Garfield's Halloween is Really, REALLY Scary... says Dylan

I have "Garfield's Halloween" downloaded and we've watched it the last few Halloweens. It's from the 80's. This year, Dylan does NOT like it. Well, he does, but then he doesn't. There's some parts that really scare him. He also gets really freaked out (see the post that precede's this one) with anything that is the slightest bit ghoulish.


So he grabbed some phone pics of him watching it the other night. He makes faces, covers his mouth, covers his eyes... I have NO CLUE where he gets that from. No clue!!! (definitely not me, not Daddy!)

Trip to Cagle's Dairy Farm & Pumpkin Patch

So we took our 2nd Annual trip to Cagle's Dairy Farm to look at pumpkins, take a hay ride, make marshmellows/smores over an open fire, and let the kids play.

This trip was a little interrupted by a feature we must have missed last year - a WITCH! She was creepy - even for an adult. She was hiding out in pumpkin area. She had a white face, a white spiders web covering her face, a big spider on her back, a cane and a crazy cackle! And, she walked like a total FREAK! Just as we were going to get some nice, sweet, autumn pictures of the kids sitting on pumpkins, we spotted the beastly hag!!!

At that point, it was time to head over for the hay ride double time! That dumb old witch... she saw the kids freaking out and crying, and she still proceeded to cackle at us and head toward us. Unfortunately, I took pictures of her but she didn't show up in the proofs!!!! S-P-O-O-K-Y!

Enjoy the pics:

Pre-Witch... Times were good, Kids were happy...

Cute princess...

The boy sees the WITCH!!!!

Maryn can't move. Dylan can't look (or let go). Daddy thinks its funny.

A change of scenery should do the trick... a giant air pillow!

For the record, I'm still not happy about the witch...

...but this is fun!!!

Dylan and Connor

Ahh...the hayride. No witch in sight!

Maryn, Dylan and Devare

Maryn, Dylan, Devare and Connor

Wait! What's that!

No, seriously! What the heck is that?

Oh, it was nothing!!!!

S-M-O-R-E-S!!!!

Marshmellowy, Chocolatey Goodness!

Just roasting marshmellows!

Mmmmmmm!

Daddy showing Dylan how to throw a frisbee

Are you ready, Devare? Here comes the ball!

Throw the frisbee already!!!

Grasping!

Do you ever get the feeling while looking around that you totally miss moments that haven't even really passed yet? Would this be the epitomy of not living in the moment...maybe? Sometimes I watch my kids, not just in an every day distracted way, but REALLY just watch them and take in their faces, expressions, and mannerisms...and an ache just comes over me and I know how much I am going to miss this part of them. I wonder if in the future I will still be able to feel this time in my soul. Not just see it in the pages of an album, but really feel it as if I am sitting right there...hearing the sounds, and smelling the sweet skin of little kids, or the stinky feet after wearing sandels all day on the playground. You might just think I could smell my own feet and get the same vibe, but it's not really the same....and you know it!! :)

The other day I was looking at last year's Easter pics on our fridge and even though it was less than a year ago, I look at those cute little faces and realize it is just going so fast. Cliche, I know! It's those pictures. They so adequately capture the expressions of who they are right now that I just want to stop everything. Just wait.....Hold the phone....Nobody move!!! And then, I look around and realize we are still here.....in this very moment.

Love is just an inadequate description of how full my heart feels at this very time!