Greetings all! We are entering the "Halloween to Christmas Death Spiral" and are super excited about it! Things are finally starting to gear up for Halloween and we are already making plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mom realized she is going to need to order Christmas cards soon and is getting a wee bit stressed out already. Yipee!
Our week was nothing exciting. I didn't feel well at school on Thursday so mom picked me up a little early which means I didn't go to my Mad Science club after school. We got home before 5 for the first time in several weeks and it was awesome.
Saturday was kind of a busy day around here. Mom had an appointment with her hair stylist (whom she missed dearly when we were in Colorado) on Saturday and this most wonderful person agreed to cut my bangs for free. It doesn't sound like a big deal except mom always takes me to the cheapy places for that and I never, ever walk out with straight bangs. So after 5 years of crooked hair, she decided to take me to her salon and I think I look fabulous. So does mom. It's amazing what straight bangs can do for a girl!
After that, we headed to the pumpkin "patch" to pick out some pumpkins. The patch was in a parking lot on Broadway Boulevard- kind of different from our real pumpkin patch in the middle of a big farm in Denver last year. It was still kind of cute, with a little petting zoo and tons of different pumpkins to pick from.
We ended up with 3 tiny ones, a white one and a big orange one so it was a good time. And only 86 degrees. Perfect for a cup of hot apple cider!
We were invited to a Halloween get together at my camping friend Madeline's house on Saturday night. We were in charge of appetizers so earlier in the week, mom and I scoured the Internet for cute Halloween-y treats. We found a few- witch's brooms with string cheese and pretzels sticks, deviled egg eyeballs and a fruit pumpkin. The pictures were so very cute and the directions so very easy- what could go wrong? I mean, doesn't this look just like a pumpkin??
And doesn't this look like scary eyeballs? Yeah, we didn't think so either. Stupid Pinterest....
So after the not so appetizing appetizers and the yummy dinner, we headed out to Colossal Cave Park for their Halloween carnival. They had jumping castles, ball toss, s'mores and scariest of all- a haunted hay ride! That was kind of super terrifying for me. It was pitch dark and we are riding in a wagon with scary people jumping on the wagon trying to grab us, headless horsemen, witches. About 1/4 of the way through, mom was questioning the wisdom of taking us on this but we made it in one piece. Dad ended up sleeping in my room that night though. Yeah Dad!
Sunday was a semi-relaxed day. I had a birthday party in the afternoon so mom and I hit Target in the morning for a present- because that is how organized mom is these day- and then we went to the plant store to get some flowers for all our pots. We ended up buying a lot more vegetation then planned but that is how it usually goes.
Grandpa Vern is back from the high country for the season so he and Grandma Sue stopped by for a bit and then we wrapped up the evening with a little Skylanders and early bed. Here's hoping for no nightmares! Have a great week!
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