Halloween

We sort of had a halloween week this year. Our ward had a huge fall festival last week, trunk or treating included. We dressed up and had soo much fun. Of course I forgot the camera. Jenna trick or treated at preschool and Kallie went to a carnival with a friend. Then on Fri, we went to Blizzard and trick or treated. We hit the mother load of chocolate candy there. By Sat, we were done with Halloween. We had dinner early, got into pj's, and watched a movie together. Maybe now that this month is over, my kids will sleep well again. The girls, especailly Kallie, are afraid of most Halloween things. They don't like going anywhere near the Halloween aisles at the store. Last year while trick or treating, there was a guy that had a scary mask and chainsaw and was chasing people. Yeah, not sure when we'll trick or treat to houses again.

Pumpkin Patch

So, October brings pumpkin patches. We went to a huge ranch with Gretchen and her family. There were so many things to do there. We saw animals, Byron pulled on the little pigs tails (which the kids thought was too funny), posed for pictures, climbed on the huge hay stack, and of course, picked pumpkins. The kids wanted to ride the ponies and take a hay ride but it was 90 degrees and the adults just wanted to stay in the shade. Good memories though, right?

Woops!

This is what happens when mom puts the cookies out of site so she'll stop picking at them and then starts dinner with out remembering to remove the hidden treats.

Angels Game

Once a year Blizzard sends their employees to an Angels Game. They have a huge picnic before the game and then we get really great seats. The kids were so excited to go. Once we got to our seats all they wanted was cotton candy. This year Uncle Brian was in town that weekend and he joined us for the heat and fun. It was an ok game. A few home runs and fireworks, which Jenna and Corbin did not like!!

Aquarium

Some good friends of ours gave us tickets to the Long Beach Aquarium. It was so cool. The kids loved all the hands on stuff. Byron and the kids got to pet the rays. And we also fed the Laurakeet birds. Jenna was not to sure of it but Kallie really enjoyed it. Kallie and I even got one of the birds to climb on our hands.

Jenna's first day of school

Jenna gets to go to a really neat preschool this year. It is a pre school that is part of a High school program. So there are two adult teachers and the the high school students. There is a lot of one on one attention which is really great for Jenna. I am a little worried about her lack of interacting with the kids but the teachers say that will come with time. She goes to preschool M-Thur for a few hours in the afternoon. It is really helping her confidence and helping her to have control in situations with out mom. I was really worried for Jenna. I want so badly for her to be successful. She is doing really well though. Now if she could just realize that she doesn't need to grow up too fast.

First Day of School

Kallie's first Day of 2nd grade. It was not exactly as I wanted it to be. We were a little rushed and I stepped in dog poo while taking the picture, but didn't realize it until I had tracked it into the house. (Thanks responsible dog owners.) We did get to school on time though. It was a little tough seeing Kallie in class with big 3rd graders. She is in a 2-3 split class. She's such a big girl; wanting to do everything her own way. A funny note...I try to be particular about the way my kids look. It's a reflection of me isn't it? Well, Kallie has been wanting to do her own hair. I'm all for independence when it looks ok:) Ok, that's not very nice but sometimes it looks... Anyway, I do her hair in the morning, but she has started redoing it at school. So she'll come home with her pony tails in a different place or a crease in her hair where she put a half pony tail in, then took it out on the way from school. I guess that's better then sneaking inappropriate clothes to change into.