We're off to see the Wizard!

What a great month October was. We not only got to visit family for half of it, we had lots of fun upon returning to our home in Ohio.

A few weeks back we went to a local farm. What a gorgeous day it turned out to be!

They had a fun little corn maze that Olivia loved telling us which direction to go in...don't think she could have ever gotten us out on her own though.



This farm also had lots of fun animals to check out.



Can hardly belive that Carter stood still by himself for a picture.




Oh the lovely moments when Carter and Olivia can sit this close together and get along at the same time.



When it came time to carve the pumpkin that we got at the farm (Aaron picked out a 27 pounder), Carter wanted nothing to do with the goopy inside of it.

Olivia has grown to love it though. She even planted the seeds in our backyard. I wasn't there to help and so she planted them in the middle of our backyard where the lawn is a bit scarce. Should I be surprised if they really grow next year?

Carter was really only interested in carving a pumpkin and since the carving knives really aren't too sharp, we let him have at his own pumpkin (yes, he had painted it before hand).

Aaron working his pumpkin carving skills.

AAAANNNNDDDD, We're off to see the Wizard. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

I feel so bad...no picture of Olivia's ruby red slippers that polished off her costume. They were down there, promise.

Carter as the Cowardly Lion and Olivia as Dorothy.

I know, I know, what kind of a pathetic Lion costume is that? Right?

Well...I nearly went over the moon to find Carter a Lion costume that he would wear (because he really was SO excited to be a Lion), but at last, Carter was a lion on his own terms. His pathetic whiskers were even drawn while holding his squirmy body down.

And in the end, his ears couldn't even hold up a little foam crown. At least he was a happy lion.