Dress Up Time!

Dad was still in Austria when Halloween rolled around, so he missed out on the festivities. A lot of folks in the neighborhood sat out in front of their house to give out treats. Robby had a record haul. I think we'll be eating it until we get restocked with supplies from our Christmas stockings! Here are the cuties. Robby wanted to be a fighter pilot (after being a ninja at the ward Trunk-or-Treat) and Jenna was a beautiful fairy princess.

Cub Day Camp

Little Robby was invited to go to Cub day camp earlier this month since he was almost eight. There were lots of fun mini-classes on topics like astronomy, birds, and Indian folklore. He also wired a doorbell, learned to use some tools, and even got a shot at walking on stilts.

In the afternoon, Sharon and Jenna joined us for a little while. Jenna definitely enjoyed the festivities.

Look, Mom, I only need one hand!

Our Nursery Girl!

Two weeks ago Jenna hit her 18-month mark and had her first foray into nursery at church. She was a real pro. Off she toddled, ready to explore.

Dad checked on her a couple of times and she was happy as a clam.

Here she is, looking cuter every day!

A Night at the Farm

We took an evening trip over to a local farm that has celebrations during the month of October and for a fee you can pick pumpkins, bounce in bounce houses, ride on amusement park rides, ride a train, take a hay ride, and go through a corn maze. Andra and I had always wanted check it out so we decided to take the opportunity to go while Grandma was visiting.

I just couldn't resist getting this picture. For those of you who know my husband's family, you may know that their high school mascot is the Farmer. They call themselves the Fighting Farmers, so when I saw Flying Farmers I just had to get our real "Farmers" next to it for a picture.

And here's our little Flying Farmer.

And here we have our little smiler.

The farm had a very old carousel from the early 1900s there. Here we have a Chap face.

And here we have Jenna imitating a Chap face... Jenna thought it was funny because several times during the carousel ride the mechanics of the ride would get caught and the whole thing would jerk up and down. When it stopped she would grab on tight, grit her teeth, and bounce up and down trying to make it do it again.

I think Jenna's favorite part was wandering through the pumpkin patch (and testing the smaller pumpkins by throwing them. I guess if they bounce they are good.)

And last of all we have Chap in the corn maze. The whole time we were there Lil' Robby could not wait to go through the corn maze. We didn't get started till after dark, and it was just Lil' Robby and me. I let him lead the way. Fortunately we weren't in there very long (I don't think we made it very far into the maze, we just happen to find an alternate route from the entrance). While we were in there I thought for sure some kid was going to come jumping out of the corn to scare us because I could hear other people walking through the corn and not on the paths.