Happy Halloween 2014!

We love October!  As you can see, we have had a great month!  For Halloween, Eli is a pirate, Riley is a ghost princess and our dear little Morgan gets to be the pumpkin this year.  Happy Halloween from The Koyle Family.

Black Island Park

I went to Black Island Farms about 5 years ago and loved it. We went again this year and it was just as fun, only this time, I had 3 kids instead of just Eli. Last time we went with Carrie and her kids and just Joe, because Alex was just born. I wouldn't do it every year, as it is pretty expensive and it has gotten more commercialized. (Oh dear, now I sound like a Koyle)
For those who don't know about this place, it is great.  It has all sort of fun things, like a sandbox full of dry corn, hay bales to climb over, a really long slide, a train made from a tractor.  We also went on a corn maze.  The kids loved exploring, Courtney loved going through inch of it.

Gale Center Museum

Since Eli is off track in school, we need to keep him entertained.  We decided to go to the Gale Center Museum.  The kids had a great time, dressing up, pretending all sorts of things like fishing driving, weighing baby (Eli took that pic).  And of course, Riley wanted to see a potty.  She didn't quite grasp the concept of how it worked, but she did know what it was for.

McDonald's Toys

We lucked out this time at McDonald's. I love it!

Lego Store!

Eli has always wanted to visit the Lego store and since we had to get him a set for reading the Hobbit I decided to take him.  He loved it and would have spent all day there if I would have let him.  Riley had a great time too.  She built towers one after another.  Since it was her birthday, we got her a princess set.  It was perfect for her age.  When we got home, we all sat down and put our Legos together. Eli built his set all by himself and proudly told me so, many times.  Riley took a little longer (she's just four) and we both loved the time together.

Morgan, as usual, is just happy to be there.

Awww!

She is so cute!

Gardner Village

What October would be complete without the traditional witch hunt at Gardner Village?  We didn't actually do the witch hunt, we just looked around at all the witches. I don't know if we will do it next year, because they have added a lot of things you have to pay for and the tantrums with kids aren't worth it. Or maybe we won't take Daddy. ;)