Hess Times Three: Autumn Days

This fall has been a lot of firsts for us, and one to become a quick favorite was trick or treating. The kids were so excited about getting dressed up. Braden was a frog, Daniel was Tigger and Kayla was a Ladybug. They kept pointing to each other's costumes and saying "frog, tiger, lay-bug". While they didn't understand the whole concept of trick or treating or even what candy is, they really got the hang of it quickly and loved walking up to each house and ringing the doorbell. I think their favorite part was once we got home, they poured all of their candy out and then picked it up and put it back in their buckets. They did this over and over again until Daniel realized that if he chewed on the wrappers enough, there might be a nice chocolate suprise inside! That was the end of playing with the candy.

The whole family out Trick-or-Treating.

My cousins came to visit a few weeks ago and we took advantage of a perfect warm fall day to go to the pumpkin patch. It was SO much fun since this pumpkin patch came equipped with a tractor ride and an exotic petting zoo! They really enjoyed seeing all the different animals and looking at the pumpkins. It is great to see them enjoying these kinds of things for the first time. And we love the fact that it is so much easier to get out with them now.