Today was the 'Harvest Day Party' at preschool. The kids got to wear their costumes, play games, make fun Halloween crafts and participate in a trick-or-treat parade. They all looked so cute in their costumes as you can see! Cody came home with enough candy and treats to skip the trick-or-treating on Saturday altogether. If only I could convince him.
We made the "spider" on the left of the picture.
We also made these "monster hands".
The kids had to guess how many candy corn were in this glass. Michael won with a guess of 99!
The finished "monster hand".
Treat bags for the kids to take home were filled with Halloween puzzles, treats, prizes and the crafts they made at the party.
The prizes for the "Witches Hat Ring Toss".
Lunch time . . . hot dogs, chips, fruit and root beer.
The "Witches Hat Ring Toss".
Spider web cupcakes.
More cupcakes . . . spiders, a mummy, spider webs and pumpkins.
Today for preschool, Cody's class took a field trip to the Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm. We normally go every year as a family but after spending almost three hours there today with him, I think we might forgo the family trip this year. Here are some photos from our adventure.
Cody wasn't quite sure he was up for the hay maze but when all his classmates filed in he decided to give it a try.
Here the kids got to practice milking a cow.
The pumpkin farm employee gave the kids a lesson on corn, pumpkins, gourds and farm animals.
Cody grinding the corn with Mrs. Sonya.
Cody picking out a pumpkin to bring home.
The children listening to a pumpkin story.
Cody's preschool class and teachers, Mrs. Sonya and Mrs. Elizabeth.
Early Monday morning I was involved in a car accident, which was NOT my fault by the way. I was sitting behind another car at a crosswalk, when the girl in the car behind me plowed into my car at about 35-40 miles an hour. The male passenger that was with her immediately got out of the car and started screaming at the female driver. It was one of those, "Is he gonna pull out a gun?" type of moments, if you know what I mean. The police showed up a few minutes later, exchanged our information and I was on my way.
Fall is officially here! Hooray!! I LOVE the fall . . . the smells, the colors and most of all the weather. Last week I pulled out the Fall/Halloween decorations and today after church Cody and I put them up. He also spent a large part of the day dressing up in his old Halloween costumes. Amazingly enough all of them, with the exception of the first one he ever wore fit. He was quite cute parading around as a pirate and a fireman. He is anxious for Halloween this year knowing it is a sign that his birthday is right around the corner.
Our blog seems to be taking a back seat lately. The last few weeks have been very busy, leaving little time for new entries. Isn't the picture above cute? A few weeks ago David tried to tackle the large amount of leaves in our yard (Hooray for fall!). Cody of course insisted on helping, so there he was, in his jammies, sunglasses on and blower in hand. He pretty much blew the leaves David had already removed back into the yard but he sure had a blast.
Also in the last week Cody and I met one of my friends for lunch at McDonald's. Each time we visit with this particular friend Cody loves to feed the ducks. We had just sat down with our food and Cody immediately asked, "Maria, can we feed the ducks?" She replied, "Yes". Cody then said, "We don't have any bread." Maria replied, "That's okay, we can feed them your french fries." He looked at her, looked at his fries and then turned to me and asked, "Mom, can we feed the ducks your fries instead?".
