This Halloween was so much fun. Hannah Claire (and Mommy & Daddy) had a blast! We left on Saturday morning and headed up to the pumpkin patch. We had never done this but had been wanting to. We went to the one in Hayden and it was so much fun. There was about two kids there other than HC so we pretty much had our run of the place. We loaded up on the covered wagon and headed out to the patch first thing. Hannah Claire was pretty excited.
She finally turned around for a quick picture. Apparently there is a memo that goes out to kids that says the best pumpkin is at the far corner. She went as far as she could go and picked out that pumpkin.
On our journey back through the patch Hannah Claire took her time to smell the roses, or the rotten pumpkins. She was very concerned about the smashed ones.
Poor Dad had to carry the pumpkin all the way through the patch. I must say Hannah Claire has great taste, she picked out a pretty pumpkin.
We also did the "train" ride. All this was was a Gator pulling some wooden boxes around the grounds. We got to see the animals in the petting zoo and the horses. The covered wagon was was more cool.
We also checked out the old country store. It definitely has some old country stuff. Hannah Claire was not too sure about the scarecrow.
Now this place had two dogs hanging around. We thought it was the family dogs. They were super sweet and very loving. One particular dog took a liking to HC. She loved him too.
After we were petting and playing with the "family" dog, they were getting shooed off by the workers. Whoops. Guess we shouldn't have been loving on the random dogs. Oh well. We also took advantage of the tractor sitting by the exit. I'm not so sure this was part of the experience but it was for us. I think Hannah Claire has a little country girl in her. She looks like a natural on that John Deere.
After a trip to meet Mawmaw & Pawpaw for lunch we headed home for some rest before our big night of trick-or-treating. Hannah Claire was very opinionated about who she wanted to dress up as. Since she was loving her some Minnie Mouse, that is what we went with. I must say she is an adorable Minnie.
HC had no qualms about heading up to the door and asking for some candy. Her standard was "trick-or-treat me". I'm not sure where the me came from but she stuck with it all night. She did get a little scared at one door. They had a mummy and a cat. She was not scared of their weimaraner but freaked out by their little cat. I guess having big dogs can result in this. No worries, she overcame her fear for the sake of some candy.
She was very adamant about putting the candy in her pumpkin herself. This poor guy kept trying to put in the pumpkin himself. She would turn her whole body to block it and take it from his hand. I have no idea where this kid got her stubborn independence. HA!
No pictures but she did get freaked out by a ghoulish skeleton. The scream I heard from my child was hilarious. She saw him at the last house we were at. We went home after that so that we could have some dinner and hand out some candy too. The first time the doorbell rang HC rand to the front door and guess who was there. She screamed and broke out in a dead sprint. She then leapt into my arms. Poor girl. I thought we might have trouble at bedtime but she got over it and was fine. She did love handing out the candy too.
On Sunday we went to Hannah Claire's school's trunk-or-treat. She was a little unsure of all the loudness at first but we found her friend Samantha from school (who was also dressed up as Minnie) and they had a blast. I wish I had pictures but we forgot our camera. They were so sweet going to all the cars holding hands. They also got to jump in the bouncy together. It ended up being a lot of fun.
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