We have had a lot of fun fall activities this year. I think we had to indulge ourselves to make up for the absence of Tulsa's beautiful colors. They have a couple trees in Dickinson and they did change colors for about a week or two, but it was nothing like we were used to. Yellow was the only color we saw, and green (b/c there are so many evergreens), but we really missed RED.
So I posted pics from our trip to Bismarck's pumpkin patch, which was surprisingly AWESOME!! They had lots of things for the boys to do and they loved it. It def topped Bixby. We also carved pumpkins at our friend's house. We have never actually done this together. It is one of those things I always wanted to get around to but never made it. So, I was very pleased when we received the invite to do it with friends. I made a Y pumpkin if you can tell and Brian attempted an OU but settled for a face.
And then of course are the Halloween pictures. Brian and I both have great Halloween memories growing up so I anticipate it will always be a holiday that we indulge in. It was funny to see both of us so excited to take the boys b/c we loved it so much as kids. We have really good parents! Anyways, so we took a tiger "rrrrrarrr" and a bat. They loved it. It took Beau a while to realize that he wasn't giving the candy but rather taking it. He is sweet. Baker would say thank you after each house and then say "go to the next one". So we went around the neighborhood until it go to cold and then went to several friend's houses, which is much easier in a town this size. Needless to say, the boys love candy and if Beau even catches a small glimpse of that orange bucket he begins begging for some candy.
Another quick story on a cute thing Baker said. I always try and teach him the "why" of things, so we went to the hospital today b/c we had a friend who delivered pre-maturely and her baby had to be sent to Bismarck. So I told Baker we were going to the hospital to cheer her up. We visited for about 20 minutes or so and while we were walking down the hall to the elevator to leave Baker said "We make her happy mommy?". And I just almost died. I was so proud of him for remembering and caring enough to ask if we accomplished our purpose.
