Saturday morning Libby and I met up with Karen, Amanda, and Sarah and we went to the last fall festival of the season. We got there early so we didn't have to battle the crowds that we experienced the weekend before and it was well worth getting up early. We spent a few hours at the festival and then we left and Libby and I were off to Starke for a family gathering for a few hours. We made it home in time for me to be able to watch the Gator game (and thank goodness the Gators were able to finally get another win...whew, October was a ROUGH month!).
The game was close and I was helping Libby get ready to go trick-or-treating during the 4th quarter of the game. Newberry chose to do their trick-or-treating Saturday night instead of Sunday night which really helped my weekend flow more smoothly. The only problem is that the 4th quarter ended just after it was dark - which means it ended just when I had promised Libby that we'd leave to go trick-or-treating. That would have been perfect timing - except that the game went into overtime! It actually pained me to turn the tv off and head out of the door to take Libby trick-or-treating AT THE BEGINNING OF OVERTIME! Can you believe that? Yeah, neither can I! Just a few minutes later we were walking down the street trick-or-treating with the hundreds and hundreds of other children and a lady in front of me on her cell phone screams out, "WE WON!!! WE WON! 34-31!" The street eruped in applause...that made everyone's night to hear that we finally won!! :-) I told Libby that she wouldn't quite understand it now but one day she'd understand just how much I love her by knowing that I left at the beginning of overtime during a Florida/Georgia football game to take her trick-or-treating. :-) I think that act alone puts me at the top of the list for Mother of the Year! :-)
Trick-or-treating was fun. I LOVE trick-or-treating here. So many of the houses are all decked out in Halloween decor and you have hundreds and hundreds of children running back and forth across the streets in their costumes and it just makes me feel like I'm in a Disney Halloween movie! Last year I took Libby into the haunted house that one house makes up every year and she was terrified. This year I was sure we'd skip it but she said that she definitely wanted to go. It still freaked her out a little bit but she did enjoy it. :-)
When we got home she took a shower to wash the black hairspray out of her hair and to wash off all the makeup and the three of us had family movie night where we watched Scared Shrek-less. :-) It wasn't the best tv special staring Shrek that we've seen but it was nice sitting with our little family, eating popcorn, and spending time together.
Sunday afternoon Libby and I met up with one of her friends and her friend's mom and we headed out to the corn maze. Just like last year it was an afternoon of fall fun. There is so much for the children to do out there that you can barely squeeze it all in. They rode the barrel train (twice...and the driver even made me and the other mom ride up front with him),
and we took a tractor ride (the bumpiest ride of my life), 
and a hay ride out to feed the cows and horses.
they played in the corn box (like a sandbox but filled with corn kernels) 
played on the tower of hay,
played on the obstacle course,
rode the pedal cars
and the tire swing 
and we made our way through the corn maze
It was such a fun day!
And I still have more things to look forward to because this upcoming weekend is our bi-annual girls weekend. Me and three other wonderful ladies are heading out of town for the weekend and I CAN'T WAIT!!
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So, where's the picture of you and Riley's mom riding in front with the driver of the barrel train? :)
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