Happy Halloween!

Well... the picture below doesn't look like a very
Happy Halloween. I found the cutest little
devil costume for Lincoln this year. But he
refused (and cried and cried) when I tried to
get him to put it on. I chalked it up to him not
wanting to put a costume on period. So I quick
snapped a few photos (thinking these were the
only pics I was getting of him in costume this
Halloween). I figured someday we'd look at these
and giggle at the 2 year old stubborness.

Clearly, not happy. "Off mama. No "cosume", No
cape."


I tried putting him in front of a mirror so he could see
how cute he looked. Nice try Mom.


Despite the four photos, this ordeal was less than 30 seconds.


I even tried to bribe him with candy. ( As you can see
dribbling down his chin.)


I decided since the costume was non-returnable,
that I was going to get my moneys worth. So
Duke was naturally the next "victim".


SOOOOO, on Halloween I picked Lincoln
up from daycare, ready to have him help me
pass out candy instead of trick-or-treating.
I mean, I wasn't going to take him trick-or-treating
without a costume.
BUT, I got there and his teachers (knowing he
was refusing to wear his costume... because the week before
at the Halloween party he was the only kid there
not wearing a costume) said that he had pulled out
the Mickey Mouse outfit that day when they were playing
dress up, and didn't want to take it off. So they
graciously let us take it home for Lincoln to wear
trick or treating! It was a bit small, and pretty worn, but
I wasn't complaining! Turns out at 2 he wants to pick
out his own costume! Ha. I'll remember that next year!



He's eating candy already, and we haven't even gone
trick-or-treating yet!


Isn't our little Mouse so cute!
(Yes, that is an Easter bucket. I didn't get a Halloween
bucket, because Lincoln had made it clear he wasn't going
to wear a costume. So we had to make due. Guess he
showed me who's in charge)


We were out for 45 mintues! He was tired!




But loved looking at all the kids in costumes, and had
so much fun ringing the doorbells and saying
"twick or tweet"!



Okay, somebody take me home now. please!

My Uncle Jim and cousin Jessica happened

to be in town for the weekend and take Lincoln

out for Halloween! It was a great weekend, and we can't wait

to see them again.
Below is a pic of Lincoln dragging Jim to all the houses

to get more "handy". :)

More pics to come, I promise it won't be so long next time!

Pumpkin Carving!

Here are a few shots of Lincoln and Ryan carving the pumpkin.
Lincoln didn't want to have anything to do with
the "guts". He wouldn't touch the inside, or help
Daddy dig out the seeds. But he loved watching!


Of course, Duke had to get in the mix!

Once the pumpkin was carved, Lincoln got a kick out

of taking it's "hat" on and off!

The finished product.

I crack up when I look at this picture, because I can hear

Lincoln saying "Cheese"!

Awww, so cute!

The Pumpkin Patch!

Okay, I'll admit, I am a little behind in updating the blog!
I have no excuse other than life with a 2 year old is
crazy busy! But so much fun. A few weeks ago Ryan & I
took Lincoln to Schnepf Farms for some fall festivities and
fun!

Here is a picture of Lincoln pondering which pumpkin to
take home and carve!


Mommy and Lincoln.

This one may be a little too heavy!

He was so funny about the pumpkins. Most of them naturally

had dirt on part of them, and he didn't want to touch the

dirt. He kept saying "Nasty mama!" It was hysterical!

He finally sat down to take a rest!

But not for long. We were on the move again!

Say Cheese!

Lincoln loved the petting zoo! He was giggling the whole

time. And he even told us the correct names of all the

animals!

Looking at the sheep. He kept saying "Baaaaaa"

Looking at the goats!

Petting the goats. A few of them started to spar with their

horns, so we got Linc outta there!

Looking at the pig.

There was so much to do. Lincoln loved going down the

slide, as always.

Weeeeee!

He would have done this all day if we would have

let him. (And if it would have been a bit cooler...

it was about 100, again!)

Daddy & Linc getting ready to go for a ride on the train!

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Going for a ride.

Lincoln has really taken to riding the carousel. Anywhere

he can find one! Luckily there was one at the pumpkin patch!

And it was free!

It was hard to get him looking right at the camera when

the carousel was moving.

Going for a pony ride! He loved it! He could have gone

all by himself (without me walking by him), but Mommy

wasn't quite ready for that. Maybe next year!

So the picture below is of Lincoln wearing the mask he

made at his daycare's Halloween party. He wouldn't wear

it the night of the party, in fact this is the first (and only)

time he wore it! So I had to snap a pic. We were on our way

to the pumpkin patch!