Anyone ever heard of a Snow White Fairy?

TThis year we decided to stay home for Halloween. Since we normally go and visit our good friends in Virginia, we were sad to have to look for activities to do in Colorado. We finally decided on taking Hailey trick or treating at one of the newer outdoor shopping centers here in town. After a good 20 minutes of "Hailey tantrums", we finally had her dressed and ready to leave the house. In case you are wondering, we had some issues with her wanting to wear some bright (I do mean BRIGHT) green fairy wings with her Snow White costume. She kept telling me "I want to wear my butterfly wings". I kept telling her that if she wanted to wear the "butterfly wings", then she had to put on the fairy dress that goes with them. Last time I checked, Snow White did not have any wings, let alone a pair of huge, and extremely bright, green ones! (** 20 minutes went by this way- back and forth, back and forth...oh, the joys of having an opinionated, independent toddler!!**) Finally, we had the red Snow White head band (instead of the rosebud one that goes with the fairy....), the Snow white dress, and Snow White shoes on her and she was ready to leave. With all of the commotion, and me being focused on getting the "right" costume on, I didn't even grab the camera to catch a shot of the Snow White Fairy (*darn it!!).

So, we did finally make it to the shopping center and met Papoo for dinner. Then we headed out for some quick trick or treating along the stores on Main Street. It was chilly, and since Hailey REFUSED to put a coat on, we didn't stay too long. We headed home and she and Daddy hit a few of the neighbors houses before coming home to help pass out candy (& enjoy some of her Halloween treats)!

So many peoplto see ane stopped us to tell us what an adorable Snow White she was, and I have to agree, but it does leave me to wonder what people may have thought had they seen her with her enormous green butterfly/fairy wings on too! *Note to self for next year...do not allow Hailey to see pieces of other costumes...

Pumpkin Patch

This year we joined some friends at the Pumpkin farm. We have been meaning to go for the last couple of years, but never made it until this year. We stopped at the Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then headed off to the farm. When we first arrived, Hailey got all excited to go on the barrel train ride. I wanted Tony to ride with her, but he didn't quite fit in the barrel. He toughed it out, and managed to shove himself into one to keep an eye on her for the duration of the ride. He only hobbled around for a little bit after prying himself out of it when the ride was over! :) (The things we do for our kids...) Afterwards, we enjoyed seeing (& feeding) various animals on the farm. Hailey's favorite were the chickens. She loved giving them corn through the fence until... one of them pecked her hand while grabbing the corn! We went through various little mazes including the "crazy maze" with brightly colored walls, and the hay bale maze. Then we loaded on to the "big tractor" (as Hailey called it) to take us to the patch to pick some pumpkins. On the way we stopped to feed some huge cows and a buffalo. Hailey refused to go anywhere near the side, as she was scared (visualize her with her little fists in the air, and head shaking grabbing at Tony and I to hold her)! The patch was very picked over since we waited until the last weekend to go, but there were still some decent pumpkins (& various other things of interest to a toddler...tiny gourds that look like oranges, or better yet, balls!!). We had a wonderful day, with some great friends, hanging out at the pumpkin farm! We're already planning the trip for next year!