A Fall Day

We started out enjoying the Pancake Breakfast at church. Tim brought his Little Brother along so the rest of us got to meet him for the first time. (Tim is participating in the Big Brother/Big Sister program in Ozaukee County). There were blueberry, chocolate chip, and plain pancakes. Yum! Some of the men from church drove their tractors to the pancake breakfast so the kids got to ride around the parking lot. (I didn't have my camera with me though. Bummer!)

Our next stop was Spieker's Pumpkin Farm. Even though Sonya and I had been there a few weeks earlier, Tim and Caleb weren't with us and we've never gone to a pumpkin farm as a family. So we thought that'd be fun to do together. It was a perfect, warm, sunny day without a cloud in the sky. 

Feeding the goat

Daddy and Sonya

Daddy with the kids

Mommy and the kids
Kind of bummed that it turned out fuzzy :-(

Mom and Caleb

Corn field

Pumpkin Patch

Checking out pumpkins

Hay Ride

A beautiful day for a hay ride

Daddy and Sonya

Caleb scoping out a good pumpkin

Momma and Sonya

I think he found one!

Eyeing up Caleb's little pumpkin

My two kiddos

Scarecrow Daddy and his little pumpkin

Sonya wanted to be the scarecrow too

Look at all these pumpkins

The cutest pumpkin of all

Checking out some more pumpkins

Comfy spot to sit

This is the family pumpkin!

Bumping up and down in the little red wagon

When we got home, Caleb helped mommy carve the big pumpkin. 

Scooping out the guts

Posing with the scary Jack 'o Lantern

Caleb wanted to test out his camera skills

Halloween Costumes

Tigger and Elmo

Aren't they cute?

My little Tigger

As it got darker, we traveled to the Harrington Beach State Park where the Candlelight Halloween Hike took place. We chose to take the unhaunted route because the kids were too young yet for that. It was kind of neat to walk through the trails lit by torches. After the hike, the kids got to participate in a costume contest and both kids won prizes!

Elmo is showing off his pearly whites

Tigger is ready to roll

Some of the carved pumpkins along the trail

These were kind of neat

Caleb was checking out the torch.
There were hundreds of these!

Playing around with settings on my camera

Dusk

Enjoying a chocolate cupcake after the hike

Bonfire while kids were carving pumpkins

Just the fire

Caleb during the costume contest

Daddy told him that if he smiled, he might win

He took 3rd place for his Elmo costume!

Tired Sonya showing off the chalk and car that she won
(She tied for 1st since there were only two kids in her division)

Caleb was pretty excited that he won chalk too!

Lion's Den with Janna & Nick

Tim's cousin, Janna, and her husband, Nick, were in the area for the weekend and decided to come hang out with us, check out our house, and tour Port Washington. After lunch, we hit up Hidden Treasures and St. Vinnie's since Janna loves to go thrifting! Then we headed to the Lion's Den Park so their dog, Brita, could get some fresh air and not be stuck in the car. The weather was a little windy, but enjoyable. The butterflies were all out so it was fun to see them fluttering around.

A day for butterflies

Monarch resting on purple flowers

Looking out over Lake Michigan

Attempting a photo of both kids

Nick, Janna, & Brita

Walking in the woods

Where have all the leaves gone?

A path less traveled by

Breath-taking

The Marsh

Someone on daddy's shoulders

Even the ugliest of scum can seem beautiful

After our walk, Janna and Nick went to Grafton by her brother, Matt, while we all went back home to rest. Sonya was in desperate need for a nap. Then for supper, we hit up the Water Street Brewery. Tim had his usual diet Coke and I had water (in case you wondered). :-) Matt's fiance, Jamie, was able to join us as well as another cousin, Chad (who is not pictured, but was sitting opposite of Matt and Sonya). Dinner was great! Since we didn't want to keep the kids up too late, we went back to la casa de Michelle and Tim where we enjoyed leftover desserts from Girls' Night -- black bean brownies and strawberry swirl cheesecake. Yum!

Dining at Water Street Brewery