A Day in the Life...

Yesterday I took Landon and Aubri to meet up with our playgroup at a local Halloween "Carnival" at a neighborhood park.  They had free games, face painting, balloon art, a bounce house, a costume contest and more.  So fun!  I brought my camera along, thinking I could get some nice shots of the kids, but it was just one of those days where the kids were just not having it with mommy's camera.  Lol

We were in a rush that morning and came straight from a meeting so I take the blame for their slightly poorly executed costumes.  Green hoodie for Spider Man?  Mom fail!  Landon isn't much for costumes anyway so I think I get a pass here. I was lucky to even get away with a cape and mask!

I had to practically beg him to actually wear his mask for a picture with his balloon turtle, haha.

Aubri is usually my smiley model, but she was pretty stone faced all day.  I totally meant for her to be wearing black leggings instead too, but oh well!

And check out this picture.  I posted it on Instagram because I just thought it was so darn funny.  I mean, I seriously have no idea what they were looking at!  Their expressions are hysterical.   #notimpressed

I actually look at this picture and can almost see their future teenager selves right here.

So yes, not really the best in terms of pictures, but I think it's kinda funny.  Kid photos are NOT always perfectly posed smiles and giggles.  :)  This is real life.  Hahaha!  

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

xo,

Carly

Visit: Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch

Fall activities are in full swing this month!  Every year our family visits the Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch in October.  It's a fun tradition, and I love getting some pictures of the kids with pumpkins.  We don't usually buy pumpkins, but we take pictures by them, haha.

This year as soon as we arrived, we immediately got on the hayride before the crowds came, and we had it almost all to ourselves.  Then we had the kids lead us through the corn maze.  I didn't bring my camera along for these activities, but got a few iPhone pics along the way.

 Afterwards, we sat down to eat, then went to check out the animals.

Sometimes the protective older brother comes out in Landon, and it's so cute.  He wanted to keep Aubri back from the fence when she wanted to go too close to the goats.  Usually he's quite rough and tumble with her so it's nice to know that deep down he does want to protect her...even though he spends most days head butting her and taking her toys.

Shaylin enjoyed standing on the hay bales.  ;)

Picking out a pumpkin is serious business, just ask Landon.  It's serious, even if you're not actually taking said pumpkin home.  Thank goodness he didn't throw a tantrum when he found out!

Aubri had fun wandering through the thousands of pumpkins as well.  

At the end of the visit we sat the kids down for some pictures.  I should know by now that you should never wait till the end to get photos.  It's a lot to expect out of little kids.  But they did alright.  It was SO HOT AND SUNNY that afternoon, it was hard to find a good shady spot for pictures.  So we just plopped them down on the nearest pumpkin and had daddy make crazy sounds to get them to look and smile.  Good enough for me!

There's so much that I didn't get photos of.  Bates also features bounce houses/slides, pony rides, face painting, rock climbing, live entertainment, food vendors, a huge candy/nut/gifts store, and so much more.  It's great family fun!

Bates Nut Farm's Pumpkin Patch runs through the end of October.  Go check it out!

xo,

Carly

Pinterest Fall Fashion Inspiration

The weather has been pretty finicky here in San Diego lately.  One week it's insanely hot (talking 100 degrees), and the next week it's back down to the low 70's.  But regardless, it's October, so it's most definitely fall, and my favorite season of the year.

There's so much to love about fall...chunky sweaters, boots, pumpkin patches...it's just a cozy time.  The other day I went on Pinterest and started pinning fall outfits like crazy!  Realistically, I know I'll spend more time buying clothes for my kids rather than for myself this season, but it's good to have the inspiration...you know...just in case I decide to venture away from my busy mom uniform of leggings and TOMS.  :)  

Check out my Pinterest board for some fall outfit inspiration.  What are you pinning these days?

xo,

Carly