Hay hay hayride and Halloween fun

We took the girls to a Halloween event at the Disney store. They got to dress up in princess costumes, and parade around the outlet mall. They got to make a Monster's Inc bag and go trick or treating throughout the store. Kara seemed a little upset that they got other stuff besides candy, though I was pretty happy about it. 

Evie was a little offended that her sisters crashed her daddy-daughter date. She couldn't get rid of us fast enough. 

Of course Ben let them each pick something out to buy. (as if he could walk into a Disney store and come out empty handed...)

But who could say no to that face?

On saturday evening, we took Kiersten and Evie to a hayride. Karalee was at a slumber party that night. Kiersten has been going through a stage of trying to act tough, and refuses to admit when it's cold. We've been having a hard time keeping her hat and jacket on, even when it's below 50° outside. 

Ready for the ride. Evie was crying earlier in the day, and saying she didn't want to go. The reasons she gave were that she only likes cruises, and that she was scared. Ben talked her into being excited about it, and I was really glad, because she ended up loving it, and was so happy. 

proof that I was there

We ate hot dogs, chili, donuts, and hot chocolate. 

They had really short sticks to roast marshmallows with, so the girls had a hard time getting their marshmallows close enough. 

They quite enjoyed eating their s'mores! They had run out of chocolate by the time we got the marshmallows toasted, but I was able to grab the last 2 graham crackers.

There were 2 guys performing, and Kiersten had to dance. Another kid had a flashlight, and held it on her for a spotlight for about 10 minutes. When she came to sit down, I asked, "so you really like this band, huh?" and she said, "well, I like how they play guitar and sing like Papa". So I made her go tell them that she liked their performance, and Ben gave her a few dollars to put in their jar. Notice she had her coat off. I was sitting there freezing and shivering. On the walk back to the hayride to get back to the car, her hands were like ice. 

Last night we finally got around to carving pumpkins. We have just been so busy, and it kept getting put off. I really didn't have time to do it last night, but decided to do it anyway, and I'm glad. The girls had so much fun. 

Kiersten drew the face on hers, and Ben helped her carve it out. I love how it turned out!

Kara designed her own face, and got to carve it herself this year. She is so proud, and so am I :) The little one is Evie's. She also carved it herself. (just kidding, Ben helped her)