The Ward Halloween Party

This past Friday night was our ward Halloween party. Dallin is dressing up as a monkey this year. He loved his costume. He was so excited to put it on! We had a lot of fun. Dallin enjoyed the balloons and water guns a lot more than the candy, which I don't mind :)

We told him earlier in the day we were going to a Halloween party at church. He asked us every 5 minutes when we were leaving for the party. We finally got into the car....and he fell asleep 2 minutes into the drive. I guess being that excited is tiring!

He got to go fishing.

He did the bean bag toss. People always assume he can't throw it very far, and then are surprised when he throws it in the hole from far away with his little rocket arm :)

Another game he enjoyed....don't know what it is called.

Dallin's friend Caleb had this sweet tractor costume that he didn't want to wear, so Dallin had a blast playing in it.

He did the cupcake walk too. We thought he would need us to walk around with him, but he understood it and didn't want our help.

Here he is enjoying his cupcake that he won!

Fun Morning with Caleb

The other day Dallin's friend Caleb came over to play. My friend and I decided to brave the cold and take the kids to the park for awhile. They had a lot of fun. They look a little tight in the stroller, but they loved it. They laughed almost the entire time as they ate their snacks.

They loved "racing" with each other on the slides and chasing each other around. They also loved playing in their little cave. Little boys are so cute when they play together.

Confused about the holidays!

This past week, Dallin was really sick with some stomach virus/flu. It is really disgusting when a 2 year old is sick since they can't run to the bathroom and stuff like that. I'm glad he is finally feeling better.

Since he was feeling better we went to Apple Blossom Farm on Saturday to pick out some pumpkins. They have a big playground, so we let Dallin play for a little bit. Not very long though because I was FREEZING!
Dallin loved "driving" these cars. He was a crazy driver. If you turn up the video you can hear him laughing really hard.

Then we came home and watched some Football.

Then we went to Sam's Club to pick some stuff up. While we were there, Dallin saw the Christmas stuff and was obsessed with the Christmas trees. As soon as we got home, he made daddy go downstairs and get out his little tree. So he is a little confused about what goes with each holidays.

Chicago

Thursday
We left for Chicago on Thursday morning. Dallin has been asking us a lot of questions about temples and where we got married, so we started off the trip by going to the Chicago Temple. Dallin thought it was really neat, but was very upset we didn't let him go inside. After checking into our hotel and eating we head to Navy Pier to go to the Children's Museum since it was free Thursday night. Dallin's favorite part was the water section.
Daddy enjoyed the water section almost as much as Dallin!

Friday
On Friday morning we met up with Jeff's brother and his family who were staying at the same hotel. Dallin loved getting to play with his three cousins. After breakfast we headed out to the Brookfield Zoo. This zoo is huge, and even though we spent the better part of the day there we only saw like half of the zoo. It was a really neat zoo. We asked Dallin before we left what he wanted to see the most and his answer was COWS!! Afterwards, we asked him what his favorite animal was, and his answer was COWS!! He loves those cows.
Dallin waiting patiently to go see the animals by playing with his trucks in the hotel room.

After the zoo and eating, we went down to the hotel pool. Dallin spent the better part of the hour and a half jumping off the edge to Jeff. He thought it was so much fun. Dallin did get a little frustrated with Jeff because he wanted to jump in by himself.

Saturday
On Saturday we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. I thought it might be a little lame, but it was a really neat place where you could spend all day. Dallin loved getting to "ride" the tractors, trains, and airplanes.

We really had a lot of fun while we were there. It was a lot of walking for a pregnant lady but well worth it. Dallin kept on posing for pictures in the car on the way home. He is such a funny kid!

Daddy and Dallin having fun

Dallin was having a lot of fun with daddy the other night. Jeff taught Dallin how to arm wrestle. It was pretty funny to watch. Dallin also thought it was fun to "tackle" daddy.

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