Disneyland

It has always been a dream of mine to go to Disneyland during Halloween time. Something about the decorations, the Haunted Mansion all decorated up in Nightmare Before Christmas, and of course because it is my favorite holiday. We were originally going to wait until Ethan was a little older before we went but when our friends invited us to go with we couldn't resist.

We had such a fantastic trip and it was a great age to take Ethan. He absolutely loved Disneyland and he loved the rides especially, and of course Mickey Mouse. We went on the majority of the rides at both parks with his favorites being the Buzz Lightyear ride at Disneyland followed by the Toy Story ride at California Adventure. Can you see a theme? Ethan even rode the roller coaster the Matterhorn that was a little scary. Not because of the ride but because of the monster noises in it.

We ended up spending the extra money to stay at the Grand Californian Hotel and boy was it worth it. I loved having our own entrance into the park and they even upgraded our room to the Park view. Ethan is already asking to go back.

Here are a few of the pictures that we took. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Patch.

We had a very rainy weekend but the clouds finally opened up just a little to let us go and get our pumpkins at the Stocker Farm Pumpkin Patch in Snohomish, Washington. We have been going there since Ethan was born and it is a great place to go and pick your own pumpkins. When the weather turned a little better in the afternoon we took our chance and our rainboots and headed out. Ethan found two right away that he really liked. They are the little ones in the pictures and Jeff and I picked out ours. Ethan found several others but finally settled on his favorites. We are going to wait a week or so to carve them and when we do I will post the finished results.