End of October and Beginning of November

These are the projects from October this year (well except our 5 Little Pumpkins sitting on a gate...those are from a few years ago...oh and the bats from last year!)

 Damon made this in art class at school. He thought it was hilarious that he put a mustache on his pumpkin!

 Tommy painted this pumpkin at school.

 Watching tv as a family. Hannah was snuggling with her daddy and her baby doll. One day she brought her doll in the car with her. We were running in and out of stores and left the baby in her carseat. Every time she got back in the car, she kissed her baby...so precious!

 The first Saturday of the month was open...no plans!! We decided to take the kids hiking around Killens Pond. The leaves were beautiful and the weather was perfect. We all had a wonderful time!

 When the hike was over, we ate our sandwiches and played around. Hannah took off down the sidewalk and backed up to one of these parking lot bumpers and sat herself down. It was adorable.

 The boys loved climbing on these picnic tables and pillars.

 That night we told the kids we were going to a restaurant for dinner called Mom and Pop's Cafe...aka our own house. We were all going to help make a fancy dinner with spaghetti and meatballs, warmed french bread, and salad with apples, craisins, and candied pecans. We were going to pull out a table cloth and fancy goblets. The kids had fun and everyone had full bellies.

Hannah woke up in the middle of the night with a bad cough. We steamed the shower and hung out in the bathroom for awhile to help her breathing. We gave her medicine and Barrett gave her a blessing. She slept ok but still wasn't feeling well in the morning. I was doing my hair and found her asleep in the hallway. I got her new dress on for church and few minutes later, she threw up all over it. Poor baby was really sick for the first time. She's always been a snuggly little thing, but she was even more snuggly for a few days. She basically laid on my shoulder with one little hand holding tightly around my neck. It was rough for a few days, but she's doing much better now.

 Damon has had the worst luck with field trips these last two years. Either he is sick and misses them or the weather is horrible and it gets cancelled or postponed or cut short. Well, he was supposed to go on a field trip before Halloween, but it rained so it was postponed until after Halloween. Of course the day they finally got to go was super cold, but they had a great time at Fifer's playing at the Fall fest activities. He came home with a pumpkin and an apple. I thought it was hilarious his apple was bigger than his pumpkin:)

 For some reason Tommy has been soooooo excited for Thanksgiving. He keeps saying it is his favorite holiday. He'll ask me about it randomly. One day we had a pretty good conversation.

Tommy: Mom, do we have to go outside and find a turkey for Thanksgiving? 

Me: No, we buy them in the store. 

Tommy (very surprised): They sell turkeys in the store?!?!?!?

Me: Not real ones. They don't have feathers. They're dead and all ready to cook!

Tommy: Oh.

I had him make this T is for Turkey this week. I just love how creative he is.