Halloween 2012

I am laughing at myself because the first several pics of our Halloween this year are pictures of food!  We started off the morning by making ghost pancakes:

 Hudson then asked for a jack-o-lantern pancake.  Hmm...I tried my best, so I get an A for effort, right??  :)

 Then, we did our traditional jack-o-lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's. Such a fun dinner every year!

 Hudson had swimming lessons earlier that day, so he took a bath while the pizza was cooking and went ahead and put his jammies on.  We just put his costume on over his jammies, so when we got home he was ready for bed.  Yes, I thought this was genius!  Ha!  He was so cute because when he got out of the tub, he asked for the comb to fix his hair.  He did his Superman hair all by himself!!  I thought his "curl" looked great!  :)

 My precious Superman ready to GO!

 Striking a Superman pose!

 Showing those muscles with Daddy and Mommy.  (Don't ask about the pumpkins...he kept moving them around??)

 We ended up walking around with the Tigert family and Aday family.  Hudson had so much fun trick-or-treating with Stone, Rowan, and Ella.  Here the boys are walking into a "haunted house" down the street.

Halloween 2012 = SUCCESS!  He ate one piece of candy and then the tired Superman went straight to bed!  :)

Class Halloween Party

Hudson's class Halloween party was the day before Halloween this year.  I was in charge of the snacks for the party, so I got a little creative via Pinterest to come up with some healthier snacks to try to fit in with his school's guidelines.  The night before, I made these banana ghosts which turned out SO cute!!

 I also turned little cuties into jack-o-lanterns.  I did these last year too and just couldn't resist!

Each kid got a jack-o-lantern and a ghost...

 ...and then they got to take a witch finger!  These cracked.me.up for some reason!!  

 His class eating away!

 Hudson took eating his ghost very serious!  Ha!

Owens Farm

I have been taking Hudson to Owens Farm every Fall since he was a baby, and this year was no different!  Last Monday, we went with Jessica, Stone, and Rowan and had a blast.  Since Hudson has always been such an animal kid, I think this is by far his favorite pumpkin patch.  He loves feeding the goats every year.  :)

 He was very serious on the hay ride this year. :)

 Picking out the perfect pumpkin.

 He and Stone posing for us.

 The funniest part of the day was when the workers came out to pick up all of the yucky pumpkins.  Hudson and Stone immediately started helping them and were SO in to it!  After helping collect the pumpkins, the guy even let them throw some of them over the fence for the horses to eat.  I think they had more fun "working" that day than anything else that they did.  So random!!  

With Hudson starting Kindergarten next year, I am really trying to soak up all of these days where we can do fun stuff like this.  I know it will be a whole new ballgame next year!

Pumpkin Carving

Last Sunday after church we decided it was a good day to carve our pumpkin.  I drew on the face that Hudson picked out and then Daddy started carving.  He had an excellent helper by his side.  :)

 He loved his Jack-o-lantern!

 Then we got to work pulling out the seeds.  He was much braver than in years past...he dug right on in this year.  

 Noni even joined in the fun.  After about 10 minutes though, Hudson said he was bored and wanted to play.  Typical!  

PJ Day & Pumpkin Party

Hudson had pajama day and his pumpkin party at school on October 25th. He picked out  his dragon jammies to wear.  :)

 I am putting together the silent auction item for his class, which is a cookbook that I am making on Shutterfly.  I needed to snap a few quick pics of his class for the book when I dropped him off.  Aren't they cute in their hats and aprons?

 Definitely the cover for the cookbook.  Ha!

 I went back to his school later in the afternoon for the pumpkin carnival.  I helped with the acorn painting station.  My little guy was crazy when it came to shaking the container...watch out!

 One more class picture to round out the day!  :)

Fall 2012 Dodgers

Hudson's last tee-ball game was October 22nd.  They don't do pictures in the Fall, so his team met early so the parents could snag a picture.  Sadly, his head coach (Coach Gary) couldn't be there, so he is missing from the picture.  

~~~Fall 2012 Dodgers~~~

 Coach Danny, Coach Ryan, Coach Kelly (aka Daddy!)

Cooper P, Nicky, Cooper M, Jacob, Landon

Ethan, Aiden, John, Hudson, Andrew

 It was starting to get dark, but I was able to get a few pics of Hudson actually playing!  Above he is at second base and below he is actually throwing the ball home.  :)

He says he wants to play again in the Spring, so it looks like he and Daddy will be practicing over the next few months and then we'll be busy with tee-ball again!  

School Fun!

I am room mom again this year for Hudson's class, which means I get to go up to school and help with all of the fun stuff!  I absolutely love that I get to help his teacher and be involved in his day every once in a while.  The smile I get from him when I walk in is priceless!  :)  On October 16th, I was asked to come take pictures of the fireman visit.  Miss Amber was the lucky teacher that got to dress up in the fireman uniform.  So, of course we had to get a group pic of her all dressed up!

(His class is definitely girl heavy!) 

 After the firemen talked to the kids, they got to go see the firetruck...definitely their favorite part!

 That same week, I got to go take pictures of Green Eggs & Ham day.  First, I got the table ready while Miss Amber read the book to the kids.

 Then, they all got ready to help Miss Amber make the eggs.  Aren't they cute in their chef hats??  :)

 First, all of the kids got to take a turn stirring the eggs.

 Then, they all got to go back up to cook.

 Finally, it was time to EAT!  

 Most of them gobbled up their green eggs!

Such fun!!  :)