Cassidy had her Thanksgiving party at school and it was super cute! The kids prepared a feast of apple sauce, cornbread, veggies and cookies for us. They also had a few songs to sing and made little hats and turkeys to take home. I’m continually impressed by this little school!
She dresses herself…
I’m still getting used to my new camera (mirrorless micro 4/3) but one of the features I love is the swivel out touch screen. I’m not a huge selfie person but it is nice to be IN photos with the kids.
My first video with the camera, the kids were so cute!
This was also the first time I was able to volunteer in Cassidy’s class without her flipping out! She turns into a little mommy monster when I volunteer with the preschoolers at church and school. I must be her trigger, but sometimes she’s Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde.
The kids have off of school for Veteran’s Day and woke up to SNOW this morning! Just a little dusting, but it certainly is exciting when it’s the first of the season.
Cassidy picked out her Santa dress to wear!
Andy built us a fire before he left for work. I can build them, but it takes me three times as long ;-)
This is real life with a wood burning stove. Shop vac for the dust, fan to push the heat to the other end of the house and fire extinguisher just in case. The rubbermaid bins full of newspaper, kindling and extra firewood. And the hardie board up against the tile because we think the stove was installed a liiiiiittle too close to the walls. Not exactly Better Homes and Gardens worthy, but still cozy!
The kids were so excited to get outside to play. It was cold and windy though (20 degrees but felt like 4) so we didn’t stay out for too long. I was so happy to have found their snowpants!
I however can’t find my winter boots, so I wore Andy’s hunting boots!
The kids carved their pumpkins the weekend before Halloween. They went back and forth on what they wanted to carve (much like the costumes they changed their minds on daily). We ended up with a stormtrooper, which Ben carved mostly by himself. And Tux the Linux penguin for Cassidy, who really didn’t get the whole carving negative space concept (so I carved). We let Cassidy play with her carving knife on the top of the pumpkin.
Andy was roasting our black walnuts on the wood stove. They made the house smell SO good. Such a pain to open them though.
Jack and Colby enjoyed the fire too!
Monday morning Cassidy had her Halloween party at school. Pastor Bob has a tradition of carving the pumpkin and telling the story of how it’s like Jesus deals with us. Cleans out all our icky insides and puts a light inside us.
Squishy pumpkin guts!
Playing the pumpkin patch game. Mrs. Power’s outfit was on point!
Rapunzel, Rapunzel!
She loved the eyeball cookies and even picked one to bring home for Ben.
Ben was a mummy! He rocked this hand-me-down costume we got from a friend a few years ago.
He had a little costume parade at school Tuesday morning. It was neat to watch all the classes PreK-5th walk through the gym.
Tuesday night we headed into the village of Bloomfield for trick or treating. It was cold! We bundled up in winter coats, hats and gloves!
The fire station had cider, donuts and some games and activities. It was a nice break from the chilly weather outside.
This house went all out for the evening. Music, lights, bonfire and cookout. So fun!
Cassidy’s PreK class had their first field trip to Long Acre Farms. It was such a beautiful fall day! We got a tractor ride around the corn fields and then a walk in the kiddie sized corn maze. A lesson on the growth of a pumpkin, from seed to harvest. Had a snack, met some goats and spent a good chunk of the day there, exploring, learning and having fun. I’m a sucker for anything fall and farmy :)
