October has flown by for us, and just the other day I realized that I had not taken the boys to a pumpkin patch. Here in Flower Mound we have several really nice ones to choose from, but my boys like the Pumpkin Express best. Since it has a train and all, it's an obvious choice. Although, Adam did not like the haunted depot nor the haunted caboose!
Matthew and Aunt Allison joined us. It was a great day for the pumpkin patch, but it was terribly muddy. But none of the boys seemed to mind. Trains, jump houses and mud--every little boy's dream.
Halloween night, the boys were of course Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. After a potluck street dinner with our neighbors, we all went off to trick or treat. Adam was great and had no problem ringing doorbells asking for candy, not so for Patrick--he's such a Fitkin. Since we all went we just left the big gumbo pot full of candy on the porch. I think we were gone just 20 minutes, and when we passed by our house the pot was empty!
Our Halloween night, was complete when the boys received a surprise visit from Darth Vader. Patrick was too scared to go to the door, but later claimed, "I was actually watching football and didn't want to be bothered." Had to mention the word actually because it is one of his favorites. As you can see from the photo, the boys were eating up all of their candy, when Darth rang the bell. And of course we were out of candy, so Darth just came in and began rummaging through our kitchen looking for something to put in his bag. This really terrified the boys, so we had to reveal that Darth Vader was really only Mommy! They loved it and now have a Darth Vader costume to add to their collection. We hope you had a wonderful Halloween! We are already planning next year's costumes!
