Trick or Treat

Some friends, a clam bake and some rain was what our night was all about!  Nothing held us back!

The gang heading out! 

 Everyone had an umbrella in hand to weather out the rain.  A few adult umbrellas even broke.  Looks like the aftermath of hurricane Sandy is going to hit us tomorrow!

 When we got home, the girls went upstairs to try and scare the trick or treaters that came in the front door!  They were so funny!

Hauntaquarium and Carving

Cleveland opened a new aquarium this past summer and we've been waiting to go!  When we heard our friend was going to be the DJ for the night, we headed out to join in the fun.  Children were dressed up and there were a few stations with entertainment throughout the aquarium.  We saw a magician, jugglers, fire eaters, and pirate sword fighting.

Many of the fish tanks had carved pumpkins in them.  It was interesting watching the fish go in and out of the pumpkins.  We saw a conch shell with a live snail in it and made a stingray puppet.  At the end of the night, we did a little dancing as our friend DJ Beatboy played some happening music!

As we headed home, Dawson reminded me I promised we would carve pumpkins tonight!   That was fine but, she fell asleep!  Never fear, she woke up when we got home to do some carving.

She cleaned, scraped and carefully drew her face!

AND the FINAL PRODUCT!

Fall Fun

 My favorite time of the year...FALL.  It was a perfect day for an outing to a local farm and then to a nature center.  The weather was about 60 and the lighting for fall pictures couldn't have been better!  

Lots of running and pumpkin climbing gave me some good photo opportunities!

 This farm had some HUGE pumpkins!

We like to pose these days!

 We found some bird seed.  At this nature center, you can put some bird food in your hand and the birds will come and eat it.  Such an amazing experience if you have never done this before!

 It was fun to run through the herb garden and head towards a small waterfall.

 If there is something to climb on, we will find it! 

Right before we left, I was lucky to catch a perfect reflection in the pond.  Beautiful!