Pomerleau Family Blog: Pre-Halloween Fun 2019

This year, the week before Halloween we were going to be in Disneyland enjoying a lot of the Halloween festivities there but I was still able to enjoy some of the local Halloween fun with the kids before we left on our trip. I got our house all decorated in early October, always fun! Olivia helped me this year.

The front of our house all ready for Halloween

We went to Bauman’s Farm near Woodburn this year and it ended up being a huge harvest festival. We were able to go on the 2nd Friday in October as the kids had the day off of school. We lucked out as the weather was awesome and sunny. It was a lot bigger than the normal pumpkin festival we go to usually at Roloff farms. There was laser tag, fun slides, a giant swing, hay rides to an actual giant corn maze, bounce pads, and yummy food and cider. It was also pet friendly which was super nice as Lulu had just as much fun as the kids! We were able to get to the farm by around 10:30 AM which was nice as it was not super crowded yet. We bought the all day activity bracelets so the kids could do all of the fun stuff at the festival. We started off letting the kids go on a giant swing.

Standing next to the giant Oregon Duck hay bales

The crew amongst all the Portland sports bales

My little ones

Love this one!

And this one

Lulu had a blast with the kids

Olivia and Addie at 6

Lulu Belle amongst the pumpkins

Going down the giant swing

Olivia loved it

Then we headed to get the kids signed up for laser tag. It was good we did that as as the laser tag filled up for the day a few hours later. After we got signed up for laser tag we shot some apples and then headed to a large hay bale stack where the kids got to climb and hide amongst the hay bales. Olivia and Addie liked taking Lulu in the hay tunnels with them. The kids then had a blast going down the giant slide built into the hay bales. After that we went on the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch and the giant corn maze. The kids had a blast going through the giant corn maze. Lulu had a lot of fun too in the corn maze. We headed to the pumpkin patch and had fun amongst the pumpkins. It was neat because you could actually pick the pumpkins (they were not already picked for us).

On top of the hay maze

Shooting apples

So much fun to shoot the apples

Addie and Olivia on the hay

Lulu loved the hay maze

Going under the little tunnels in the hay maze

Olivia having fun on the hay maze

The slides were a blast

Getting ready to go on the hay ride

Brandon and Logan on the hay ride at 8 and 9

Olivia and Addie on the hay ride

Lulu Belle and I on the hay ride

Selfie on the hay ride

Going through the giant corn maze

Love this one of Lulu and I amongst the pumpkins

Brandon amongst the pumpkins at 8

Olivia amongst the pumpkins at 6

Looking at all the pumpkins

Olivia and Addie

Olivia

Selfie at the pumpkin patch

Running to catch the hay ride

We went back on the hay ride and back to the farm and had some lunch that we brought. Then the kids had a blast going in the bounce houses. After that it was time to head to laser tag. The laser tag was amazing, it was in a giant barn with corn mazes. The kids had a blast even Olivia and Addie. After that we got the kids treats and Brooke and I had a yummy Bauman cider and then we headed home. It was a super fun day! Both the kids and Lulu were exhausted after!

Flying down the bounce house slide

Laser tag fun!

Brandon and Logan had a blast

The girls did great

Candy apple yumminess

Dancing away

2 days later on Sunday Olivia and I met my sister Rachel and my nephew Jasper at Red Berry Farm in Sherwood to go to their little harvest festival. We had a lot of fun going on a little wagon ride, playing at the bounce house, riding little trike cars, and then getting lost in a very high corn maze. The weather was nice and it was fun to spend some time with Jasper and my sister.

Going on the bounce house slide

Fun in the little train

Fun on the wagon train with Jasper

Dressed up silly!

Going on the bike you steer with your feet

Olivia and I getting lost in the corn maze

Corn maze was a blast

We made it out finally!

We had some more Halloween fun decorating the candy Halloween house from Trader Joes, dressing Lulu up as Ewok, and then celebrating Halloween at Brandon's Cub Scout pack meeting by painting pumpkins and gourds.

Decorating the gingerbread haunted house

Watch out Ewok is here!

Painting pumpkins and gourds

The girls came to the Cub Scout meeting and had fun too

The following weekend we met Jasper and Rachel again at the Oregon zoo and went to the fun Zoo Howlween. We went for the first time last year. The kids get to get dressed up and go trick-or-treating at the zoo in their costumes. It was fun taking Jasper this year. We went Sunday morning so it was not super crowded. It also helped it was a bit rainy. The kids got lots of candy and had a lot of fun seeing all the animals. It is definitely a fun tradition for us.