MP Fall Festival

It was one of those days.  The kids were border-line sick with colds.  They were whiny.  It was raining.  Again.  And Dan and I were both getting crabby and going stir crazy.  We needed to get out for a while.  Luckily, the rain was letting up and Mt. Prospect was having their annual fall festival with business trick-or-treating, kids activities, and German food and beverages, so we put jackets and hats on the kids and off we went.

The trick-or-treating wasn't anything you
needed a costume for.  It was a tent with
tables set up by local businesses who
also gave out candy.  Nora gladly took
a piece from almost every table.  

We saw they had a little pumpkin patch set
up for kids to pick and decorate a pumpkin.
Because we came towards the end of the
kids parts we got two pumpkins for $1.
Score! 

And because I wasn't sure if we were going to be able
to fit in to the pumpkin patch this year I thought this
would count if we didn't get there.
Each child picked their own (can you tell Myles was a
little dazed from his cold?) We took ours home
to decorate later.

After the "pumpkin patch" we let Myles out
of the stroller and it seemed we unstrapped
his usual self.  He started running from place
to place starting with ripping pieces off the
corn stalks. 

He literally had to be dragged away from
the ponies.  

Then it was off to watch the pumpkin jumper get inflated.

with his pal, Lenny.

Testing out the hula hoops.

It started raining again just as we were
heading under the tent for dinner and
dancing with the polka DJ.
Nora met a girl named Nicolette.  They played
together the entire time we were there.
They played chase, hide-and-seek, danced,
and other things little kids do. The only thing
Nora came back by us for was a bite of hot
dog.  It was great to see her playing SO
independently.

What's under the stage??

By the time we got home it was bath time to warm their bodies, then pjs and bed after that.  Fall fest was exactly the right cure at the right time for our day.  It cheered every one up and filled the rest of our day with good memories.

The next day was perfect for using our glittery Halloween stickers to decorate the pumpkins

they picked out from the fall fest.