Alden tried the hat on.
We had a really fun day, avoiding the Y, because we all still have colds, and went to a new park near the house. Hudson slept most of the time, so Alden and I had a good time playing together. We had to stop by Kroger to pick up some things for dinner, and Alden started her trick-or-treating early. During the 15 minutes we were there, she scored a balloon, 2 lollipops, a cookie (from a guy dressed as Joe the Plumber, which I thought was clever), and a candy bar. She also shared with anyone who would listen that "I have a baby brother!"I know I am her mom, but Alden was absolutely precious as "Pee-Pa" (Peter Pan). One of the neighbors we went to even said she was the highlight of their night. Matt and I took her out first, and she was a little wary at the first 2 houses. But, she caught on pretty quick. 
I went to a few more with her and Matt, then we came back to the house, and Pop pop and Amber joined Alden and Matt, and I took over door-answering duties. I thought they were just going a few more places, but an hour later, Alden comes running in, "I'm back from trick-or-treat!" Apparently, she is a trick-or-treating maniac, and kept saying, "More houses?" Good thing my dad took a back up bag for her, because her little purple purse she took didn't come close to holding her loot.
Checking out her booty. Note blue tongue. That was from her 4th dum-dum of the night.
I went to a few more with her and Matt, then we came back to the house, and Pop pop and Amber joined Alden and Matt, and I took over door-answering duties. I thought they were just going a few more places, but an hour later, Alden comes running in, "I'm back from trick-or-treat!" Apparently, she is a trick-or-treating maniac, and kept saying, "More houses?" Good thing my dad took a back up bag for her, because her little purple purse she took didn't come close to holding her loot. Checking out her booty. Note blue tongue. That was from her 4th dum-dum of the night. Now, don't get the impression that Alden wasn't sharing any of her candy. She was eating Skittles, and spit out two partially chewed ones..."I don't yike these" and said, "Here you go Mommy!"
Hudson was a pumpkin, and spent the evening drooling on his Baby Einstein playmat, and sleeping in the swing. He was not very impressed with Halloween, but if you can't eat candy, what's all the fuss about?
After Alden came down from her sugar high and the kids were finally in bed, Matt and I went to a friends' house for a party. 
She let Hudson smell the top. Then, I think she rubbed it on his head. 
Then, he needed a bath.
We were throwing the guts in a bag, and Alden kept grabbing it, walking away from the table, and saying, "Bye, I'm going to the yake; going to Avery's house to ride the boat, watch Dad waterski and fall." Then, she would go sit on the bottom step. A few minutes later, she would come back in and say, "I'm Baa-aack from the Yake." Who would have ever thought that a bag of slimey pumpkin entrails would have been so much fun?!?
Alden knows a little song from school "Mr. Pumpkin, Mr. Pumpkin, where are you? where are you? hiding in the cornfield, hiding in the cornfield, peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo!" She sings it all the time, and treated us to some of her vocal stylings while helping Matt carve the face.
Lily spent the evening laying the hallway.
And a picture of Hudson, just waking up from his nap, because there wasn't fair and equal representation of children in this entry.
Tuesday, between naps, diaper changes, meltdowns, etc, I made her a Peter Pan costume, since that is what she wanted to be. This was my first completely solo sewing project, and it actually went ok. I really only sewed the shirt, shoes and hat, since I went to about 7 places on Monday looking for green pants/tights.
So, we got her dressed up and I got to go for snack and craft time at school. Then, they did a little parade up and down the hallway. Bebe, Amber, Matt, and Hudson came to watch, and Alden was so excited to see them. She ran to Amber right away and kissed her hand, and wouldn't go back in her classroom unless Amber and Bebe could go too. We played on the playground for a while, and then went to Brueggers for lunch before Matt had to go back to work. 
Bebe, Alden and I went to the church to get a pumpkin. Alden kept picking up the little gourds, and saying "fish", "octopus", and "goose." They actually did kind of look like the animals.
Wednesday was also Hudson's 3 month birthday!!! What a huge milestone! It is like the final 4th trimester is over and he is officially a real baby and not a blob. He is starting to grab and hold things, and is so smiley. He loves for people to sing to him and bounce him around and will laugh and laugh. He is so sweet. I just love him so much.
This past weekend, we took the dogs and the kids to walk on the Tobacco Trail. Alden needed to "take a break now on this bench." 
Hudson was just enjoying the view.
We went to feed the ducks at the lake today. It was all good until 15 geese flew over and scared Alden to death.
We headed first to the FFA animal barn to visit some farm animals. There was a cow named Allison. Hmm.
Then, we went to the pony rides, since Alden has been talking about riding a "hor-hee" for a week. Matt walked into the ring with her, and she briefly sat on a cute little brown pony before COMPLETELY flipping out. I guess this wasn't the year for the pony rides. She kept saying, "It's OK, you don't have to...next year I ride hor-hee." 
Right beside the horses was the corn booth. That was Matt's favorite, and he was kind enough to share a bite with Alden. 
We walked around the expo center to see the prize-winning produce and giant pumpkins. Alden really likes seeing the mommy pig and the babies. We also looked at the bees, and who knew, but honey from different parts of the state is different colors!
Last stop was the petting zoo. Alden was released from the backpack, and she practically attacked the goats through the little fence. She just loves goats. Never mind that there were camels, alpacas, and kangaroos. She was enamored with the goats. We had to pull her back from kissing a few of them. One nice college guy even gave here a couple bits of carrot to feed one.
After a thorough hand and mouth washing
This one kind of looks like a mugshot.
And here is the comparison between Matt and Hudson at 3 months....Talk about a mini-me!
Alden talked about cats the other day at school. Here is a shot of her cat hat.
