Boo at the Zoo and Apple Picking

Most of Friday I spent recovering from our very busy week.  Matt hadn't seen the kids hardly at all so we decided to get them dressed up and head to BOO at the Zoo.

The zoo was totally decked out with lights and fun Halloween stuff AND was open at night.

I hurried and got the kids into their costumes and bundled up because it was FREEZING.

Once again I picture failed and got two pictures.

I was pretty lazy this year with costumes.  Last year's costumes were just so epic I will never be able to one up them.  SO, since our Star Wars marathon Corr has become OBSESSED with Star Wars, it's like pulling teeth to get him away from Wii Lego Star Wars.  He decided on a Storm Trooper.  It did look magnificent with his ha-hawk poking out of the top.

Remi wanted to be a zombie but then we changed our minds to a Día de los Muertos girl.  Her costume cost me a massive $6, but I think it turned out pretty awesome.  She got lots of complements on her make up and she couldn't even pull herself away from the mirror.

We were about zoo trick or treated out by this point and headed home for dinner and BED.

APPLE PICKING WITH THE JUMPS

On Saturday I felt really bad while Matt was trying to sleep and the kids were as loud as dinosaurs at funeral.  I'm sure Matt was more than grateful when Steph invited us apple picking.  We got ready in a hurry and were out the door (not before heading to the sewing store down the street for a 70% off sale) and picked up Steph and Dave.

We went and got some Winecrisps first.  They were my favorite!!

They didn't charge you for anything that you ate, so we stuffed ourselves with apples!

On the hunt.  

We filled about half of our bag before driving to the Fuji trees.

Corr was eating this apple, which he picked and declared, "bigger than my ear!", almost the entire time.

We wanted the good ones at the top of the trees.  Dave made the mistake of trying to lift the lump of solid stone mass named Corr.  He then opted for a 7 pound lighter and stretchier Remi, whom provided us with lots of large luscious apples!

Much bigger than his ear, almost the size of his face.

Yum

Remi initiated the find the smallest apple contest.

It looks like the winner is...

STEPH!

Until Corr started filling our bag with tiny apples.

UGH.

We packed some lunches for an orchard picnic!

Dave picked up an apple and exploded it with his "bat".

OF COURSE when we tried to get a picture he whiffed every other one!!

His face is pretty gnarly though.

The apple was a fail.

His face was a win.

Then one of workers was coming around the corner right as Dave exploded another one.

Of course we had put our cameras down and were yelling at him to stop before we got caught!

Picnicing.

I'm so glad we went!

And now we have tons of apples to go crazy with!

Thanks guys!

I've been making Corr tons of bow ties for church. 

They are so fun and easy and make him look awesome.

Here he is looking fly.

Green pants and star socks are church essentials!