Spooky Fun in NWA

We have been staying very busy this month. October is always a busy month and this one was no different. 
I did enjoy a "Witches night out" with some girlfriends. My friend Lacey plans this every year for her birthday. Everyone dresses up and we got out to dinner. 
I kept it simple this year, black dress, necklace and hat.  

It's always fun to see what everyone ends up wearing.

Another night, we did a "trail of fears" drive and loaded up the kids in their halloween pjs and gave them some hot chocolate. 

We had a great time seeing all the halloween lights and spooky decorations around the city. 
The kids really love when houses have lights set up to dance to scary music. That's always a favorite. 

Another night I hosted a movie night for some girlfriends. 
I did a popcorn bar with spooky drinks and then a Halloween charcuterie table. 

 

It was really fun. We watched "The others" and ate until we were sick. It was great. This is one of my favorite Halloween traditions. I have been hosting these Halloween movie nights for about 5 years now. 

We also made our traditional spooky cookie houses. 

We also went to our ward's "Trunk or Treat". Sadly, it rained and we had to move it all indoor. I threw together a table setup in place of trunk decor. 

Everyone loved our "booth" and we won best family theme. 

Everyone loved Chris' hilarious mustache. He had a few friends take selfies with him. I was cracking up. I love that man and his willingness to wear whatever I ask him to wear. 

Tanner's costume was a huge hit. Everyone loved it. He was such a cute green army man. 
The young men were in charge of some of the games and he stood guard at the door to make sure not too many kids entered at once. It was the perfect job for him. We were cracking up. 

Even our sweet Clementine got to dress up. She made for a very cute alien. 

We made our traditional jack-o-lantern pizzas one night. 
Each kid made their own, and then Tanner made a big one for Chris and I to share with him. 
It was delicious. 

We also finally made it to the pumpkin patch. 
We tried a new one today in Fayetteville and it was AWESOME!

Funny enough, the kids' favorite part of the pumpkin patch was the corn pit. 
They could have played here the whole time. Lol. 

Benson was cracking us up. He loved putting his head under the corn. Such a little weirdo. 

Eventually, the kids convinced me to get in the corn pit with them. 

The kids also enjoyed the jumping pillows!

This ropes course was also a big hit. 

Bailey and Tanner both loved the apple cannons. 

Benson tried it too but he didn't love it. 

The cow train is a tradition but this year Benson wanted no part in it. 

Instead he wanted to play basketball. All the kids made their way over there to play with Benson and Dad.

We took a small train ride around the pumpkin patch. 

We also played on the tube slides and eventually picked out our pumpkins. 

We had so much fun. We will definitely be going back next year. 

After the pumpkin patch we met the cousins at "Spooky Street". Spooky street is a cute setup Walmart does. It's a little street setup with tiny houses that are themed. It's so cute. You knock and they bring out candy. 

All that fun was a bit much for Benson. He literally fell asleep on our bar stools afterwards. 

We had a great time. This month has been super busy but full of fun. We've been fortunate to avoid COVID so far and we are so grateful. 
Now, tomorrow is Halloween. Stay turned for trick or treating fun.