Monday, November 5, 2012

Happy Halloween 2012

                      Elizabeth was invited to a girls only Halloween party.  She had a great time! 
                             Elizabeth is a pretty witch this year. (she didn't want to be a scary one - ha ha)

                                                          All the girls ready to party!
 Happy Halloween!  We started our evening with our traditional Halloween food.  Hotdogs, cheetos, orange jello, and this year we added a caramel apple.  Super healthy I know! 


 Time to Trick or Treat!  Ben was Iron Man and Elizabeth a cute witch!  She really wanted her hair green so then we went ahead and did green and white in Ben's hair. 
 We went trick or treating with our neighbors - Bridget, Emma, Elizabeth, Ben, Nick, and Brady.

                                     The kids got way too much candy, and it was so much fun! 
 Also that week we brought Ben's teacher a birthday treat and present.  Happy Birthday!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Pumpkin Carving

            I think somebody is mad I'm making him finish his meal before he starts the carving - ha ha!
 
                                                    Tom started gutting the big pumpkins,
                                            While the kids waited patiently for him to finish. 

                                              Ben wanted to draw his own pumpkin face.
                              The first time it was so tiny....there was no way Tom could cut that out. 
                                     Elizabeth did a good job getting the pumpkin all cleaned out. 


                                Ben doesn't really like to touch the pumpkin goo but he did it once!
                                                                Ben's finished product. 
                    This is the one I carved for Elizabeth.  We used a kit and stencil to make the pumpkin. 
                                                                     Ben's pumpkin! 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Ben's First Field Trip

                            Ben took a field trip to a farm/pumpkin patch this past week.  It was a blast! 
              It was very organized, I was impressed!  The first station was a race to dress the scarecrow. 
                                                 I guess that's Ben's look of concentration. 
                                                                 The finished product.
                           I think Ben was a little embarrassed!  Here he is posing as a scarecrow. 
 Next up the hay bale jumping area.  This was the best for all the kids because they just ran around like crazy. 


                                                         There's Ben leaping the gap!
                                               The next station was toasting marshmallows. 


                                                                              Yum!
 Then the kids loaded onto the hay ride where they got a tour of the farm.  No mom's allowed so walked to meet them at the next station. 
                                                         There's Ben right in the middle.
                                    The hay ride ended us at the "fun" area.  There was a maze...
                                                            a stand up teeter totter...
 and a giant chair!  (That's Ben with his friend, Jagger)  If you look carefully behind us there is also this three story playground and a rope net trampoline. 
                                                    After all the fun we ate some lunch. 

                                                     Ben's class at the end of the field trip. 
                                                They got to pick a pumpkin as a souvenir. 

                                                                    Ben's first bus ride!
                                       These seats were huge- the kids looked so tiny in them! 
                                                         That's the end of the fun day!