Happy Little Pumpkin

Happy Little Pumpkin was the theme of this year's Halloween.  We had a lot of fun dressing James up and doing some festive things with friends and family.  Halloween is a much anticipated holiday for our family and I'm excited for James to grow up looking forward to getting out the Halloween box every year like I did...opening it up to see the costumes and decorations and looking forward to the big day (and candy).  Anyway, here are some of our favorite shots from October.

Playing in the leaves at my mom's new house

This was a couple of weeks before Halloween when we out to Sauvie's Island to visit the pumpkin patch.  I had visions of James hanging out in his stroller, just checking out the scenery and making getting out for a few pictures.  Not so!  He walked through the vines and played with the pumpkins and was having a great time.  He was so interested in the pumpkins that when we eventually tried to leave, he cried very hard.  I am looking forward to the day we can verbally reason instead of just plucking him from the fun and expecting him to understand why.

We spent Halloween in Eugene at my mom's house and did our usual family fun things - costumes, trick-or-treating friends, eating candy, and after James went to be bed, playing a few epic games of Canasta.

James crying at the scarecrow at Thistledown Farms.  Poor guy was very afraid of the scarecrows, but loved the chickens, ponies, and bunnies we saw afterwards.

The great pumpkin!