Trick Or Treat

Halloween fell on a Saturday this year which was perfect! It was nice to not have to rush home from work, scarf down food, dress the kiddo & rush out the door to trick-or-treat!

I had put a roast in the crock-pot earlier in the day for hot beef sandwiches for supper & my Mama friend Leann came over with her little girl Olivia to go trick-or-treating with us.

We all had a bite to eat before we ventured out & then got the littles all dressed & ready to go. May I introduce to you a little unicorn & Mickey Mouse:

 And you can't have Mickey without his Minnie :)

 

I had made a sign for the front door & left a bowl of candy while we were gone & surprisingly we came home to a few pieces of candy left in the bowl:



 

Mase & Olivia trick-or-treating

 Even our neighbors got dressed up for the occasion!

 

We started out in our new neighborhood, went up & down our street & then we got in the car & headed over to our old neighborhood! It was great to see some familiar faces & reminisce of our many previous Halloweens in the old 'hood! We covered about three blocks & decided to call it quits as the littles were getting tired. Once we got home Mase had to check out all his candy as well as "try" a few pieces!

 

Leann & Miss Olivia left around 830pm, I gave Mase a bath, got him to bed & then Mama made herself a little fall cocktail - Apple Cider with a splash of caramel vodka = YUM! It is like a melted caramel apple in your cup - my new favorite fall drink!

It ended up being a super fun Halloween with Daddy, Leann & Miss Olivia & are so glad these two joined us! Can't wait to see what kind of character Mase will want to be next year!

 

Hope everyone had a fun & safe Halloween :)





Halloween Party & Pumpkin Carving

It is the day before Halloween & that means class party at daycare & pumpkin carving before bed :)

Mason's class party was today & we had signed up to bring fruit & something sweet! So like any good Mama the day before a class party I referred to Pinterest & found these cute ideas! For our fruit I peeled Halo oranges, cut up some grapes & sliced strawberries to make a pumpkin face!

For something sweet I made these super cute ghost graveyard pudding cups. I took chocolate pudding cups, peeled the lids off, crushed up some Oreos for the dirt, used ghost Peeps & crème marshmallow oranges & ta da:

And this little cutie dressed up as Mickey Mouse this year:

A big thanks to my Mom for making his shorts with a cute mouse tail & his shoe covers! The shirt & black leggings are from Old Navy with plain white knit gloves. I sewed mouse ears onto a black knit hat & painted his cute little nose black also. Mason absolutely LOVED being Mickey Mouse & had SO much fun at his Halloween party with his friends.

Here he is at daycare with his best buddies: Greyson (superhero) & Dalton (Rambo):

Later that evening I picked up Mase after work & once we got home & settled we brought our pumpkins in from outside & set up to do some carving! Mase was too little to carve pumpkins last year so I was super excited to be able to start this yearly tradition with him this year!

We had three pumpkins - one for each of us - but Daddy was being a party-pooper & just wanted to "watch" so we ended up carving only two!

 Mama's pumpkin & Mason's Mickey Mouse pumpkin

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Cell Phone Dump

Cell phone dump for the month of October:

A little boy & his dog

Field trip with classmates - classy kid on the far right grabbing himself :)

I "moustache" you a question

Love this "Mickey-lovin'" little boy :)

Walked outside & saw this. I guess Mase thought his lawnmower needed some gas?!

Best friends!

Mommy & Mason representing the Royals!!

Daddy, Mase & Millie playing around

1st trip to the Mall

Many of you may not know this but my husband is a drummer. A really good drummer. He has a HUGE set of drums in the basement & likes to have his friend Don over for jam sessions. Don is a singer & plays guitar so they record music & have a good time being "rockstars"! This afternoon they were meeting up for a jam session - or to play "rockband" as I like to refer to it as so Mase & I decided to get out of the house & kill a few hours while they jammed.

There were a couple of things I wanted to check out at our local mall so that is where we headed. This was Mason's first trip to an indoor mall & after today it definitely won't be his last. We had SO much fun while there.

We first stopped at the food court & had his favorite for lunch - "I-nese" (Chinese)

Then we walked around checking out all the "kid" stores. We went to the Lego store, Build-A-Bear store, spent tons of time in the Disney store where Mase tried on all the costumes & we even walked through the American Doll store.

We rode on the carousel not once but twice & then stopped to play in the play area where I had met the nicest lady who had a son with Down Syndrome who just so happened to be playing with Mason. For whatever reason I felt the need to tell her that I had a niece with DS. 

 

We ended up talking to each other for almost 45 minutes. She shared with me that she had 2 older children - one in college & one was a senior in high school & Max was a "surprise" at 41 years of age but one of the best surprises they ever could have hoped for. She shared pictures of Max & her family with me while I showed her pics of my niece Dana & her family talked about how we had just returned from the DS Walk a couple of weeks ago. She was so nice & such a pleasure to talk with & it was fun watching her son interacting with Mason.

 

After Mase was played out we stopped at one more store & then made our way back home. It took Mason all of 5 minutes before he was sound asleep in the backseat. Looks like his 1st mall trip wore him out!





Olivia's 1st Birthday Party

One year ago this sweet little girl Miss Olivia made her entrance into the world & I was SO excited to finally meet her after watching her grow in her Mama's tummy for the last 9 months!

 Now look at her....

One year old & such a happy, sweet little girl!

We celebrated this little cuties birthday today at Waldo's Pizza with her Mama, Daddy & many close friends & family. Leann did a great job decorating for her Minnie Mouse party & everything looked awesome!

Once everyone got done eating pizza it was time for dessert :) Leann ordered pumpkin & apple crisp cheesecake from our good friend Stetson for dessert & I must say that the apple crisp one is my new favorite! It was SOOO yummy! There was cupcakes for the kiddo's & of course a smash cake for Olivia.

Miss Olivia really enjoyed her cake also...

It was SO fun watching her eat cake. She of course made a huge mess & everyone snapped lots of pictures!

After we enjoyed our dessert we made our rounds to everyone to say goodbye & Leann handed Mason this super cute "thank you" favor bag right before we left:

 Mickey Mouse ears, a coloring book, crayons, bubbles & a ring pop

 

Can you tell he LOVED all his goodies??

We had SO much fun at Miss Olivia's 1st birthday party & thank her Mama Leann for inviting us! Can't believe she is already 1 year old!!

Johnson Farms Pumpkin Patch

Well it is October & that means our annual trip to visit the pumpkin patch is approaching. It was supposed to be a beautiful weekend so we decided to go this weekend & ended up checking out a new pumpkin patch this year....Johnson Farms.

This place ended up being amazing & you can bet we will be returning here every year!! There was SO much for the littles to do & we had a ball checking it all out!!

First up was our annual pic in the pumpkins...

Then we played in the huge maze/play area & sand box:

 

Next up was the animals. We saw a donkey, cows, sheep, goats & pigs.....lots of them. There were 2 sets of Mama pigs with babies. One set was about 6 weeks old & the other set was just born the night before. They were SO stinkin' cute! Mase loved watching the piglets & asked Daddy for one as a pet :)

After seeing all the farm animals, we made our way over & took a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch where we searched for that one special pumpkin. 

It took about 30 minutes of walking around the pumpkin patch but Mase was finally able to find "the one"!



We made our way back to the farm & then went on a train ride & posed for a family picture before we headed out.

We had SO much fun at Johnson Farms & can't wait to go back next year. A huge thanks to my Mama Bestie Jen for telling me about this super fun place!

WI - Day 4

Today was our last day in WI :( My mom, dad & brother all left early in the morning & headed back home & since our flight wasn't until 5pm we had a little bit of time to kill.

Since Mase & I had SO much fun last year at the apple orchard we asked if we could go back there again. So that is how we spent our early afternoon - picking apples!

Jensen showing Mason how it is done

The cousins - Cael, Mason, Jensen & Tanner

 

Can't forget this little cute cousin :)

Mama & Mase selfie

My little poser

We ended up picking 2 grocery sacks full of apples & bought some homemade caramel apples as well. I SO wish I could have brought some of those apples home with me...bummer!

 

Once we got home, we enjoyed eating our caramel apples & then loaded up the car to make the hour & 1/2 trip to the Milwaukee airport. We had such a great weekend with our family but I know Mase was ready to get home & see his Daddy & so was I!

 

We took off from Milwaukee just as the sun was starting to set....

What a beautiful view to watch from our window!!