Fall into the Holiday Season

As much as I dread the end of summer, the sunshine, playing outside, daylight until 9:30, I do like Fall (minus the rain). The colors this time of year are probably the prettiest of any. And there is still a chance you may see the sun at least one day of the week. So far, we've been staying busy, finding new places to play indoors, still going outside (bundled up some days) on the days we can.

As many of you know, I LOVE the holiday season! But for me, that means Thanksgiving thru the New Year. I DO NOT didn't used to include Halloween in my definition of "holiday." Since having Jackson, however, I think my holiday season must now include Halloween. And it isn't such a bad thing. The pumpkin patch is a pretty fun place to visit (we've already been twice).

For our first visit we did encounter a few sprinkles and it was on the chilly side, but Jackson had such a blast! He walked around checking out each and every pumpkin as if he knew just what he was looking for. And of course the real test was how the stem tasted :) Our first trip was to Lee Farms, the same patch we visited last year. What a difference a year makes (I'm talking about Jackson, of course!)

The second patch we visited had all kinds of animals, pigs, llamas, calves (and no, I did not let Jackson get close enough to pet the animals, even though he really wanted to). They also had a giant tub filled with feed that the little ones could swim in and Jackson really enjoyed that. And bowling, wait, what? I know, first time I'd heard bowling had anything to do with Halloween?! And we went on a hayride, which was fun and a little terrifying all at the same time ;)

And then there's the dressing up. NOT A FAN. For myself, for Jackson on the other hand, I can't wait! We haven't decided for sure what he'll be, he's got several options. Whatever he (we) decide, I know he'll be the cutest! I'm also excited that for the first time since I was 13, I'll have a Halloween candy stash!