Scarowinds

"That man is coming out of his hole!" This is what William tells us while he's eyeing the creepy decorations at our closest amusement park.

Carowinds (similar to a six flags) becomes "Scarowinds" in October. In addition to the nightly haunted houses, children can spend their weekends trick-or-treating with their favorite nickelodeon characters.

We didn’t do any trick-or-treating, on account of them handing out jolly-ranchers… blech!! But we did go on some roller coasters. The hit of the day? Scooby-doo’s Haunted Mansion. This was especially fun because Megan could go with us and William gets to catch ghosts and Scooby snacks with a laser gun. “Re-e-e-elp! Raggy!!”

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Patterson's Farm

Another Cunningham October Tradition?? You've got it! This tradition started last year. We went to Patterson's Farm the first weekend in October, and it was so much fun, we decided to do it again.

We met our friends, Tiffany and Dylan, for a fun-filled October afternoon, complete with goats, a corn pit and tomater tossin'!

I can't name all the things we did, it was such a fun-filled afternoon (you'll just have to check out the pictures), but I can say it ended with a hayride. And... really, has there ever been a bad day that ended with a hayride???? I doubt it.

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"Sister for Sale...

One sister for sale. One crying and spying young sister for sale.”
-Shell Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends

We had a garage sale over the weekend, and while we unloaded lots of items we don’t use anymore, we couldn’t manage to sell this one.

It must have looked like she had a defect. :)

The Wizard of Oz

I can't remember if it was in October or not, but when I was a kid the Wizard of Oz ran on television every year. Those were simpler times, before Movies-On-Demand.. before DVRs. Back then, if you wanted to watch a show, you had to wait until 8PM and sit through ALL the commercials. William will never comprehend the old ways of television. "Oh, what a world, what a world."

He will, however, be able to appreciate one of the classic movies of all time, because starting this year, the Cunningham's have a new tradition: The first Friday night, "Movie Night", in October we will watch The Wizard of Oz!

Since this year was the first, we didn't know if all the tornados, witches and flying monkeys would scare him. "I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do believe in spooks." I guess the worrying was for nothing, because he loved it!!

When the movie was over, he said: "That man lost his brain!" ha ha ha

Dancing Kiddos

Turns out Megan enjoys dancing just as much as William does!

Thomas' Bagels

Grocery shopping is a Sunday event at the Cunningham household. Each Sunday Ryan and I pray that the kids will behave long enough to weave up and down each aisle. We get the usual stuff every week.. starting from the produce side, going to the frozen foods side, and ending at the breads section.

I'm not sure when it started, but the last few times we've gone shopping, Megan starts getting really excited when we hit the breads. If I pick up our staple Thomas' Honey Oat Bagels, she actually starts squealing!

Most times, I give the bagels directly to Megan, but if I dare to toss them into the cart, Megan is turned around fishing them out faster than I can stop her. She holds the bagels, rocks them, gives them hugs, and is ultimately upset when she has to hand them over to the cashier.

Strange huh? She's never actually eaten one. She gets oatmeal for breakfast, but for whatever reason, she loves her Thomas' Bagels.

Welcome October!

It's October 1st, which means it's time to start talking about pumpkins!!

Pumpkins are great decoration, but are even better in recipes. So I'm going to ask everyone to share today. What's your favorite pumpkin dish?? I love pumpkin cookies... mmmmmm.

If you have a good recipe, please share that as well!

PS: The picture above is from a few years ago, when Teddy, Myron and the fam went to our favorite punkin patch. And yes... I did say 'punkin'.