Halloween 2012

Our friend Brook gave us this cute outfit.

Sweet boys

With the nickname Tater Tot, we had to do it. One sack of tater tots from Sam's club and a pair of scissors made it cheap and delicious.

This is what carving a pumpkin with a three year old looks like. Thanks Dad!

Stegosaurus complete!

This is Parker as a dinosaur (dragon). I found a dragon costume for $2 at a garage sale (surprise!) and told him it was a dinosaur. He was happy.

The triplets came over for pizza and trick or treating. G threw up over the excitement of the night and ended up wearing Parker's costume from last year, the lion. So, that made the triplets a lion, a tiger and a bear (oh my!).

We have the tradition of knocking on your own door first. It's fun to do it with Parker now.

Pumpkin Day

A town near us has a great parks and rec. department. Every October, they give away free pumpkins to kids. They also had games to play, candy, and jump houses. Tate was not too impressed as you can see, but maybe it was because he didn't get to play any games :)

Apple Jacks Orchard 2012

Checking out the animals.

Pony ride!

Oh boy did he LOVE it!

Hay maze with Nana.

Wagon Ride.

Jumping Pillow

Cow ride with Daddy

Taters bundled up

The fam.

The boys.

Poor Tate getting his arms ripped off. Parker was being a big stinker during the pictures!

Parker is always looking for new friends.

Talking through my teeth to tell Parker to sit still.

Grabbing his collar was more effective.

Now he is happy when he can run around!

We had a lot of fun at the Orchard. We went with my parents who spoiled Parker. Brett and I told Parker to pick one activity to buy tickets for. He picked the pony rides but suckered Nana and Papa into getting tickets for almost every other activity there. He also enjoyed a donut and cider. It was chilly and windy when we arrived but warmed up and turned out to be a beautiful day.

Fall Festival 2012

Parker LOVED the fire trucks again this year. Our home teacher is a volunteer fire fighter and Parker was shy but liked seeing him there.

He would have stayed there all day if he could.

They have a big free petting zoo which Parker usually loves. This year he wanted to touch the animals but had moments of panic if they moved a lot. I think it was because the goats were jumping up on him looking for food.

MN State Fair 2012

Parker's favorite, french fries. He loved watching how they were made in the back. Some of the workers were dancing and singing along to some music, which was entertaining as well :)

Our big fry and little fry.

Tate was treated to some snow cone. He was happy to take every bit we gave him.

Parker and Courtney have previously gotten matching tattoos in the dairy barn. However, now Parker has decided he doesn't like tattoos. He got one when they offered him a sucker, then promptly cried so we wiped it off. Tate decided his tank top arms were perfect to display a cow tattoo.

Looks like Parker would be great on a farm. Too bad his parents would not.

Tuckered out from the splendor of the fair.

Foot long corn dog. Brett, Parker and I shared it and couldn't finish the whole thing (we may or may not have previously eaten fried pickles, french fries, snow cone, milk, and funnel cake).

red velvet funnel cake, yes it was GOOD!

Parker was in heaven with the farm equipment.

He had to try every one.

Wanting to spoil Parker, we bought him cotton candy. But he didn't like getting sticky and didn't like the texture at first. He liked it if we pulled some off and put it in his mouth.

Till next year!