halloween

On Sunday night I decided I needed to make sure Emmy had something cute to wear for Halloween.  I found a few older shirts, but as I was digging through her closet I found this fun outfit.  I've been waiting for her to grow into it (its a size 6) but we decided to try it this year and it was a pretty good fit.  She insisted on wearing it to school on Monday, not Halloween.  

We were Boo'd last night so the kids got to check out the goodies this morning.

Bryce decided after our trip to Wyoming this summer. that he wanted to be a cowboy for Halloween.  We got the hat on the trip and MeMa got him the boots.  Jason ordered the belt and belt buckle online and we were ready to go!

Emmy wanted to be a donut after seeing one at Target.  Theirs was too big for her so that put us on a hunt for a donut costume.  We found the one she is wearing online but it was way more than I wanted to spend on a costume.  We just happened to pop into Marshall's one morning and they had the same costume for a third of the price!!

Jason insisted that Bentley needed a matching costume!

Bryce and Chase the crash test dummy!

Emmy and Taylor the cupcake.  

Jason wore his suit from his recognition dinner and went as a science nerd!

We had another fun year of Trunk or Treat at church.  There were lots of great trunks.  We took the easy way out.  Our school had a dance with the theme It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.  I went ahead and purchased the decorations for the dance knowing I could use them afterwards.  I think it turned out well and everyone was s fan!

greek olympics

Third graders study Ancient Greece this year and Bryce's school has a fun Greek Olympics event as the culminating activity. 

Our friend Barbara insisted we use one of her pre-made togas so we wouldn't have to make our own.  I finally gave in, because who was I kidding, I can't make a toga, and I was happy I did!

Bryce participated in a few events.  I only caught him in the running event.  It's not so easy running in a toga!

Zeus led the Olympics.

His class.

After the Olympics, they had a feast of cucumbers, grapes, tzatziki sauce, feta, hummus, pita chips, fig newtons, olives, bread, olive oil and grape juice.  Bryce wasn't very adventurous with his food choices. 

The Olympics happened to fall over the span of my planning time, time with third grade and my lunch so I was able to attend the whole event with him.  This work gig has really been great for me!

pumpkin carving

Today was pumpkin carving day!  We have plenty of pumpkins currently decorating our front porch, but we needed another one to carve so we set out to the produce stand after school.  Emmy is our big helper. 

Both kids actually wanted to get their hands dirty and help clean out the pumpkin this year!

Bentley isn't in the picture, but he was a big helper too and ate half the seeds they dropped.

The kids wanted a Bentley pumpkin this year!

How did Jason do?

Happy Halloween!

PaPa drives the bus

PaPa is a substitute bus driver at the kids school this week and he happens to be driving Bryce's best friends bus!  I arranged a play date so the kids could ride the bus home with Thomas and see PaPa.  

Emmy has never ridden the bus so she was super excited.  I went and found the bus at dismissal so I could get a picture of them with PaPa.

My friend Barbara snapped some pictures when they got off the bus at her house too!

I met the kids at Thomas' house and picked them up for an after school Sweet Frog treat!

Today was also picture day so they were all looking dapper!

a little of this and a little of that

Emmy and I have found a new pedicure place with kid chairs!  She gets a Pepsi and I get Prosecco.  

Win Win!

I love decorating for fall.

My biggest helper!

Emmy wanted to be a donut for Halloween.  Coincidentally, they had one for Bentley too.

We lucked out with this costume.  We were prepared to pay a fortune for it online and just happened to stumble on it at Marshall's for cheap.

We got dressed up and went out to dinner last week!

Jason thought this suit was fitting for receiving an engineering award.

She's so fun to dress for fall.

We went and picked apples last Friday after school.

They love this yearly tradition.

My pretty girl.

My little monkey.

The best apples are at the top.

The apples of our eye!

Say "apple".

It actually felt like fall the day we went.

Donuts, apples and cider, oh my!

Bryce had an optional experiment to do for homework the other night.  He loved it! 

Bryce's class got to have crazy hair day this week.

The only day a year I'll let him have a mohawk.

Such a cozy view!

The fringe boots and vest are a big hit at school.

I'll try not to let so much time pass between my next post!

state fair

We went to the state fair on Monday night.  I never really liked the fair until we had kids, but now I tolerate it a little better.  I'm pretty sure if you look back through all of my fair posts, the pictures will all look pretty similar.  We pretty much hit all of the same attractions each year. 

The cowboy hats we got in Wyoming came back out for this event.  The kids weren't able to ride a horse on vacation this summer, so they've been looking forward to these pony rides for a while.

These ducks are my favorite.  They congregate at the top of the slide and eat and push each other off and they are so cute sliding down.

The kids always want to play the games.  I told them they could bring their own money for games and they each played this $5 game and won a prize.  They were stoked!

They both got to milk a cow!

Emmy wanted to try out the slide.  Her mat didn't let her go as fast as she was hoping.