We had some welcome water fall from the sky (with more expected,
woo hoo!) along with typical late-October treats like going to the pumpkin
patch, attending costume parties, and carving jack-o'-lanterns.
Both kids received back the artwork they made at Reflections.
Colorful! Landon’s story involved a hungry shark, and Eliza’s a flying
squirrel. Perhaps it’s time to reintroduce her to Rocky and Bullwinkle. . . . or
a Christmas in Nova Scotia with the Doreys.
At gymnastics this week, Eliza climbed to the top of the rope.
That is way high up there!
On Wednesday, the kids at school had music on the playground
with the new sound system. Everyone, including Mom, danced and sang and
generally made merry. Hallie had over 60 minutes of activity on her Fitbit and
13,000 steps by the end of the day. Mrs. Walker sure knows how to get the kids
to open up at lunch!
Mike joined Eliza, her K-1 class, and the other 1st grade classes on a field trip to the pumpkin patch at Underwood Farms. Activities included riding in a wagon pulled by a tractor, looking for the perfect pie pumpkin, eating a picnic lunch, and feeding the animals.
The weather made a change from Thursday into Friday. Thursday
started cool, cloudy, and a bit muggy, and overnight we got rain. Good thing
the kids had the day off from school for teacher professional development!
Eliza started the day early with chalk painting in the backyard.
Later, we had lunch and cake at Grandma and Grandpa O.’s to
celebrate Landon’s birthday. The kids love spending time with Alie and Shep.
The kids also took full advantage of the big open backyard.
Apparently the #MormonMafia is sort of a
trending topic, thanks to Lou Dobbs’ tweet relating to Evan McMullin’s
candidacy for the Presidency. Too funny. A sample: They don't call them funeral potatoes for nothing.
On Saturday, Mike had to work, and Landon had gymnastics.
This meant that Eliza and Hallie had girl time to themselves! They had Sawyer
join in the fun. Las Posas Plaza had fun games, and plenty of stores
participated in the trick or treat festivities. Hallie had a lot of fun running
into kids and parents that she knows from school, and she really appreciated
that Aaron and his mom went store to store with her and the girls.
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| Mrs. Fig as Mother Goose |
Later in the evening, we all went to the stake center for the ward Halloween Party (or Harvest Festival, or Chili Cookoff and Trunk-or-Treat). Call it what you will. We’ll call it a good time had by all. Our friend from school Alyssa and her daughter Abbie came to join the festivities.
Mike monitored the kids as they dunked for apples. The water was pretty foul by the end of the party. Eww.
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| Bishop Meyring. Yee haw! |
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| With Baby Claire (who earlier had been Snow White before a little wardrobe mishap) |
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| Who's Medusa? Sis. Rollins in amazing makeup! |
We have a mouse in the house (it appears to have moved from
the garage into the walls). Kind of disturbing to hear the pitter-patter in the
walls during the wee hours. Appropriately timed, considering the upcoming
holiday. Our landlords came by and set traps. Assuming they work, we could have
a corpse on the premises within the next day or so. Let’s hope zombie mice don’t
exist. . . . “Cheeeeese!”
We had rain again early Sunday morning and off and on
throughout the day. So nice to hear the sound of rain! After church, Hallie and
two sisters went to visit our friend Donna who has been in ICU at a local
hospital. Donna was so happy to Hallie and friends and it was good for Hallie
to see her too. Both kids got into sidewalk
chalk art before Landon and Hallie went to stake Christmas Choir practice. Choir
practice makes Hallie’s heart happy as she gets to see friends from our old ward.
Eliza and Mike carved her big pumpkin while the other two
were out.
After Landon got home, it was his turn.
We had a little
mishap. . . .
. . . Nothing some bamboo skewers couldn’t fix.
Oh, and the cat enjoyed dining on the leftover entrails. . . .
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