Halloween Fun!

This last week we did a couple of fun Halloween activities with Taylor. It is his 2nd Halloween but really the first that he has enjoyed. This year he is going to be a Pirate- surprised? So me being the non-crafty non- sewer that I am, I decided to assemble my own costume, hunting different thrift stores for stuff. We'll see how it turns out. Anyways, so last Tuesday my mom, sister, and I took Taylor to a nearby pumpkin patch. It was nice to go on a weekday when all the kids were in school. Taylor got a kick out of the horses and the funny sounds that they made. He climbed the haystacks and lastly, picked out his first very own pumpkin. He had a really good time. Doesn't he just look like he belongs on a farm with the overalls?
This last weekend we also had the chance to spend a day at the Dental retreat. We went for a short hike up the mountain and looked around a bit. Taylor loved finding sticks and drawing with them in the dirt. Later we had a nice dinner and finished off the night watching the students compete on different events and put on skits. We stayed as long as possible just in case we won a raffle but no such luck. No free trip to Hawaii for us. Instead, a free t-shirt.
On Sunday, we carved Taylor's first pumpkin. We thought that he would love all the gooey stuff in the middle but it was quite the opposite. He just sort of stared at it and decided that he would rather eat a fudgesicle. When we lit it up, I think he was sort of scared. He repeated, "Ma" (his version of "No") a couple times. We put the pumpkin on our front porch with a really good smelling candle. I think he is showing more interest for it, or for the candle, because whenever we leave to go somewhere, he lifts the top off and puts it back on. He takes out the candle and smells it. I think he prefers the smelly candle to the pumpkin.