HILL-O-Ween

 We hope everyone had a fun and tasty Halloween weekend!! We celebrated another fun spooky season celebration at Auntie Abigail's house for her annual HILLoween Trick or Trees party!

Hazel picked our family costume this year

Olaf, Anna, and of course Queen Elsa <3

Abigail, William, and Pepper were the cutest family of bats

Here come Colton and Caleb!

Colton was a bulldozer and Caleb was a dalmatian puppy

Time for Auntie Abigail's spell!

Who can howl like a wolf and make the candy appear at the trees?

After all the candy and fun goodies were found at the trees the whole cousin crew piled onto William's swing and just wanted to keep being with each other

Bags full of thoughtful candy and treats and hearts full of love and kindness

What another wonderful spooky season celebration!!

Thank you Auntie Abigail!

Happy HILLoWeen!

Always,

Amelia

Pumpkin Painting for the Win

 I was talking to my Mom and saying how much I missed pumpkin carving, but the kids are still too little to partake in the activity, and being the super Grandma she is... My Mom says,... "Why don't we use paint markers on pumpkins?"

GENIUS!!

So after some quick prep with our tiny pumpkins we selected at the pumpkin patch, we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house for some pumpkin painting fun!

Pumpkin Picasso picking out the perfect (ahem washable ahem) marker

Masterpiece on the way

Or a perfect pumpkin drum

Gathering supplies for finishing touches...

Ta-Da! Thatcher's Fall Pumpkin 2026!

Time for Hazel and Grandma's creation!

Teamwork makes

The dream work!

Time to draw the face

Hazel showing Grandma what she wants her pumpkin face to look like

Finishing touches...

TA-DA! Hazel's pumpkin 2026!

Pumpkin Painting Perfection!!

10/10 Adorable pumpkins AND no sharp objects needed around a three year old and one year old toddler. Because if you need to pick between paint stains and poked fingers... Paint wins every time!!!

Happy Sunday!

Always,

Amelia 

Happy MEOWoleen!

Happy Halloween from our Devon Rex Kittens!

Guess what we are going to be for Halloween?

I bet you can't guess

Ready?

It's a really good one!

We are going to be three really cute KITTENS!

Best costume ever!

Happy MEOWoleen!!!!

Playtime at the Pumpkin Patch

 Well October has come and almost gone faster than I could blink! When Hazel turned to me at breakfast and said, "Mama when are we going to the Pumpkin Patch?" my panicked mom brain quickly calculated that TODAY would be the day that we needed to go to the Pumpkin patch before our cute local spot was closed for the year! So we changed into festive gear, did our "boo bun ghosties", picked up Grandma, and headed to the pumpkin patch for some festive playtime.

Whew! Down to the wire but we made it!! Pumpkin Patch 2026 here we come!

My little pumpkins!!!

We had a BLAST this year and made sure we did EVERY activity

We raced rubber duckies on the waterway

Go Hazel go!!!

Traversed the spiderweb

EEK! I see two big spiders!!!

Wheeled our way like hamsters

Dig diggy dig like machines

Followed our fearless leader Hazel through the corn maze

She has an uncanny sense of direction. 10/10 following Hazel instead of myself if we ever actually get lost somewhere

And we did every

Single

Slide

Over

And over

And over again

With smiles from everyone the whole way down

And you can't forget about the pumpkins!

"Mama This!" *makes heavy noises to try and pick up his pumpkin*

Another year of pumpkin happiness in our memories and hearts forever!

Yay for Playtime at the Pumpkin Patch!

Always,

Amelia

A Sleepy Woolly Bear

My nature enthusiasts are loving our fall adventures

On their exploration Hazel and Ernie made a new friend

"It's a Woolly Bear"

Ernie meet our new friend

Good find Hazel!

A sleepy woolly bear that mommy scooped up carefully with a leaf so that they could rest without the thunderous stampeding of toddler and doggie feet all around

Excellent caterpillar identification buddies!

Who will we find (rescue) next!

Sweet (SAFE(R)) Dreams Woolly Bear!

Always,

Amelia