{"id":1817,"date":"2011-10-24T14:34:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2012-06-12T03:59:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T03:59:03","slug":"the-pumpkin-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/2011\/10\/the-pumpkin-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pumpkin Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love October.\u00a0 Seriously, love this month.\u00a0 It holds everything good in the world.\u00a0 College Football is in full swing and conference play is fierce.\u00a0 World Series is on.\u00a0 Time to break out the crock pot and cook chili and black beans and all types of pumpkin desserts (too bad I haven&#8217;t been able to make ANY pumpkin desserts due to the diet).\u00a0 In theory it is also time for sweaters and boots and scarfs, but that will never be my reality as long as I&#8217;m living in San Antonio.\u00a0 It is also time to break out my Autumn Leaves candle from Bath and Body Works.\u00a0 Weekends in October are just fantastic.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1817 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6238.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6238-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6277.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6277-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6319.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6319-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6422.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6422-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6715.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6715-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6788.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6788-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6815.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6815-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6872.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6872-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6883.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.randybaldwin.com\/family\/files\/2011\/10\/IMG_6883-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>October also brings about pumpkin patches and Halloween costumes.\u00a0 I seriously LOVE Halloween costumes for kids.\u00a0 My mom was great at Halloween costumes.\u00a0 Back in the day costumes were always homemade and creative.\u00a0 Now it is so easy and cheap to buy costumes rather than be creative about them.\u00a0 I REALLY try to be creative, but it doesn&#8217;t always happen.\u00a0 This year I was excited for Alison to be a princess and Reed to be her pet dragon.\u00a0 I found a cute dragon costume for Reed (not homemade) and put together a princess costume for Alison.\u00a0 Friday night we went to their school Halloween carnival and they went in costume.\u00a0 So stinking cute.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Friday after the carnival I met some girlfriends for coffee.\u00a0 I had to walk past a Gymboree to get to Starbucks, so of course I went inside.\u00a0 Among a few other treasures I found a seriously adorable peacock costume (that I had seen online and loved).\u00a0 It was on sale for $6.99!!!!\u00a0 And the tights were only $5.\u00a0 I walked out of the store without it\u00a0 and thankfully Missie and Danielle made me go back and buy it.\u00a0 It is AWESOME!\u00a0 This little girl in this awesome costume makes me so.stinking.happy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love October.\u00a0 Seriously, love this month.\u00a0 It holds everything good in the world.\u00a0 College Football is in full swing and conference play is fierce.\u00a0 World Series is on.\u00a0 Time to break out the crock pot and cook chili and black beans and all types of pumpkin desserts (too bad I haven&#8217;t been able to 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