The Sextons Blog: Our Busy October

This October has been super busy! Fall is my favorite time of year, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I am so excited to have the nice weather that William can be out in. There are so many fun Halloween activities around the city, and we are lucky enought to have many good friends to do the activities with. We have visited the pumpkin patch twice, explored Story Book Forrest, Haunted the Zoo, partied with our neighbors at a Halloween costume party, danced with our friends in our costume at ballet class, carved a princess pumpkin, celebrated with our church friends at the church Halloween party, tailgated with friends at OSU's Homecoming, and trick-or-treated with our neighbors. All of these activities were packed into a two week span, and we all had a blast.
This was a very special Halloween for our family. Caroline is now old enough to fully enjoy all of the festivities, and it was William's first Halloween. How magical to watch my three year old daughter dress up as a Princess. She is at the age where she actually believes that she becomes a princess when that beautiful dress-up dress goes on her little body. Her whole persona changes. I love that her imagination is so vast and creative. She is amazing. Caroline loved all of the Halloween activities. She loved all the hayrides, pumpkins, and candy, but most of all, Caroline loved being with her friends and family. She is a social bug, so any excuse to see friends is good enough for her.
To go along with the little princess, William was dressed as a pea. He was absolutely adorable in his little fuzzy green pea in the pod costume. What a joy William is. He is too young to love all the activities like Caroline does, but you would never know it. He is so calm and easy going. He never complained or made a peep during any of our outings. We dragged him all over Oklahoma City, Edmond, and Stillwater, and he just rolled with the punches. He did fuss some on the car rides - he is not a fan of being strapped into the car seat. He wants to have someone to smile up at. William is such a wonderful addition to our family. I love that our family celebrations are even more wonderful with 4!! We are beyond blessed to have such wonderful friends and an amazing family.