What's Cookin' Good-Looking?

Happy Halloween from our little chef! We had a blast taking these pictures and Everett really seemed to enjoy wearing his costume. It was my first official sewing project and I must admit, I am quite proud of myself. We didn't make it to trick-or-treating with him because he was in bed and asleep at 6pm. His Aunt Sue wore him out! We had a very small handful of kids come to our door so we are stuck with loads of candy. (Billy doesn't seem the least bit concerned about that!)

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Festival

Everett and I went to a Pumpkin Festival with my moms group at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens yesterday. We took a hayride to the pumpkin patch and he got to choose his own pumpkin and they had a petting zoo, music, and you could decorate your pumpkin. Unfortunately, it was a bit too close to nap time and he fell asleep on the hayride back. Afterwards we met Daddy for lunch. I think I am officially all pumpkin festival'd out!

He loved the tractor, but didn't want to sit in the driver's seat without me.

He tried to pick up just about every pumpkin!

Everett got to do this maze walking this time. He loved it and kept turning around and walking in the dead ends to prolong his time there.

A Mutiny is Brewing

Our beloved gate has been helping us barricade our little monster for months now. But the tides are turning and he is getting smarter and smarter.....

At the top of the stairs, I have to attach the gate about 5 inches above the ground due to the design of the banister (see photos below). Well, today I walked out of my bedroom and saw Everett on the other side of the gate climbing down the stairs. My clever little boy crawled under the gate (only a 5 inch space!!!!) and, like his Mommy taught him, climbed down backwards. I am sometimes fearful that he is going to overtake me and I will be tied to a chair when Billy comes home from work and Everett will have walked out the front door.

Chooch-a-Looch

Ah, my son. He won't wear a hat for longer than 1 second, yet when he found a headband of mine and I put it on him today, he wore it for an hour.

With a Moo-Moo Here and a Moo-Moo There....

Everett and I went to a farm on Tuesday with my Moms group. It was very cool. They had chickens, ducks, turkeys, horses, goats, pigs, cows, and an ostrich! They had a pumpkin patch and garden where you could pick your own vegetables and tons of things for the kids to climb on. They also had a corn maze. We had a lovely morning there and I can't wait to go back!

They had a play area with the "Three Pigs" and three houses (one made with straw, one with sticks, one with bricks...). Everett liked the stickhouse pig.

The boy would NOT look at me for a picture!!

"Hay!"

Everett liked the corn maze. I had to put him in the stroller otherwise I'd still be looking for him in all that corn!