October

October was a fun and eventful month...

We went to Spooner Farms again this year for pumpkins and fall fun...
and Mimi got to join us!
The kids each picked out a small pumpkin...

And climbed all over the huge pumpkins!

Maren even got to pose with a giant spider!

Joel lost his 1st tooth!! The tooth fairy brought him $2!!

Back to the pumpkin patch...this time with Maren's preschool class (and some older siblings).

We got to be dwarfs...hopefully not dopy and grumpy!

And Maren got to pick out another small pumpkin.

She's just over 3 feet tall! Doesn't she look big in this picture?

And the highlight of the day was climbing on the huge red tractor. She would want me to be sure and add that she "climbed all the way up there all by herself!"

Halloween activities started a good two weeks before the actual day...they got to get dressed up and go to the school carnival.

Spiderman and Minnie Mouse to you...

(This pose was all Maren's doing.)

The best part is that they got to go to the carnival with their friends Mario and Pink Minnie Mouse. :) (Thanks Molly & Bobby!!)

Then the next weekend we met up with a couple of witches (aka Julia & Madeline) and went to the Hoot & Howl. This is a halloween event at the NW Trek and it was REALLY fun. (Thanks for inviting us, Farringtons!)

And here are the excited kids on Halloween night. Can you see the excitement?! We just made the rounds of our little neighborhood and then called it a night. It was a good end to a busy month!