Halloween Time!!

Our Halloween festivities were planned to begin at Springs Preserve. They were having a trick or treat event with games, a haunted hay ride, and a haunted house. The night we planned to go it was so packed!! We got the kids all dressed up and as we made our way to the entrance we were told there was at least a 1-2 hour wait just to get in!! Needless to say we didn't stick around. Poor Cameron was so disappointed! All we really got were photos of them in their costumes.

We were supposed to go with friends so we all decided to go to the pumpkin patch instead. This year was much bigger than last year! They had quite a few rides and it turned out to be a fun night! There were swings, inflatable slides, spinning rides, and a bounce house. The kids had a lot of fun. We then let Cameron pick out our pumpkins for this year.

The next day we decided to carve our pumpkins. I really thought this would be the year that Cameron would participate and have fun doing it. His excitement and participation ended as soon as realized he had to put his hand inside the pumpkin and touch the "guts".

His reaction to scooping the guts.

Needless to say, I was once again tasked with finishing the pumpkin on my own. Maybe next year. Cameron wanted to carve his pumpkin to look like Thomas the Train. I must say it looked pretty good.

I was so bummed for Cameron because he didn't get to go to Springs Preserve when he was so excited about it that I decided to take them back another night. It was still crazy busy, but this time we bought tickets ahead of time and got there right when the doors opened!

The haunted house was was way too busy so we started off our night just playing the carnival games. We then hit up the trick or treat stations to collect his candy. Our last stop was the haunted hay ride. I wasn't sure how he would do, but he really enjoyed it. Even though there were zombies jumping out to scare us all along the ride. We made a game of it so he wasn't scared. Throughout the park he wanted to stop and take pictures with every creature we saw (it was a contest they had going on...all made of recycled materials).

The cactus garden was all lit up.

Monica and I decided to take the kids up to Moapa. They have a zoo small zoo with exotic animals (kangaroos, a camel, zebra, ostrich, etc.). He kept talking about the zebra that was green. Can't tell much from this photo, but it was colored for Halloween. He also got to try to feed a camel. Started off really good and then when the camel went to eat he freaked out and dropped the cookie and wouldn't go back and pick it up...made me do it.

Then our Halloween fun ended with trick or treating!! We went with Monica, Michael, and Ava down in Southern Highlands. It was absolutely perfect because it was not crowded and we got to do traditional trick or treat at people's houses. The kids had so much fun!! They held hands and took turns ringing the door bells.

They were so cute after we were done! They each dumped their pumpkins out on the floor to check out their candy. They inspected it all together then had the best time putting it all back in the pumpkin and dumping it out again. It was a big game. All in all...a great Halloween!