We had another great Halloween this year. We went to a couple of parties, visited family, carved a pumpkin, and went trick-or-treating. Kaylee dressed up as a purple fairy for two parties, then decided her costume bugged her, so she found a cat tail and ears in our halloween box and was a cat for her school party and trick-or-treating. Cameron and Jace were Jazz basketball players, and Mike and I were their fans. Trick-or-treating was another first for Cameron this year. He was so excited to go to the first door with the big kids. He got his treat and was good for the night. He was totally content with the one treat.
We hosted a party with some friends and family this year. Mike wanted to come up with an original Murder Mystery game for the party. And it turned into a Hypnotism game instead. It was still really fun. It was the first time playing it, so there are a few kinks to work out. I was amazed that he could just make up a fun game like that so quickly. We'll have to find some more people to hypnotize someday soon!
Kaylee was off-track for the first 3 weeks in October, so one of the fun things we did was go to the zoo. Mike took a Friday off so the whole family could go. Apparantly we weren't the only ones in the state of Utah who had that idea! The place was packed! We bought tickets to ride the train and never ended up using them because we didn't want to wait in the long line. The weather was perfect, which is good for the animals and our little monkeys, too. It was Cameron's first trip to the zoo, so it was fun to see his reaction to all the animals. I think he liked the monkeys the best. They had a lot of baby animals this time. A baby giraffe, three baby tiger cubs, and my favorite, a baby elephant. She was adorable! The highlight of the afternoon was watching a howler monkey pee from the top of a tree, and his friend below reaching his hand out to touch the stream. It was pretty funny! I wish I had it on tape!
We hit the pumpkin patch early this year, one of the first weeks in October. There's a great pumpkin patch in Riverton that has a little corn maze for the kids to run through, tractors to climb on, and tons of pumkins! Kaylee and Jace had a great time in the corn maze and picked out some green and white pumpkins. You heard me, GREEN and WHITE! Whatever. Cameron was more interested in the "Titty." It was a fun Family Night activity, and I'm sure we'll be back there again next year!
