What a weekend.

We had a lot of fun celebrating Halloween at various places.

On Friday we went to the My Gym Halloween party. Sophia fell asleep in the car on the way there so her transition into a party mood took some time, but once she warmed up there was no stopping her fun. Haley and Addie were there too. They all looked cute. Sophia was a hula girl, Haley was a cat (the same costume that Sophia was last year) and Addie was Minny Mouse.

Lillian was a Happy Birthday girl. She took off exploring on her own as soon as we got there. This kid has no fear. The opposite of her sister. Lillian really liked it when the staff turned on the bubble machine. I got the girls a bubble machine for the bathtub and Lilly loves it when it's turned on and blowing bubbles all over her.

After dance class on Saturday we went to Taylor Farm with Haley for a picnic lunch and to explore their harvest festival. It was awesome. They had a bounce house that the girls were lucky enough to have all to themselves for a while. They also had several wooden structures for play: a firehouse, a pirate ship, and a cozy house that had a kitchen scene painted on the inside. It was so neat. The girls were serving breakfast to us.

I think Sophia's favorite part was the baby goat pen. You can hold the babies and fee them leaves. Sophia tried to hold one with Michelle's help, but changed her mind right away. We would have stayed in that pen petting the goats all day had I not bribed Sophia out of there.

After Taylor Farm Sophia and I quickly stopped by home to pick up Lilly and Will and headed to Hunt Club Farm. Guess what?!? Sophia actually rode the Ferris wheel. I honestly thought that she would chicken out, but she's been asking to go on it for two weeks now so I guess she knew what she wanted. We seem to drive past it on a daily basis and every time she announces that she's going to ride it. She chose to ride with Will so I sat with Lillian and she loved it just as much as Sophia did. We also rode the helicopter ride which goes around and around and allows you to lift or lower the helicopter "car". Believe it or not the four of us were able to fit into one helicopter (and it's supposedly a kids ride).

When we were done with the rides and after we got some cotton candy we headed over to the bounce house obstacle course. This was perfect for Sophia because they only let one kid on the course at a time. She climbed up the walls, she went under and over and through where she needed to, and most importantly she did it all on her own. She really is losing a bit of her shyness. Her face just beamed when she slid down the last slide at the end of the course.

Lillian was a little tired so she was a tad fussy, but she looked so darn cute in her Halloween shirt. Poor Lilian wanted to do everything that Sophia was doing. She even tried to hoist her leg up onto a step to get into the chicken coop (So gross. I would have been a terrible farmer.)



Today I took the girls to Sophia's Halloween dance party. I bought some raffle tickets and Sophia was lucky enough to win the first prize. Surprise, surprise she chose the only stuffed animal on the table and it happened to be a beanie baby bear called Decade. Sophia dressed in one of her princess costumes. Lillian wore her Halloween costume.
This evening we went to the Harvest Fest at church. Sophia loved all of the games and she won candy at every game station. Lillian even got a few pieces of her own.