Boo at the Zoo

We went to Boo at the Zoo on Halloween. We went straight over to the Polar Bear exhibit so Scott could see them. I think this was the first time he has been to the zoo all year. The treat stations always seem few and far between and the people are so stingy with the candy. I understand that they have to hand out thousands of pieces of candy so it is more economical but it just seems stingy. We stopped at the polar bear play area to play before continuing our trick or treating. Grisham was kinda tired of wearing his costume so he didn't wear his Transformer chest piece or mask. Genevieve didn't want anything to do with her Snow White costume. We stayed for about and hour and half before calling it quits. It was getting cold and dark. Grisham wasn't too happy to leave with his bucket only half full of candy (and no chocolate pieces too). Sad to say but this was our last Boo at the Zoo here in Columbus:(

Birthday Flowers

My 31st birthday was on Monday. Both my parents and husband Scott had flowers delivered to me. I love flowers!! I would love to have fresh flowers in my house daily, it's just not economical. So I just love it when I get fresh flowers on my birthday, anniversary or Valentine's day. They just make me smile:)
Mom and Dad, your flowers are the top two pictures.

Buddy Walk

I am so behind on my posts!! The first of October we had the Buddy Walk at Crew Stadium. I think this was our fourth year to participate. This was the coldest day of all. It was raining and miserable. The one thing that is most amazing about the buddy walk is if you feel down you won't be there long. The gathering is so uplifting and positive. We started the mile walk with our group For Love of Leah. Through out the walk there were groups of cheerleaders who would cheer for the person the group represented. Leah absolutely loved it. She would smile and cheer and dance when they cheered for her. After the walk there is always fun activities for the kids. Music, clowns, fire trucks and police cars. This lasted only a few minutes for our kids. We got our balloon animals and headed back to the tent for lunch. While we were waiting for the hot dogs to grill Genevieve had an accident so we decided to head home. The walk was so much fun....cold, tired cranky kids. Not so much.

Pumpkin Patch with Playgroup

The weather was so much better this time around. The kids and I met our friends from playgroup at another pumpkin farm. They also had a hay maze and fun things to do. I think the kids liked the corn boxes the best. We also had the chance to go out into the field and pick our own pumpkins. The kids liked this very much. Grisham wanted to find the biggest pumpkin out in the field. He was very proud of his find. I always enjoy going to this farm. We also go there to pick strawberries in the summer. With admission to the pumpkin patch we get coloring books, yummy snacks for the kids and access to the hay maze and corn boxes. After we picked our pumpkins all the moms gathered the kids for a picture. Some liked and some not so much.