Happy Halloween!

I'm really missing Alex and Ari right now - we always had so much fun at Halloween!

Last Saturday Adam was at Deer Camp, so the Littles, Mom, and I went to Boo at the Zoo.

It was FREEZING! We wanted to go in the evening to avoid most of the rain and to be able to see the lights, so we arrived around 5:00. It was so cold that Quin decided not to dress in her costume all evening. And the other kids started out bundled up also. But it did get warmer as the night went on.

The aquarium is always a favorite. The Littles love the touch pool. It seems like yesterday that the Bigs used to do the same thing - they also used to sit in the aquarium with their drawing pads, sketching for hours. Carrie was allergic to something in the touch pool this year - her hand broke out afterwards and stayed that way for days.

Dive! Dive! Dive!

They love these sculptures - they wanted to take pictures at almost every climbing sculpture in the park!

The carousel was a big hit also - we went on it a number of times. They were playing spooky music, and the lights were pretty.

Touching the snake in the reptile house. The kids enjoyed the animals and the rides more than anything - they weren't too concerned with stopping at the treat stations, though they did enjoy a few treats.

I got to go on the preschool pumpkin field trip with Carrie and Quin. Miss Kim very nicely offered to let Carrie go with the morning Bumblebee classroom so I could go with both girls (since the groups were being separated). I'm posting only the pictures that don't have any of the other kids in them in case their parents don't want them to be posted - but the girls had a good time hanging out with their friends on the trip. In fact, both of them sat with friends on the wagon ride - I was far enough away that I wasn't able to get any pictures of that!

They started off in an outdoor "classroom" to learn about pumpkins, gourds, squash, and Indian corn. They also got to sample some apple cider. Then they got a long wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, where they were able to pick gourds, a pumpkin, and corn.

Thursday night was also Beggar's Night in our neighborhood. I think the girls were Halloweened out! They were probably already tired from the field trip. Carrie walked with us, but stayed on the sidewalk instead of going up for candy. And everyone was ready to go home after 45 minutes - we had a pleasant evening by the fire! The pictures below were taken before we left.