Trick or Treating

Kyle was invited to a Halloween party at his friend, Matthew's house, on Halloween night. The kids all wore their costumes, played, went trick or treating in his neighborhood, and had dinner. Kyle LOVED his first time trick or treating. In the past we always just did the Harvest Festival which is usually on October 31st, but since it was on the 30th this year it gave Kyle the opportunity to actually go door to door trick or treating. He was very polite and always remembered to say thank you. The kids RAN from house to house and he was so genuinely thrilled after each new candy that was added to his pumpkin bucket and couldn't wait to tell me what he had gotten!

Harvest Festival

Tonight Kyle and I went to our church's annual Harvest Festival, which is held at the Germantown Soccerplex. It's from 6:30-8:30pm and they have lots of games with candy as prizes, as well as moonbounces,slides, and a velcro wall. It's a fun time and Kyle really enjoys it! Due to the time of the event and the fact that Max is still pretty young and not interested in candy yet, we decided we'll wait till next year to take him! Kyle went dressed as Iron Man and had lots of fun!

Homestead Farm Field Trip

Today was Kyle's preschool field trip to Homestead Farm. Jason accompanied Kyle on this one while I took Max to his Romp N Roll class. They went on a hayride, picked pumpkins and apples, and got to see lots of animals. He even got to pet a cow. Kyle really enjoyed it and was excited for Daddy to meet all his friends and his teachers. He had lots of fun being silly with his 2 best friends in class, Todd and Nick, as you can see in the hayride picture!

Romp N Roll Halloween Party

Friday night we took the boys to a Halloween party at Romp N Roll. Since Max has been taking a toddler gym class there for the past 5 weeks it has become his absolute favorite place! If you ever mention the word fun he immediately says "Rompy!" which is the name of the dog who is the mascot for the place. It was super crowded and pretty crazy, but the boys had a good time running around and playing in their costumes(Kyle was Iron Man and Max was a puppy who refused to wear his headpiece with cute little ears) and they had lots of teacher-led games and activities. There was a parade and trick-or-treating around the shopping center where the gym is located. Jason took Kyle around and he got lots of yummy candy while Max stayed and played - he didn't want to leave and doesn't care about candy yet! The big finale was when Rompy showed up! They had only ever seen the little stuffed animal that they bring out for birthday parties and classes, but this time he was life-size and they were very exited, especially Max! He just couldn't get over the fact that Rompy was really there. He gave him a high-five and followed him around the gym and kept touching his tail, leg, whatever he could.

Pumpkins

Today the boys carved and painted their pumpkins that we got at Butler's Orchard last weekend. Kyle "designed" the big pumpkin and helped Jason clean it out and Jason carved it. Kyle and Max each painted a little pumpkin.

Counting Fun!

Kyle and Max are really into numbers lately. Kyle loves counting in a variety of ways - by ones, twos, tens, and even in Korean (which he learned at karate). Max has learned to count to ten and can even identify many of those numbers. He also loves playing with cars so all day long you can hear him saying "2, 3, go, go, go" as he races his cars down ramps, across the floor, etc. He seems to always forget 1 and goes straight to 2 and sometimes he even starts at 8 and counts "8, 9, 10, go." It's cute to watch him play. So here are a couple videos of the boys counting. Max is counting to 10 in English and Kyle is counting to 20 in Korean.

Butler's Orchard

Yesterday we took the boys to Butler's Orchard to pick pumpkins and enjoy some fall fun! It was their 29th Annual Pumpkin Festival. This is our third year going and it was a lot of fun! Jason's friend from work, Bob, and his wife Missy joined us as well! It was a cool, rainy morning but the rain was light and didn't last long. It worked out well because it wasn't too crowded. We enjoyed a hayride to pick pumpkins, a tube slide, rubber ducky derby, jumping in the hayloft, playing in a wooden train, feeding goats, and a straw maze (a big enclosed "maze" made out of hay bales). The boys also got balloon animals (a dog and a mouse) and we all enjoyed a yummy lunch. Kyle loved everything! Max particularly loved the wooden train, tube slide, and straw maze. He loved that the straw maze was basically like being in one big tunnel and he's very into tunnels these days for his cars and trains. He was also really excited about his hot dog for lunch! It completely wore Max out. He melted down toward the end of our 2 1/2 hours there and he took a nice long nap when we got home.

Here are more pictures from our day: Butler's Orchard