Cabin Fever already??

With the weather changing, I am kind of dreading the next few months. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE SNOW! But when there is no snow to play in and it's just plain cold, we have to resort to other things than playing outside. In the summertime, we would spend hours outside so I am a little worried what the winter will hold. So what are some of your favorite go-to indoor activities? What kind of "field trips" do you go on with your kids? A few of Reed's favorite indoor activities are playing in the sink, playing with his tub of beans, and he could literally have me read books to him for hours. We still try to leave the house at least once a day (though that may change when the baby arrives), but we like to play at the mall treehouse, visit the pet store, and play at various toy stores. Let's swap some ideas and maybe we can survive the winter together.

Trick-or-Treat

On Friday night, we went to our ward's trunk or treat. Reed was pretty miserable to say the least. He was tired and I think a bit overwhelmed by the number of people packed into the gym. Seriously, I think our entire neighborhood heard "free food" and came on over to the church. I didn't even recognize 1/3 of the people. Once we finally got outside to trunk or treat, we went to about 5 cars and Reed had enough. He kept asking to go to our car and go home. So I walked him home and put him in bed while Kevin finished giving out candy.


Our miserable little Draco Malfoy. He had a wand but it was too much to carry. We even taught him some spells: "Expelliarmis!" and "Accio candy!" A lot of people thought he was a vampire...I guess we were too cheap to buy the actual Hogwarts robes, so we used what we had on hand. Oh well, I'm sure it's the last year we'll be able to pick what his costume will be. (P.S. I really wanted our entire family to be star-bellied sneetches--one-piece yellow pj's--how cool would that be?!)

On Saturday, we went to my brother's neighborhood to trick-or-treat with all the cousins.

Reed getting his hair slicked back in preparation.


He was so cute! He knew to say "trick-or-treat," and always said "Thanks" and "bye-bye" at the end.


Cousin Colton and Reed. I think Reed was more interested in what Colton got...
Trick-or-treating was a huge success! Especially considering the downpour! Reed didn't even care. After the first couple houses, he totally got what was going on and would run to the next house. It was awesome! However, whenever someone let him pick a piece of candy, he'd always pick "blue candy." I was a little bugged--who likes Almond Joys and Crunch bars anyway?!

Happy Halloween

Pumpkin Farm I



Grunting and everything, "Too heavy."


Apparently he doesn't like sticking his head through a tiny hole...


We were so proud of Reed for jumping in the Bounce House. If you know him at all, you know that this is a big deal! He spent like 30 min. in there. Of course his favorite part is copying the other little kids and trying to make them do what he does.



Pumpkin Farm II




Reed loved the corn box last year but didn't spend too much time in it this year. I guess he's growing up.


He "drove" a cool car.


He kinda hated the horse. I can't say I was too disappointed. Like mother like son.




Lots of slides! I think people were surprised to see such a little guy go down that last one. I was a little hesitant about the idea myself, but Reed loved it! Slides are the one thing in life that he is pretty brave about!


Choo-choo train with Daddy. Lots all take a moment and laugh at Kevin trying to fit in one of those cars. HAHA!


...and decorating pumpkins the next day.