Pumpkin patch fun and pumpkin painting

GUYS! I can't believe Halloween is in 2 days! Between Halloween and Christmas, I can't contain my excitement about any of it! From October 1 - January 1 I am the happiest little lady west of the Mississippi. However, this year I haven't decorated for Halloween like I normall do. Usually my house has headstones out front and skull garland over the fireplace to accent the sugar skulls along the ledge. This year, none of that happened so I haven't really felt very "festive." That was until last night when we decided to take Parker to the pumpkin patch to pick them out and play through the corn pit and corn maze. It was a blast! I am still getting corn out of my shoes. 

Now I haven't been to a pumpkin patch since.... 3rd ish grade so I felt just as much like a child as the 9 month old we were toting around. It was amazing. Plus, pumpkins are 100x cheaper at the patch than they are at grocery stores. Seriously, I bought 3 pumpkins yesterday for 5 bucks. Why did I never do this before? It's insane, truly. 

We got home last night around 7 and made delicious mozzarella stuffed turkey balls. I have never been into the turkey meat craze but HOLY HANNAH they were delish! There were no leftovers last night in the Peterson House. Which I don't think has ever happened. After dinner we skyped with Cameron and Parker got to see his uncle blah blah. Boy was he happy to be able to see him and laugh at him. It fills my heart with so much love to see how Cameron is with a child who isn't even his, I can't wait to see how he is with our children one day. 

After Skype we gathered in the garage and started the pumpkin painting. Parker lasted about 5 minutes before he was cold, covered in paint, and pretty much over it. But the girls and I stayed up until about 10:30 finishing ours. I have never been so proud of a pumpkin in my life. 

Overall last night was an amazing way to welcome Halloween and tonight my in-laws are taking me to a haunted house. I am beyond terrified to go without Cameron (because he wont be able to point out all the scary guys) but it'll be fun.. I hope.

 I'll post on that tomorrow. Hope you all have a great Thursday. I will leave you with some pictures from last night. 

Little P was very excited to play at the patch.

First time on the slide... His hair kills me. 

The corn pit.. More ended up in his mouth than we would have hoped, but he had fun. 

Skype with Uncle Blah Blah

The mess that became my garage.

My pumpkin, that was extremely more detailed than I had anticipated.