October

October is a nice month in Florida. Cooler temperatures mean that we spend as much time as possible outside at various parks, or riding bikes or taking walks. Here are some of the other highlights of the month.

The Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Carving

The girls and I spent the afternoon cleaning out the pumpkin. They had fun playing with the goopy insides. Jared was in charge of the actual carving, after the girls picked out the cat design. 

 

Halloween

This year we had two princesses (Cinderella and Rapunzel).

 

 We also had a cute duck...for about 10 seconds. Then we had a cute little boy who refused to wear his costume. Good thing we had traded with a friend for the costume and got it for absolutely no effort or expense on our part!

The second attempt at a costume for Zach. Any guesses?

He is a shape sorter! The only way he would wear a costume was if he didn't think he was actually wearing a costume, so I just pinned some felt shapes to his t-shirt and shorts and he was good to go.

We had fun attending a few Halloween events: our ward trunk or treat party, Boo at the Zoo, and an open house at a friends house. When all was said and done the kids had a good stash of candy. We were able to dispose of a good portion of the candy by selling it to a dentist in town (we sorted through it all and just kept a moderate amount of our favorites): for our two pounds of candy the girls each earned a dollar, a dentist goody bag, a small toy, and pizza for all. A pretty good trade off!

Remembering

October will now also be a time of remembering and sorrow for the loss of our sweet niece. We miss you, Allison!