Halloween Monsoon

O.M.G - I cannot remember in life when it has ever rained this hard on Halloween as it did this year. I remember many Halloweens as a kid where it rained or where it was really cold and we'd have to bundle up under and sometimes over our costumes - but never like this year.

It was so wet and so cold, but the boys stuck with it for about 2 hours - it was amazing!  I did not have my thinking cap on though and totally didn't even think about putting rain boots on Landon or a waterproof jacket on Zane (not that he would've obliged anyway, but still I could've tried), but I'm happy to report both survived!  To make them feel better, I didn't have waterproof shoes on either, so my feet too were soaked :)  Misery loves company!

I present to you: Rebel from Paw Patrol and a Sounders player (with stitches - that was a very important detail that had to be added last minute)!

Maple Bar, Flu Shots & Trick-or-Treating

Landon didn't have school today due to a teacher conference (seriously, still trying to figure out why that's necessary for a 4 year old in preschool, but whatevs).

Anyway - after conferences, I took him to a delicious bakery in North Bend called George's and he decided on a ginormous maple bar - his favorite!

I brought Landon into work with me for the day afterwards and he and I got our flu shots - no pictures, but trust me - it happened!  

We headed home to pick Zane up from school and change into their costumes because it was time to trick-or-treat at my work and for Zane to get his flu shot...he was lucky enough to get a photo of him doing it ;)

Now it was time to trick-or-treat the clinic!

Pumpkin Patch

After the train ride we headed over to the pumpkin patch...pretty sure the pictures speak for themselves so I won't bore ya'll with a description :)

Halloween {Through the Years}

Halloween through the years for the Alexander boys...

Pumpkin Carving

Our neighbors invited us over for a pumpkin carving party the other night!  I cannot stand carving pumpkins...it just isn't my thing.  I don't mind digging the guts out, but when it comes to carving it - no thank you!  Usually Josh takes over for that, but this year he was busy carving his own pumpkin - a surprise for me :)  A neighbor graciously took over the carving duties so Landon could get the pumpkin he so desired!  Zane carved his own pumpkin for the first time this year - he was pretty proud of that!

I'm crazy about the Chevron pattern - look what the hubs did for me?!

Yummm - that's our neighbor Joel!

A sad picture of the neighborhood pumpkins!

Pumpkin Patch

We took advantage of last Sunday's gorgeous weather to hit up the pumpkin patch!  I'm so glad we did because it's been a monsoon almost every day since then!  It was a small patch, but it did just the trick for us.  Wasn't too crowded and had a tractor ride that is the only requirement by my boys!

Troll tree!  Cousin with the Fremont Troll :)