We have had one BUSY Halloween around here. Rilyn has gotten to dress up a lot and do lots of trick or treating. She LOVES it! On top of the birthday party and the mall trick or treating last week, we have done trunk or treat at church and zoo boo and then there's acutal Halloween night! Ri and I went to Zoo Boo for free because some one at Cody's school was able to get tickets for free for volunteering and pass them on to us. We had a blast! 
Ri's favorite part was the train ride at the end. 
She really loves trains right now and was in heaven on the ride. The ride took us through reality tv shows that the zoo but a creepy spin on. I had to take a picture of 
DOG the Bounty Hunter (he was Dawg the Ghost Hunter) because thats my moms favorite show and 
American Idol (or Eerie Idol as they called it) because the whole family loves that show. Trunk or Treat was a blast too. Cody got to come with us so we dressed up as a family. 
Rilyn is our ASU cheerleader, I'm the football player, and Cody is the fan. At trunk or treat Ri was the first to win the cake walk.
She tried to eat a doughnut on a string (very funny to watch) 
and played some other games with Daddy. 
She also got her face painted.
One side is a devil
and one side is a pitchfork. 
GO DEVILS! There were tons of great costumes at the party. One family was Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Puss (very creative) and our friends the Wiglamas were an old couple. 
They pulled it off perfectly. We were all dying laughing when they walked in! I told Cody that next year we really need to step it up in the costume department because we looked pretty lame next to that. On Saturday we went to the environmental center by Presque and checked it out. It was the first time we had been there and they had a lot of interesting things about Erie's past and they had some huge fossils. 
They also have a huge observation tower that we went up and the view from up there was really pretty.
You could see the water from up there as well as all of the trees. Our neighbors brought Rilyn over all sorts of Halloween goodies on Saturday. She was so excited! We didn't end up going trick of treating because we had already had a pretty big day so Ri helped me pass out candy. We didn't get too many trick or treaters but something that I found interesting was that we have trick or treating hours in Erie. You can only trick or treat from 6-8. Its kind of nice because then we don't end up with kids ringing the bell way late at night! Well now we have one holiday down and 2 more to go! Time to get ready for Thanksgiving!
Ri's favorite part was the train ride at the end. She really loves trains right now and was in heaven on the ride. The ride took us through reality tv shows that the zoo but a creepy spin on. I had to take a picture of DOG the Bounty Hunter (he was Dawg the Ghost Hunter) because thats my moms favorite show and American Idol (or Eerie Idol as they called it) because the whole family loves that show. Trunk or Treat was a blast too. Cody got to come with us so we dressed up as a family. Rilyn is our ASU cheerleader, I'm the football player, and Cody is the fan. At trunk or treat Ri was the first to win the cake walk. She tried to eat a doughnut on a string (very funny to watch) and played some other games with Daddy. She also got her face painted. One side is a devil and one side is a pitchfork. GO DEVILS! There were tons of great costumes at the party. One family was Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Puss (very creative) and our friends the Wiglamas were an old couple. They pulled it off perfectly. We were all dying laughing when they walked in! I told Cody that next year we really need to step it up in the costume department because we looked pretty lame next to that. On Saturday we went to the environmental center by Presque and checked it out. It was the first time we had been there and they had a lot of interesting things about Erie's past and they had some huge fossils. They also have a huge observation tower that we went up and the view from up there was really pretty. You could see the water from up there as well as all of the trees. Our neighbors brought Rilyn over all sorts of Halloween goodies on Saturday. She was so excited! We didn't end up going trick of treating because we had already had a pretty big day so Ri helped me pass out candy. We didn't get too many trick or treaters but something that I found interesting was that we have trick or treating hours in Erie. You can only trick or treat from 6-8. Its kind of nice because then we don't end up with kids ringing the bell way late at night! Well now we have one holiday down and 2 more to go! Time to get ready for Thanksgiving!
One is a vampire and one looks like a sticker that Rilyn had. It was actually pretty hard work because they were so small. Next year if we get one to carve its going to be big! We also went through the Halloween stuff to get ready for Trick or Treating and found Lola's costume. 
Shes a princess. Rilyn loved it, Lola hated it. We also did our first round of trick or treating at the mall. 
They have a thing called the Trail of Treats where you go around the mall and like every store is passing out candy. 
Our mall isn't very big and it still took us over an hour and a half to get them all. By the time we left Ri and I were so tired and her bag so heavy I had to carry it. This next week we have even more trick or treating to do. Our trunk or treat is on Wed and we still have to go to Zoo Boo. And lets not forget the actual night of Halloween! We're going to have so much candy in our house! I guess I'll have to save it up and maybe it can be my treat for when I go see New Moon next month! (Can you tell I'm excited!)
We feel like Eskimos! Ri went to a birthday party for her friend Miles. It was a costume party so she got to try out her costume. She had to wear tights with her cheer outfit because it was so cold but it still looked pretty dang cute to me! She got to make a pumpkin at the party and loved it! 
We now have a growing pumpkin patch. We're up to 5 pumpkins! Rilyn has been enjoying spending time with her daddy! Since hes finishing up his anatomy class hes had a lot of "study time" so he's gotten to spend a little more time at home. Ri love playing with him. Their newest game is "horsey".
Rilyn loves it! She also loves to help him study by sitting next to him in the chair and sharing earphones. 
What a big help! Oh and the biggest news of this week... IT SNOWED!! 
Its crazy! It snowed on the 15th and according the the news thats almost 2 weeks earlier than last year. 
Luckily it only stuck to my car and the roof and melted by lunch time. It was still fun though. It is supposed to warm up to the low 60's this week but I'm sure its going to get cold again soon!
Its a farm that has a huge corn maze (unfortunately we didn't get to do it because the boys didn't want to get muddy) and 
a huge sand box full of corn (when we got out I had enough corn in my clothes to make dinner) and 
big slides that go down the side of a hill and 
pumpkin sling shots and 
tractor/hay rides and of course PUMPKINS! Rilyn walked around for like 15 minutes looking for the perfect pumpkin. 
We finally just picked one for her and told her we had to go home. I think she probably would have been there all day. (Don't you just love Rilyn's hat? I had to make it more girly because when she's all bundled up its hard to look girly)
Thanks guys! She LOVES them!
I did it all by myself while Cody was at school this week. I was pretty proud of myself. I like it because it keeps the house warmer and it looks a little nicer to look at. Keeping them clean is going to be a challenge though. My basement now looks like a park. 
Its kind of fun. Rilyn is in heaven since it's been over a week since she's been able to go out and play. From what I hear we have like 7 months until we can go outside again! Thats a long time! I'm supposed to run in a 10K in a few weeks and I'm a little worried because its been so rainy and cold I haven't been able to practice much. I don't want Ri out in the cold. She doesn't need to get sick again! Hopefully I get some more runs in in the next few weeks. Some other big news at our house is that Ri is getting bigger! I had to move her up into size 3T clothes! I can't believe she has grown so much! I'm pretty sure she was only in size 2 for like 6 months. She is just getting so tall! All of her 2's we're turning into high waters. We have more warm clothes in size 3 so it works out good. Hopefully she slows down enough to wear these for a while! I don't know what happened to my baby! I wish she could just stay little forever! 
This is my big girl playing her new princess game. Thank you Grandma and Pops she LOVES it!
