Halloween

This year I was on my own with the kids for Halloween. Benny was out in San Diego visiting with his family. Thankfully we had great neighbors to trick-or-treat with so there were extra eyes on the kids. 

They have a trailer they attach to their golf cart to tow the kids around at times. For the most part the kids just ran the streets, but it was nice toward the end of the night when everyone was ready to get home. 

The whole crew!

This house is known for some of the best decorations and often hiring a DJ. The kids had a lot of fun dancing in the fog.

We soaked in every minute of the full 2 hours and then headed home to check out their loot!

Lots of DIY pumpkins by the kids this year.

We found out the day after Halloween the kids could each pick out 2 lbs of candy to donate to Great Wolf Lodge for their Treats for the Troops candy drive. They were able to turn it in to get free waterpark passes. I was thankful to get some of it out of the house and they still had so much to keep!

Happy Halloween!

School Halloween Shenanigans

It felt like there were a lot of Halloween-related things for the kids to dress up for last month, so you will be seeing a lot of Dorothy and T-rex photos!

First was a Harvest Party at Riser's preschool. They had all kinds of games, cake walks, horse rides, a costume parade, and truck-or-treating.

Riser and one of his teachers.

The next week we had a trunk-or-treat at Bonnie's school. The fire station, library bookmobile, and Bruster's ice cream came out. 

A couple days later, Riser and I pulled into his school parking lot for drop-off, and I realized they were having a costume parade that completely fell off my radar. Riser was pretty upset at first but decided to walk in it anyway. I felt so bad! But honestly, the costume was already taking a beating and we hadn't even got to Halloween yet. 

Thankfully the day turned around for him. The rest of the day they had a fun little Halloween party.

Field Trips with the kids

Both kids had field trips recently I was able to go with both of them, which was so fun! Bonnie's was first, her class was going to Jamestown. We got to ride the  bus together from school.

I love getting to go to the Fall field trip in the beginning of the year (I got to chaperone hers last year as well) because I get to know her classmates so when she talks about them throughout the year I actually know who she's talking about.

The kids learned a lot. There are holes (chimneys) at the top of these huts. When the guide asked the kids what they thought the chimney hole was for a couple of them shouted 'Santa!' without hesitation. Love this age.

Bonnie got to go in one of the bunks on one of the ships.

Silly class.

It was a fun morning!

For Riser's field trip we went to Holly Fork Farm. 

He got to learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin.

They each got to pick a little pumpkin.

We got to see lots of bees and butterflies pollinating the flowers.

They got to play in a fun corn box, and a playground area. 

It was a beautiful day!