October Round Up

Here is a quick round up of fun events and pictures from October.

• Blending Badge - Ellie earned her blending badge at school.
• Cousin Birthday Party – Early in the month Ellie got to put on her costume and go to a Halloween themed birthday party for cousins Isaac and Addie.
• Football Party/Sleepover - Ellie got to have a sleepover with cousin Addie. It was a game night so I made treats and the girls decorated pumpkins and made Halloween cards.
• Crafts - We were almost Martha Stewart crafty this month: mummies, spiders, trees, and ghosts!
• Hee Haw Farms - A must do for every October!
• Girls Night- My fun friends Kaylyn, Caycie, and Kimese came over for dinner and a fun night for Ellie playing with their kids. Come back more often girls!
• Going to Bed by Herself - Ellie has successfully gone to sleep by herself most of October. For this we had a fun trip to Barnes and Noble for a reward.
• Another Trip to Los Angeles - This is our yearly shopping event which includes fun friends, lots of shopping, lots of eating, and of course seeing cousins Mason and Logan.
• Pumpkin Carving– When we were cleaning our pumpkins this year I said that it wasn't the most fun part, just then a seed came up and hit Ellie's face sticking to it which caused us all to laugh - we decided the cleaning is probably the most fun part! While with Garred, Ellie won a pumpkin carving contest. She made her pumpkin look like a cat. She won an itunes gift card, but she promptly traded it for a pez dispenser. What a good dad.
• Halloween Party at Dance - Ellie's dance class got to play fun games, dance, get treats and have a costume contest. Ellie won the cutest costume. Prettiest was taken by Cinderella. :)
• Enjoying the Warm October Weather - We took as much advantage as we could of the nice October weather and went for several walks (mom went golfing) and a few bike rides.
• Costume Hunting for Mom and Kevin - We spent a couple of days dragging from store to store until we all decided on costumes we loved.
• Halloween! At school on Halloween, Ellie's class had a parade and a program. It's so cute to see them all dressed up and singing. Of course our Halloween night was filled with Trick or Treating (we made it up and down one entire street this year!) and then giving treats out at Grandma's house.