October- the month of Halloween commenced with train challenge #1 (of 4 sitting in our garage thanks to Jefferson's friend). We had our first showing of our costumes at Herriman Howl where Bella made everyone smile when they saw her costume- this year the Star Wars family (Han Solo, Princess Leia, 2 storm troopers, and our little Ewok). We ended the soccer season with the Jefferson vs. Carter match- Carter was the MVP and Jefferson was the best big brother, not playing too hard against his little brother. We went to our pumpkin patch and picked out pumpkins. And Jefferson was thrilled to meet mama's age requirement to carve a pumpkin. He and Brad carved a haunted house while Carter and I made a 2 liter R2D2 for the schools fall festival. Carter won 1st prize for his R2D2. Aunt Anne made a surprise visit so we had a lovely lunch and saw the witches. The kids had a blast at the fall festival and we discovered Jefferson's pumpkin looks best with a candle in the dark. We had cousins stay with us for fall break and went to a few Halloween events, including the pumpkin regatta. We staycationed for fall break- Jefferson killed it with pickleball, Carter got a hole in one in mini golf, we had a SLC scavenger hunt adventure and Jefferson discovered he loves German food. We saw the witches with friends at Gardner Village and got our Harry Potter candy and caramel apple. We went to our favorite corn maze and the boys loved playing in the dried corn. We celebrated Bella's 2nd birthday with her favorite game- Bella ball. We checked out the pumpkin walk and had a family Halloween party with a parade and pumpkin bowling. Carter decorated all of the pumpkins on our doorstep, and we saw our favorite Halloween houses. This year after the Halloween parade we helped in both boys parties- musical chairs and a pumpkin walk. And we went trick or treating with our friends on the island and had the funnest Halloween dancing and playing DJ for trick or treaters with our friends- we will never forget "Aladdin! This is your moment!" And this month Carter made us laugh when he gave me a new nick name "Bro mama"
