The Horton House: Halloween Party

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Horton House Halloween 2014

Halloween is moving up in my list of favorite holidays. Barrett put on his ghost shirt and we headed to the office.

After work I had to run to the store to get some last minute things for our get together.

I had to dig past the CHRISTMAS candy and Christmas tree cakes to find some Halloween candy.

Then I stopped by my favorite local place and got some mums. I was so proud of myself because I talked the guy down on a big pot because it was damaged on the back. Then I walked off and left it.

This year we added the hayride so we could all ride and hit more houses together. We were kind nervous how it would work. It was perfect. We may have to upgrade to a bigger trailer next year.

This picture just makes my heart nearly explode.

This is exactly how I visioned these years. Making fun memories with friends.

It was so cold. I, for one, loved it because we got to bundle up. We piled all the blankets on the hayride and headed out. Patrick was so excited!

This was right before we headed out.

The best we could get of Prince Charming and Cinderella.

Sweet pirate Jackson snuck in!

Cinderella decided she'd rather have the ninja turtle.

She was so excited with the "glass slipper". It was a near perfect fit!

We died when Jackson and Barrett got my phone and looked like they're trying to take selfies.

Joseph is a children's minister and he some how convinced all the kiddos to pick up the toys and then lay down and watch a movie. (Barrett bailed pretty quickly) These four laid there for a lot longer than we thought they would.
We had such a fun night. I'm just really loving this stage of life. I know i've said it a million times but my goal in life has always been to have a family and enjoy life together. Now that I'm getting to do it, it's even better than I'd imagined. I think it'll get more fun as the kids get older and we add more to the group. Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Party & The Pumpkin Patch

We've been busy this week.

Wednesday, Barrett had a "Pumpkin Party" at school. I was so excited to get to go and see him with all his friends. I barely got his costume finished in time.

My sweet Prince Charming. I had the hardest time decided what he was going to be for Halloween this year. One afternoon we were playing with the Keeley boys and Barrett wanted something Amy had. He went up to her and gave her the most precious face trying to get her to give in and she was like, "he should be Prince Charming for Halloween, that is a very charming face he's giving me." Then I was telling Lorie and she told me that Elise was going to be Cinderella. That sealed the deal.

I started looking for a costume and the only one I could find that I liked was around $100. I wasn't about to pay that for a costume he was going to wear twice. So I headed to pinterest and found a picture of one I liked. They had sewn the entire thing. I started with a white sweatshirt and hot glued all the stuff on it. I spent about $35 and 2 afternoons. I love how it turned out. I've had to re-glue a few things but overall it's held up better than I thought it would.

The minute I walked into his classroom he started crying. His teachers looked shocked. The said he never, ever cries. I just laughed. He whines all the time for me. Turns out he was hungry. Once we got him some food he was fine.

I loved watching him play.

My sweet boy and me. This was my first party as a mom. It was kind of surreal to be there, with my son. I can remember my mom always coming to our school parties. I'm so thankful I get to do all these things. It is such a blessing to me that I get to work and enjoy all these fun things with my boy!

With our sweet friends Anna & Drake. Barrett and Drake play so well together and Anna is that mom I can talk to when I'm afraid other moms will think I'm crazy. Our brains just work the same way, I think. She's the person that I know won't judge me when I have a weird question or comment about something. She loves pop culture/ celebrity gossip as much as I do (maybe even more). I feel like she just gets me as a mom and even just as a person. It's funny how there are people that have been in your life all along but then all of a sudden you get why. I feel like 15+ years ago when Anna and my sister became friends God knew that our babies would be close in age and that we'd be friends. {Woah, didn't mean for that to get all sentimental. It just happens sometimes. I think I always get this way around the holidays.}

Steven was so afraid Barrett wasn't going to have a pumpkin for Halloween he went a got a few. Barrett chose this one. He was pretty excited! Thursday afternoon we finally made it to the Pumpkin Patch.

We were going to go to the same one we went to last year but I was checking the website before we left and it said they closed at 4:00 it was already 4:00 so we decided to go to one a little further in Cullman. Well everyone said it was "a little further", I didn't think we were ever going to get there. but we did. We only had an hour and I was sad we didn't get to do a lot of the stuff. We will definitely go back.