Burts and Hillcrest! FINALLY!

My MOST favorite thing to do in the fall is go up to Burt's pumpkin patch and Hillcrest Orchards. The drive is BEAUTIFUL and the kids LOVE it!
We had our trip on the calendar twice in October and had to reschedule both times. Sad we didn't make it before Halloween.. but turns out they still have pumpkins up there in November AND you don't have to deal with the crowds!

We got kind of a late start but made it up there just in time for a yummy (and fun!) buffet lunch at the Lodge at Amicalola Falls. Unfortunately Lucy had an extreme diaper disaster in the car and I had to change her into the only backup outfit I could find.. a blue fleece jumper! (Thanks Ann!) So she looked like a boy for the rest of the day.. but she was warm!

Brock didn't take this hat off one time the whole day. He loves it. (thanks Lyndsay!)

Not as many pumpkins this late in the season.. but again, soooo nice to miss the crowds. The kids were able to run around and play with out me freaking out about not being able to see them. :)

Hayride with only a few other families equals being able to stretch out!

After Burt's we headed down the road to Hillcrest Orchards

In the 10 minutes it took us to get there it felt like the temperature dropped 20 degrees. According to the dash board it was 43 degrees outside!

Lucy loved snuggling up in the cold!

The boys went into the petting zoo by themselves this year. We watched and laughed from behind the fence as they ran screaming from all the chickens.

It was a really fun day! Jeff said he likes it better in the cold. I'm up in the air about that... :)

Trick-or-treat

The weather was PERFECT for trick-or-treating this year! Low 70's and clear skies.
We started at the neighbor's house...
(Lyla the bumble bee, Brodey a red power ranger, and Brock as Tigger)

Lucy Rae the elephant (sweetest elephant there ever was)

We ate with LOTS of friends and then headed out to trick-or-treat in their neighborhood.

Brock has no idea who "Tigger" is ... he thought he was a pregnant tiger.

Luke, Lyla and Maddy... with a little help from daddy

Trick-or-treating at Ms. Kelly's house! Lyla loooooves the Evan's family.. even though she's so shy around them, she talks about them allll the time.

This neighborhood was PERFECT for trick-or-treating! The houses are close together and they go ALL OUT with the decorations! We had so much fun.

They are soooo cute waiting at the door!

the "spooky" house

:)

Pumpkin Carving

The kids were really into pumpkin carving this year... we had so much fun working on their creations with them!

Lyla loooooved getting her hands dirty digging out the insides.

Brodey got this little pumpkin from his school field trip and INSISTED he carve it. He got tired of this one quick though and moved on to his big pumpkin.

It was dark and I couldn't see what they were doing until the flash went off.. I don't know why they were doing this with their hands!

From left to right: Brodey's (with team mommy), Lyla's (also team mommy.. she yanked the left eye ball off at the last minute) and Brock (team daddy... I am obviously the superior pumpkin carving parent ;) )