ABBY'S SCHOOL HALLOWEEN PARTY/PARADE

Abby's class had a party and a parade of the whole school. I got to be one of the parent helpers. It was lots of fun to see her with her friends all dressed up. The kids had to be a character from a book, so she picked her Sleeping Beauty book. She had lots of fun parading around the school, and playing games and making crafts in the classroom.

Abby & Lauren

Abby with some purple vampire teeth

Abby Lauren & Miranda

Abby's whole class

Abby making a popcorn turkey

TRICK-OR-TREATING DOWNTOWN ELK RIVER

Every year the kids can dress up and go Trick-or-Treating to the businesses in dowtown Elk River. This was our first year, and I could only bring Ally, because Abby was at school. She got a ton of candy, and we had lots of fun. Thanks Jodi for inviting us! Although Ally was very sad that Abby couldn't be with us, she started crying on the way home that she missed Abby. She finds it very hard to do fun things without her sister, I am trying to help understand that they can both have fun doing different things.

Ally doing one of the games they had set up

Emma & Ally

getting some candy

Ally..one the few smiles she did give

Ally & Emma

PUMPKIN CARVING

Our friends Kody & Tayna suggested getting together to carve pumpkins, now we have never done this in the past, because I like to avoid all messy projects in my house, but Curt thought it sounded like fun. So I went and bought a carving kit from Walmart, and Kody & Tayna brought some pumpkins and we carved pumpkins for the first time as a family. I at first told Curt he had to do all the messy stuff, but I eventually got over the grossness of it and helped Abby get hers all nice and cleaned out. Abby thought it was lots of fun, and literally had pumpkin covering her...she needed a bath. Ally wasn't touching the stuff and freaked out when she accidentally got a little on her hand. We had lots of fun and a I think the pumpkins turned out great for first-timers. This is for sure a tradition we will keep...thanks Kody & Tayna!

Curt and Ally

Abby & Kody

Abby

Curt & Ally's finished product

Kody & Tayna's finished product

Kody & Tayna

Mine & Abby's finished product!

ANOKA WARD FALL FESTIVAL

Grandma invited us to the Anoka Ward Fall Festival. The girls had a great time dressing up, playing games, trunk or treating and of course there was lots of delicious chili and corn bread.

Dora-Ally

Cowgirl-Abby

Cowgirl & Dora

making crafts with mommy

Grandma and Abby eating chili

Dora fishing

Cowgirl fishing

Ready to trunk-or-treat

PUMPKIN PATCH

The girls always love to go to Berry Hill Pumpkin Patch. They love picking out pumpkins, riding in the wagon, petting all the animals and of course enjoying a treat afterwards. We always have a great time here

Ally & Abby

Abby petting the donkey

I just thought this was so cute!

petting the bunny

Out to the pumpkin patch

Ally found her pumpkin

Abby found her pumpkin

Abby & Ally with their pumpkins

back up to the farm

feeding the donkey

p..u... these chickens stink!
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Ally & Abby

Ally Daddy & Abby

Ally Mommy & Abby

Enjoying some popcorn and soda...although by the looks on their faces it doesn't look so enjoyable....I think they were sick of the camera at this point.
Peter peter pumpkin eater....

APPLE ORCHARD FIELD TRIP

Abby's class took a fieldtrip to the apple orchard. Daddy was able to go with as a chaperone. Abby had fun going on a hayride through the spooky forest, finding her way through the crate maze, petting the animals, jumping on haybales, and of course learning all about the apples. Then they enjoyed apples as a snack back at her school.

learning about the apples

going on the hayride

Abby & Lauren

Abby finishing the crate maze

Abby driving the tractor

walking the beam

Jumping off the haybales