ahh, I looked like a very bad mommy at that point. And the stares, gotta love 'em! He was fine when it was his turn to ride the train tho!

They wouldn't let Cass ride with Jonathan, but atleast I got a picture first.

                           

Needless to say, the smile says it all!!

                                                    
After the cow train, we headed over to the hayride! The kids loved it!

Me and the kiddos on the hayride.

Then the kiddos played a little more, and shot potato guns (They shot corn tho)

Jonathan shooting the potato gun.

We left the corn maze and decided to go to the pumpkin patch! We didn't go to the one in the area, it was another 6 miles up the road and we wanted to be back in time for trick-or-treating. So, we went to the one near our houses and the kids loved it! Cassidy strolled around checking it the pumpkins and playing in the hay. Jonathan played with the other kids that were there, after he found himself the smallest pumpkin ever!!

Jonathan and his tiny pumpkin.

Me and my babies with their pumpkins! :)

"This one is for you mommy!!!"

How sweet is he!! He searched around to find his mommy and pumpkin!! :) I just love him!

Looking for pumpkins.

My lil pumpkin!!

We left the pumpkin patch to get the kids ready for trick-or-treating!! I decided to take my kids to my friend Kristin and Bernie's neighborhood. They live in a safe neighborhood, and they are known to hand out great candy! So, they allowed me to park in their drive way and hang out for a lil bit before the kiddos and I started our stroll down candy lane! :)  

Jonathan surprised me! He actually did very well. He wasn't afraid of the scary costumes, and he went up and knocked on doors all by himself. He was soo sweet! He would tell the kids "I like your costume!" and "Nice costume, haha" Oh man was it adorable!! I started out by carrying cassidy, as she carried her bucket, door to stroller then on to another door. Well, that got old, so I just strolled her up to the door in her stroller. Haha, that got annoying, getting stuck in the grass a bushes. So, what did I do?! Yup!! I let Cassidy get out and walk (Of course, with a close watchful eye on her!). I told her to go say trick-or-treat and say thank you! So, she strolled up to the houses right behind Jonathan, said her version of trick-or-treat and thank 'em <<her version of thank you! :) It was adorable! and everyone got a kick out of her! She was a gorgeous Tinkerbell, I must say! 

After about 45 minutes of trick-or-treating, Jonathan had about enough. So, we strolled back to my friends house while we hung out for a little while. Kris tried to capture their cuteness on camera and Bernie taught Jonathan the "tricks" of making mommy smile, while they passed out candy and said "Happy Halloween" to all of the kids.  All in all, it was a fabulous weekend!  

(I have pictures of trick-or-treating, and Jonathan handing out candy, but due to my blog messing up.. I can't upload them. It attaches the picture at the beginning of the blog, instead of where I want it to go) 

-AngelEyes102699