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October in the Midwest means flannels, apple orchards, and pumpkin patches.  We've been having the best time enjoying fall festivities across Chicagoland and dressing the part while we're at it. One of our first pumpkin patch visits was to Bengtson's where we wore matching flannels from Old Navy.  These are incredibly soft and kept us plenty warm on a 60 degree day.  If you need something warmer, Old Navy also has matching shackets available, too! Bengtson's had the perfect amount of toddler friendly activities to keep Addie entertained throughout our morning there.  She enjoyed riding in the spinning honey-pots and on the jumping frogs.  We spent lots of time on the playground and then relaxed on a brief hayride.  Adelaide LOVED the tractor ride where she was able to "drive" and take in all sorts of animatronic sights.  She also got to pet lots of animals and run through the pumpkin patch.  The haunted house was a little too spooky but the corn ...

We flew with Adelaide for the first time in mid-September.  As a first time mom preparing to take her toddler (17 months old) on her first flight, to say I was nervous is an understatement.  Thankfully, I found a few things that made killing time at the airport and on the plane a breeze.   The first were these window-cling stickers from Amazon.  They came with a set of 5 booklets and themed stickers.  Adelaide loved moving the stickers from the booklets to the windows in the airport and on the plane.  Plus, when we arrived to our vacation rental, she continued to play with them on the refrigerator and windows throughout vacation (hooray for toys that take up virtually NO luggage space!).  A few weeks later, Addie still plays with these around our home or when waiting on food while we're out to eat.  I cannot recommend these highly enough.  The next thing I found useful were these toddler-sized headphones to use with our Amazon kids tab...