Happy Halloween!

     Here at the Washington Rumely household, Halloween was a big deal. We went all out for Owen's first Halloween: doing Halloween crafts, carving pumpkins, buying entirely too much candy for the nine trick-or-treaters who came to the house, dressing Owen up, making pumpkin cupcakes, watching a scary TV show (AMC's The Walking Dead), and more. It was such a fun weekend. Here are some pictures from our Halloween. 

In case the last post made you think, "Jessica is so crafty!" this is what Owen's costume would have been if we hadn't bought one.

Owen "helping" Daddy carve the pumpkin. Note: the pumpkin scoop is fun to chew on.

"Please, please give me the pumpkin guts!"

"Ew...what is this stuff? I don't want to touch it. Take it away."

The finished product! Yay, Daddy. Super scary.

Our precious baby monkey.

Seriously, I know I'm biased, but this kid is so cute.

Are you looking at me?

Adorable from every angle.

Check out those eyes. The monkey costume makes them look really brown, but there's some green in there too.

Monkeys love bananas, right?

WRONG!!!!!

I'll let you put that banana next to me, but I am not eating it!

Hey, what's this?

This is my thinkin' face.

My tail is so much tastier than that nasty ol' banana.

Monkey hugs!

Our little pumpkin

     Saturday we went to the Country Mercantile in Pasco to visit the pumpkin patch and pick out our Halloween pumpkins. The mercantile is a really neat place. The closest thing I can compare it to from where we're from is Washington Farms, but it's way bigger. They sell a lot of fresh produce and they make their own candies and chocolates and jams and jellies and ice cream and salsa and all sorts of other things. They have a huge pumpkin patch, a large pyramid of hay bales for kids to climb all over, a corn maze, a mini maze made of hay bales for small children, a petting zoo, carnival rides, and much more. We had so much fun.
    To start off with, we checked out the store and tried samples of kettlecorn, dips, and other treats. Then we hitched a ride on the hayride out to the pumpkin patch. Owen was very excited.

Our precious pumpkin.

At first we couldn't get any good pictures because Owen was too concentrated on playing in the dirt. What a boy...

Can you spot the cutest pumpkin in the patch?

What are all these orange things?

A photo with Mommy in it? That almost never happens!

My handsome boys.

Owen says, "This is the one I want!"

A photo of all three of us! Yay!

In the corn maze. Owen says, "Where are we?
I'm corn-fused..." (That was a Tim joke, BTW)

Just awakened from a snooze and a little out of it still. 

Playing in the hay.

Having fun in the straw.

Throwing the straw around is the most fun! It's the little things in life...

Not a fan of the goat. And the reindeer made him cry.

Going west in a covered wagon! Get along mule, giddyup giddyup! (And yes, I did just quote the fifth grade play-bonus points for those who can comment with the next line of the song!)

    We picked out three larger pumpkins and three small pumpkins all for less than $12. What a deal! We'll post again once we're done carving them. I have some clever ideas I found on Pinterest. If you follow me on there, don't give it away! 
     FYI, the blog will be pretty barren of new posts for the next couple weeks while I am out of town. But rest assured, we will have much and more to post about after our trip home and as Halloween gets closer. We tried on Owen's monkey costume the other night after it was delivered and let me tell you, it does not disappoint!  Thanks again for your votes. You definitely helped us make the best choice. 

Halloween costume choice!

Drumroll please.....

MONKEY!!!!!

Thanks to everyone who voiced their opinion. Monkey was the overwhelming favorite. So stay tuned later this month to see the cutest monkey ever!

Halloween costume opinions?

     Owen is obviously too young to understand Halloween and could care less about having a costume. But... and this is a big but (haha), babies in Halloween costumes are so cute. And my kid is extra cute, ergo he must have a Halloween costume. Plus, with a boy, I need to take advantage of the ability to control his Halloween costume choices before he gets to that age where he wants to dress as a zombie or a serial killer or whatever other grody thing that boys like to dress as for Halloween.
     Anyway, Tim and I have been scouring the Internet for Halloween costumes for Owen and we are having a hard time deciding. So we've decided to ask our blog followers and friends for their opinion. Here are some of the candidates. Let us know if you like one of them or if you have any other suggestions.


Costume No. 1: Baby Monkey (ironic, 'cause he hates bananas)

Costume No. 2: Baby Lion

Maybe with Daddy or Mommy as the lion-tamer?

Costume No. 3: Baby Lobster

With Daddy as a chef?