Halloween

Here she is at our ward's trunk or treat. She was really shy about saying "trick or treat" when we got to each car, but as we were walking away she would say it. She would say thank you though when they gave her a treat.


Two of her Halloween books mention candy apples. She has been wanting one all month. So, finally after the trunk or treat we stopped at the grocery store and got a pumpkin and a caramel apple. She was so excited. She tried to take a bite of it, but it was too hard. So, we cut it up to share. She actually asked for one for breakfast this morning. It was yummy!

Halloween Party

My sister-in-laws and I had a Halloween party for the cousins (the ones who don't go to school). Everyone wore their costumes. They sang songs, had a Halloween snack, played games, danced, and made spiders with their hands using black paint. Here are some pictures of the festivities. Katie was very excited to be a lamb. Unfortunately, it is such a warm costume for Arizona and all that running and dancing, she was sweating by the end.

Here they are pretending to be Halloween animals. I think they are creeping like a cat.


Pin the nose on the Jack-o-lantern.


Dancing!

October Fun

We got a list of fun Halloween activities from my friend. Of course we checked out Halloween books from the library and read them everyday. She can now read them to her animals. Here are just a few of the other things we did this month.

I made pumpkin playdough. Basically it smells like pumpkin pie. Then we made them orange and green.


We made pumpkin shaped jell-o with mini marshmallows for the face. We found this activity in the Friend magazine to make Valentine hearts.


We used red and yellow paint to make jack-o-lanterns on plates. She did a purple one too because she got a purple pumpkin container for Halloween.


We worked on making patterns. Using Apple Jacks (orange and green for Halloween). She sorted them into the 2 big circles first and then I drew 2 different patterns at the bottom for her to match. Of course her favorite part was eating the the circles.

Pumpkin Waffles

I can't believe how fast October has come and gone. We started off the month with some yummy pumpkin waffles and apple cider syrup. I found the recipe on dealstomeals.blogspot.com. The recipe made a ton so we froze them and got to eat them all month. Yum!

Naptime

Katie's nap has been slowly dwindling over the past couple of months. And since the big girl bed, they are really almost gone. Yesterday I didn't even try to put her down. At 3:00 she asked for a snack. She was sitting at the table eating her pretzels and I was working in the kitchen. I glanced over to see how she was doing. Her head was bobbing all over the place and her eyes were closed. Obviously asleep, however, she was still eating her pretzels. I even tried to pry the last few out of her hands and she pulled her hand away head still bobbing and eyes closed. She did eat the remaining pretzels. Her last faint words as I put her down were "pacci, pac...ci, pac..." and gone.

August Idaho Trip

A few weeks ago Kimball got a new job as an RN! Yay! We are so proud of him. He is working on the Renal Diabetic floor. After we found out he got the job we jumped in the car and headed for Idaho. The weather was beautiful and Katie really didn't do too bad in the car. One of the first things she asked when we got there was "where's the snow?" One of the first things we did was check out their books. They have so many. She was just in heaven. The first thing she did when we got home was look through ALL of her books. Here are a few of the other fun things that happened while we were there.

They had some fun activities for the kids at the river. Katie wasn't as interested as the older kids so we only did a few things. She got to bang on some metal with her cousin Nick. The Hula Hoops were huge! She just liked standing inside while daddy held it up. The kids made boats and floated them down the gutters. She really liked this one.

She loves grandma's basement. Her favorite part was the kitchen.

A big girl bed! Yes, after the first night she decided she wanted to sleep in the big, blue beds instead of her pack n' play. Luckily they have a trundle bed and a bed rail. The first night in the bed took a while to get her to sleep, but once she's asleep she's good. She LOVED it! She just got a big girl bed at home too this week.

We floated down the river in Island Park. Katie's first boat trip. Unfortunately, the life jacket would choke her if she sat down, so she stood the entire time. That's probably what she would have done anyway, because she couldn't see out when she was sitting. The water was freezing cold, but she still played in it for a while.

Kimball celebrated his birthday while we were there. All the kids waiting with anticipation for the cake and ice cream (from Reed's Dairy, YUM!)

Here are all the cousins. Dillion is the newest memeber of my sister's family. It was great to finally meet him.

We played outside everyday. Tricycles, chalk, water, digging, trampoline, swings, and they even had an outdoor play kitchen. We love their huge patio. There was a dance practice going on outside across the street. A couple of the evenings there was loud music playing. Here the girls are dancing to the music.

Sewing

I was certainly not the one who was chosen "most likely to sew" in my family. But here I am sewing. I have an older sewing machine and we haven't always been the best of friends. However, my mom and sister-in-law inspired me and I decided one day to plug it in again. Then I threaded it and then tested it out. Here are the projects I have finished.

A very easy dress with no zippers, buttons, or 4-H judging.

An extremely easy skirt and flower.

My moms bandana aprons that we use almost every day. Love them!