weekend

I love weekends that feel longer than two days! That was how this past weekend felt because we did so much!
On Saturday morning, I desperately wanted to switch out our regular banana pancakes for pumpkin pancakes (I've got serious Autumn-obsession)... but Peyton was having none of that nonsense. So, banana pancakes it was. We also made dilled hash browns (inspired by the amazing breakfast we had at Chef's Corner when we were up in Burlington last weekend) with the last of our CSA basket goodies:

On Saturday afternoon we went to the Halloween Festival at our local farm, Ray of Light. They have fun little games, hay rides, face painting, etc. and all the money goes back to the farm and it's rescued farm animals. It was actually pretty warm out so Peyton decided her dragon costume was too hot to wear, but Ollie shockingly! (he's never been much of a dress-up kind of kid...) wore his costume the whole time. Proudly, I might add.

Oh, and he also asked me if I was a scarecrow, which, now that I look at that hat and my ratty hair, makes a lot of sense.

At night we got all cozy and all piled on the couch to watch Hotel Transylvania. It was a really cute movie, and Ollie and Peyton loved the scene where the boy tries to take out his contact lens so that Dracula can hypnotize him. (Peyton has also asked for a bagel with scream cheese every morning since...)

Hopefully the last pictures of our "Big Top" striped bedroom- we finally decided on a color to re-paint it...

Reenacting the  contact lens scene :)

Overnight, Ollie received yet another visit from the Target Card- wielding- Tooth Fairy! He almost wasn't going to let me take a picture, but Mama knows the way to his smile. (Fart jokes, all the way.)

On Sunday we had a birthday party to go to and we went on a couple of hikes. While Jon was busy pimping out our chickens' coop for the winter, I took the kiddos on one of the trails in our backyard where a deer popped up and bounded away from us. I think Ollie was a little lot scared- I sure was!- but Peyton was absolutely thrilled to be surprised by "A REINDEER!!!" I adore how much she loves all animals.

Sunday evening was chilly! Even so, the only way I could get Peyton to come inside was to promise her a good old fashioned manicure party.

We're on a pretty tight schedule on Sundays, and it's all because of The Walking Dead : dinner, tubs, bedtime routine, and general clean-up all have to happen so that we can be in our sweats and on the couch for 9. It's no joke. (This week's episode had the grossest ending, which obviously makes me even more excited for next week...)

This week, I've got some big cooking/baking plans: I found this Butternut Squash Bisque recipe (we have three beauties from the CSA) and these Monster Eye Cookies on Pinterest (I found some candy eyes at Target in the baking aisle): 

Aaaand, I think that's all I have to report. 

How was your weekend?