Happy Halloween

Halloween was fun this year. Eli really got into the whole experience and Tatum had fun running around saying, "Thank you" to everyone who gave her candy. I don't think she really knew she was getting candy, which is good. We went to a costume party and mom and dad got to bring out their 70's outfits. We all had a great Hallowwen.




We carved our pumpkins. Eli is drawing out what he wanted his pumpkin to look like so daddy could carve the face.




Eli and Tatum cleaned out the inside of the pumpkins. At first they didn't like doing it, Tatum said, "yucky", but after a while they started to have fun.




Eli and Tatum showing off their carved pumpkins.




We got to trick or treat in style with friends, Christie and baby Tyler. Christie, or her parents, have a Ranger and they took us all around the neighborhood. Sure beats walking. Eli and Tatum both love riding around on the Ranger. When we got home I asked Eli if he had fun he said, "Yes, but I was starting to get cold and the wind was in my face so I closed by eyes (like this) and I was okay."

Johnson Farms Here We Come

We went to a local pumpkin farm this week. Johnson Farms is here in Belton and Eli and Tatum had a blast. The weather was perfect, 65 and sunny with a little breeze. They got to play on the HUGE slides, see some baby chickens and pigs, we also saw some horses and goats. After we visited all the animals we went on a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch were the kids got to pick their own pumpkins.



Tatum driving the play tractor.




Eli saying hello to the new little chicken. He is very gentle with animals and they seem to respond to him. It's fun to watch.




Tatum picked out her own pumpkin. She knew which one she wanted and wouldn't budge. Typical Tatum and every other Skurdal in the family.





Eli is cutting the vine on his pumpkin. He didn't have any trouble finding the one he wanted. Eli is anxious to start carving.







Tatum really enjoyed seeing all the animals. I think she is really starting to understand that the big animals we don't get to see everyday are real, not just pictures in books. She liked the horse. Tatum was very social and polite. She was talking to the horse, "Hi horsey, how are you?" With some of the other animals she would say in her broken toddler talk, "Hi, what's your name? I'm Tatum." She is funny.



They had an area to pose and try to get some cute fall pictures. Tatum found the most pointed pumpkin and tried to sit on the top! She didn't like that and said, "Ouch, that hurts." You can kind of tell by her expression she did not like it much.





Eli is pouting here because Mommy made a mistake and he was mad! He told me, "I'm not going to smile, I'm just going to sit here." He was upset because the farm had made a dragon out of haystacks. I thought we could walk through the dragon since it looked opened. I was wrong and of course it was the end of the world.




The fresh air and sunshine was great and wore us all out. Tatum had a hard time staying awake on the way home, after a while she just gave up.