Tadhg and Sadhbh prepare their house for Halloween

On Sunday, Tadhg and Sadhbh helped mom and dad decorate their house for Halloween. First they unpacked all of the Halloween decorations and lights from last year. Then they went through the new decorations they received from mom's family. Sadhbh enjoyed decorating the garden with the Frankenstein and witch posters and then inspecting them in her bat costume. 

Tadhg was excited to put up the bat and spider lights around the front porch and the inflatable witch beside the door. He was a bit nervous about the witch hanging from the inside landing and after some complaining dad had to take it down because it was "too scary". 

Tadhg and Sadhbh visit a pumpkin farm

Sunday dawned bright and sunny so the family decided it was high time they visited a pumpkin farm and picked out a pumpkin for Halloween. After some research mom decided the Howells family pumpkin farm was the place to go. Tadhg and Sadhbh were not disappointed when they arrived to see a field full of giant pumpkins awaiting them!

The farm was full of Halloween-tastic activities. There was a haunted barn (which Tadhg wanted to try but then shied away when he saw the animatronic ghosts at the door!), dragon and cow wagon rides, a pumpkin slingshot, a hay-bale castle, a giant bouncy thing, a forest walk, a corn maze, a skeleton band and many, many more spooky rides.

While Tadhg and dad got lost in the corn maze, Sadhbh and mom checked out the pig races. Mom and dad felt very rural sitting on hay bales watching pigs run around a race track.

At the end of their trip it was time to pick a pumpkin to bring home. Tadhg found a giant inflatable one but dad didn't think it would fit in the car. Eventually they settled on a decent sized pumpkin and brought it home for carving. Everyone was in a Halloween mood after their day out.