Costume Parade

Today was Beemer's costume parade and Halloween party at school. She was so excited to put on her costume and

wear it to school!

Cutest Tinkerbell around (more costume pictures coming tomorrow, I promise).

The kids all paraded around the gym while parents quickly took pictures. It was fun to see them get excited as they passed their parents.

Somedays, it's weird that she is in pre-school (time passes so quickly), but so much fun on days like today!

Pumpkins!

Monday evening we carved our pumpkins. Beemer was in charge of designing the faces, I cleaned them out and Ahenobarbus carved. Audi watched entranced from her highchair. It was a lot of fun. Here are the results of our labors:

Ahenobarbus and Beemer on the front porch with our pumpkins.

Beemer decided the pumpkins should be scary (Ahenobarbus), sad (Beemer), happy (Audi) and surprised (me). We still aren't quite sure why she assigned which emotion to which individual person/pumpkin.

In the dark.

It's Autumntime

Yesterday was fabulous! Ahenobarbus was able to slip away from school/work a few hours early and we all drove to a nearby farm for the afternoon. It was beautiful weather and we had a great time!

First, we rode a tractor to a section of orchard to pick our own apples. We picked Fuji and a few Fuji/Yellow Delicious mix. They tasted soo good fresh off of the trees.

When we had picked our fill of apples, we stopped by the pumpkin patch to pick some pumpkins to carve. There were so many pumpkins to choose from!

After our apples and pumpkins were safely in the trunk, we stayed for dinner at the farm restaurant - Beemer got to try fresh apple butter and we ended the evening with an icecream treat! It was so nice to have a few extra hours of family time this week. I love the fall!

Daddy-Daughter Fun

Ahenobarbus' favorite parental "accessory" is hands down our Kelty backback. Beemer rode for hours on end up and down the trails and into the backcountry of Cache Valley. Unfortunately, Audi hasn't had as much time in it as Beemer, but she has enjoyed a few rides on her dad's back. If only there were more uses for it here...

Anyway, here are some fun pictures of both girls in the backpack.

Beemer, her first summer, on one of her hikes with dad.

Audi at Elephant rocks last month.

(On a side note, doesn't my hubby look AMAZING these days!?!)

Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

Beemer's first field trip for pre-school was on Thursday and I was lucky enough to get to go with her! We dropped Audi off at a friend's house, and drove to the pumpkin farm. It was a beautiful fall morning with the smell of fall in the air and the leaves beginning to change, but it wasn't too cold to be outside.

After everyone from the school arrived, we all went on a tractor-pulled hay ride. Then we got to play in Fort Spooky, have a snack and pick out our own pumpkins to take home. Beemer picked hers out and then helped me pick out one to take home to Audi. It was a fabulous day and Beemer declared that she can't wait to take Audi and Daddy back on another day.