It has been a fun Fall here in the Northwest.
We love having leaves to jump and play in!
This is the plan: Dad rakes the leaves, Thomas jumps in and throws the leaves, Mom takes pictures of it all, and Suzie just doesn't quite get it.
I guess I should say most of us enjoy having leaves to play in
Sad sister Suzie eventually caught on and started having more fun too.
Many of the nearby farms do pumpkin patches, with games and fun activities for the kids and, of course, lots of pumpkins to choose from.
The wheelbarrow ride is the funnest part of all!
Then comes the carving fun. Suzette tried it, but didn't really enjoy touching the pumpkin guts.
Thomas, on the other hand, really got into it - literally!
Though we enjoy going to the pumpkin patch, we tried growing our own pumpkins this year. It was our first garden ever, so we were proud of our little crop, even though it was mostly good for lessons learned in gardening. We did have 3 pumpkins, but they were very small and still mostly green. We proudly displayed them, uncarved, out alongside our jack-o-lanterns and still have them on our porch as fall decorations (they last much longer when you don't cut them up and pull the guts out). The corn stocks in the picture are also from our garden. Angie wrapped them with the bow and hung them on the post.
On Halloween day we discovered that the Tacoma Philharmonic was having a concert. It wasn't as cool as I had hoped, and only featured 3 instruments (trumpet, trombone, and tuba) accompanying a couple of women who do a children's music program. You know, the kind of thing where they dress up like rag dolls, sing little songs and try to get the kids (and uninhibited adults) to sing and move (wave, sway, stomp, march etc) with them, all while punctuating each others statements with "yeah," "ooh" "that's right" or just plain repetition in a patronizing voice. "Come on now everyone, do it with us." Though frightening, it wasn't what I expected for Halloween.
We wore our costumes: the matching Scottish family who are chased by the Loch Ness Monster. The best part for Thomas was the joy of chasing Dad (me) around. I'm sure we made a bit of a scene in a public square in downtown Tacoma - a guy running around in a kilt being chased by a plush lizard, who was in turn chased by a tiny girl in a kilt.
That night we went to the ward trunk or treat in the rain - hatchbacks can come in handy!
This is the plan: Dad rakes the leaves, Thomas jumps in and throws the leaves, Mom takes pictures of it all, and Suzie just doesn't quite get it.
I guess I should say most of us enjoy having leaves to play in
Sad sister Suzie eventually caught on and started having more fun too.
Many of the nearby farms do pumpkin patches, with games and fun activities for the kids and, of course, lots of pumpkins to choose from.
The wheelbarrow ride is the funnest part of all!
Then comes the carving fun. Suzette tried it, but didn't really enjoy touching the pumpkin guts.
Thomas, on the other hand, really got into it - literally!
Though we enjoy going to the pumpkin patch, we tried growing our own pumpkins this year. It was our first garden ever, so we were proud of our little crop, even though it was mostly good for lessons learned in gardening. We did have 3 pumpkins, but they were very small and still mostly green. We proudly displayed them, uncarved, out alongside our jack-o-lanterns and still have them on our porch as fall decorations (they last much longer when you don't cut them up and pull the guts out). The corn stocks in the picture are also from our garden. Angie wrapped them with the bow and hung them on the post.
On Halloween day we discovered that the Tacoma Philharmonic was having a concert. It wasn't as cool as I had hoped, and only featured 3 instruments (trumpet, trombone, and tuba) accompanying a couple of women who do a children's music program. You know, the kind of thing where they dress up like rag dolls, sing little songs and try to get the kids (and uninhibited adults) to sing and move (wave, sway, stomp, march etc) with them, all while punctuating each others statements with "yeah," "ooh" "that's right" or just plain repetition in a patronizing voice. "Come on now everyone, do it with us." Though frightening, it wasn't what I expected for Halloween.
We wore our costumes: the matching Scottish family who are chased by the Loch Ness Monster. The best part for Thomas was the joy of chasing Dad (me) around. I'm sure we made a bit of a scene in a public square in downtown Tacoma - a guy running around in a kilt being chased by a plush lizard, who was in turn chased by a tiny girl in a kilt.
That night we went to the ward trunk or treat in the rain - hatchbacks can come in handy!
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Hey there! It's great to see pictures of the family and read what you are up to. Miss you guys :)
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