Saturday, October 24, 2009

Getting into the Halloween spirit

We went out this afternoon to meet up with cousins to explore the corn maze and pick out pumpkins, which is becoming an annual tradition, complete with picture taking on giant pumpkins.


My favorite part is always the corn maze, which is designed to be the state of Washington. We entered on the Idaho border and had to find our way out at Neah Bay. Cousin Todd wanted to hit I-90 and hightail it west, but we let the kids pick the directions at each intersection and ended up spending a lot of time exploring the rural parts of Eastern and Central Washington.
It was a grand adventure until we somehow lost Todd and A and then J face planted into a major puddle. He recovered well, after the screaming died down, and we explained that he couldn't strip off for the remainder of the maze. Mud from toes to his hair. It was a very dramatic splash.

We spent some time in the barn maze as well. Less muddy and with a slide that they thought was so great they had to go around twice.Then we began the great pumpkin search. I have strict pumpkin criteria - they must be round, smallish, and deserving of the label "cute." Also, J must be able to lift them. J participated enthusiastically, but D was more interested in his apple and rather angry that the pumpkins got to ride in the stroller instead of him.

3 comments:

  1. Hi there,
    J%danny look so cute, & the first picture of all of you is beautiful.
    Looks like you had a lot of fun.
    The pictures are lovely, post more.
    C u soon:)
    Orit

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  2. What a great day you had! Happy Halloween!

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  3. Oh so much fun! Hope you swung by my house while you were in the corn maze, since you were in Eastern Washington so long. :-)

    I love seeing all the fun things do for the different holidays. Glad that J & D had such a great time.

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