McChord's Maze & Ward Halloween Party

My mom took the morning off to help Mikayla today (I was at school), but then decided to take the afternoon off as well.  She suggested we go to McCoard's Nursery to do their corn maze and other Halloween-y, pumpkin patch stuff.  We were going to take Donovan, too, but when we went to pick him up, he was having a nap.  So we went with Brandt, Blythe, Brick, and Cora.  It wasn't too cold, there was no one else around, and the kids really liked it.  I plopped Cora in the giant corn box and took pictures, then added the other kids too.  We went through their corn maze looking for markers to make sure we were on the right path, and each of the children selected a small pumpkin from the patch.  Brandt pulled Blythe, Brick, and Cora around in a wagon sort of thing, and we raced rubber duckies down pipes.  It was fun to be with Grandma Sue with cousins.

I seriously can't get over how darling!!!!! Cora is.  She is so sweet.  I could just eat her up.

Money shot!

I could eat Brick up, too.

I would have to be really hungry, but I could eat all four of these yummy little people.

I think I've taken this a bit too far, because that sounds creepy.

I sure do love them, though!

Brick on the run through a race course. 

The kids were supposed to bounce on the big balls and see who could make it through the fastest.

They just ran around.

Funny faces!

 

I kept saying, "Brick, look at me! Look at me! Hey, you! Look at me!"

Nope.

We were the only people at the pumpkin patch.

These were guns set up to shoot targets.

Shooting would happen later in the day, or maybe if you paid extra money.

We didn't stay, and we didn't pay.

Fun enough to pretend.

We dropped Brick and Cora off at home and almost immediately got ready for our ward Halloween party and chili cook-off.  Several weeks ago, I ordered the kids' costumes online, and we received them back pretty quickly.  There was, however, one small problem--Blythe's costume arrived in an adult size, even though I had ordered the child size.  The company couldn't send me a child size because they didn't carry them, so they refunded my money and told me to keep the costume.  So presto! I had a costume.  It isn't something I would have chosen myself, but since it was here, I went ahead and wore it.  I think it was called Black Widow Bride and came complete with spider web accents and a black veil.  I put on some scary make-up, and along with Anna of Arendelle, Anakin Skywalker, and a dad, we went off to the party.  We all ate chili and rolls and then the children ran around playing games while Kent and I visited with neighbors.  It was all great fun!