Halloween

On Halloween, all the kids had school parties.  Sara's teacher invited families to come to their class party, so Nate and I went.  Scott volunteered in Sara's class that morning with their "pumpkin math", and then stayed home with Owen in the afternoon (he was sick), so I could go with Nate.  Nate loved it.

We started outside at the amphitheater, where the class put on plays for the families.  Sara was "Sally" in "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown".  She had all of her lines memorized, and did a great job.

Then we moved indoors for the party.  They played "draw the face on the pumpkin".

And they decorated cookies (which Sara was nice enough to let her little brother eat).

It was a fun party. Nate loved getting to be a part of Sara's class, and Sara loved having her brother there to show off. The party ended at the end of school, so I gave all 4 school kids a ride home, and they instantly set to work getting dressed up and ready for trick or treating.

Pumpkin Carving

For Home Evening this week (and just in time for Halloween), we let the kids carve their pumpkins.  Owen was sick, and I needed to run him into Urgent Care to get checked out.  So Scott took on the task of helping 5 kids carve pumpkins, and he even got pictures for me!

The Pumpkin Patch

October has been so busy with Scott's travels, that we only had one day that we could take our annual trip out to the Pumpkin Patch--and that day it decided to rain.  We knew it was our only chance, though, so we bundled up everyone and braved the elements.

Checking out the bees before heading outside to the hay ride.

Owen loved the turkeys.

When the hay ride started out, it was raining pretty good. I was dreading having to stand out in the pumpkin field in the pouring rain.

By the time we made it out to the pumpkin field, the rain stopped, which made for much more pleasant pumpkin hunting.

After everyone found their favorite pumpkin to bring home, we loaded back onto the hayride.

I couldn't help but just snap away with the pictures of Owen. He has the cutest little face, and he never holds still for me to take pictures of him at home.

Despite the rain, we had another fun year at the pumpkin patch. As we drove home, I joked with Scott that it would have been a lot cheaper (and warmer) if we had just bought pumpkins at Walmart. "But not nearly the memories," he reminded me.