Hershey, PA

Even though we were not able to make it to New York for the marathon, we were able to shorten our trip and change our tickets to route directly to Pennsylvania.  We spent a quick weekend there, but were able to make some of the always important stops!  

First up, CHOCOLATE WORLD!!

The singing cows are a FAVORITE!  Both kids are still talking about these!

 Caroline didn't understand why the cows did not wave back.

 This boy loves his chocolate!

 Unfortunately Chocolate World was closed, but will re-open in January while we are there!  The kids will have so much fun!

One of the reasons we wanted to be in PA for this weekend was to celebrate Ellie's birthday!  This big girl was turning 2!!  We had a family dinner Friday night and then the party was on Saturday.

 All of the kids were excited to "help" her open her presents!  

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treating this year was SO much fun!!  With everything going on, we decided just to play it low key and go to several houses in our neighborhood.  We headed out about 7 and the kids had a great time!  They both were so into it and Cooper loved knocking on each door.  He actually even walked into almost every house that we visited.  They chose to be a kitty cat and policeman again {not sure why I even bothered to by costumes!} and got quite a bit of candy!  They sure a growing up!

Halloween Parade

My friend Monica arranged for the kids to parade through the Coppell Nursing Home during their Halloween luncheon.  It was SO cute and turned out really well.  With all of the residents sitting at tables, the kids marched through in a line.  The goal was to have them walk up on stage and then wave and walk off.  Well they were playing the Chicken Dance music and once the kids got on stage, they all just started dancing.  It was adorable and so much fun to watch!  Then we all had lunch outside and enjoyed all of the costumes!  My little policeman stole the show!

Fall Fun Festival

Our church holds a Fall Fun Festival every year several days before Halloween and it keeps getting bigger and bigger!  Every year has become more fun for us as well because the kids are getting older and can really enjoy all of the activities!  This year they visited all of the animals in the petting zoo, bounced and bounced and bounced in many bounce houses, rode ponies and ate LOTS of candy!

 The Lastovica's and an adorable little ladybug joined us!

Cooper LOVES Mickey Mouse, so I thought it was only fitting to get him a Mickey Mouse costume for Halloween.  Well, this picture represents the entire 5 minutes that he kept it on {with or without the Mickey head!}  It wasn't until right before we left for the festival that I remembered that I had bought a Police Uniform on clearance last year after Halloween.  It was a little big, but we rolled up the sleeves and he made the cutest little cop you have ever seen!

Pumpking Carving!

We finally found time the weekend before Halloween to carve our pumpkins!  The kids were really excited at first and then I think Daddy was left with much of the work shortly after we started.  But they sure loved the final product!  Caroline picked a Kitty Cat and Cooper had a smiley face.

 Cooper was a SUPER helper!

Caroline had other plans!

 TA DA!!!