First snowfall

Today it snowed a little for the first time this year. We got the kids all dressed up in their winter clothes and took them outside. They really loved the snow! It was wet and packed really well, so they got to make their first snowman. It might not look like much, but for the first snowfall in mid-Missouri it was a fairly respectable snowman (red grape eyes and macaroni smile notwithstanding).

Avery and her sucker

Avery got a blow pop at one of the stops on their errands today. She was a good girl and took a nap, so got to have it afterwards. When I got home, she was sitting on the couch licking it, so excited to show me. I talked her into giving it to me before dinner, and gave it back to her afterwards. Soon she told me that something was wrong with it- the gum was starting to poke through. Well, I thought that I would show her how to crunch on it and get the gum out (she loves gum). Big mistake! She started crying so hard, telling me that I broke it. I kept saying, look it's gum- but she would yell back through tears, no it's not, it's a sucker! You broke it! She was more sad than mad, and I felt awful! She also got a little fish today. It is a beta and she named it Elle. Jamie wanted to get her another one, but I informed him that they're known as fighting fish and would likely kill each other. I'm glad we caught that one before a catastrophe happened!

Halloween

Halloween was awesome this year. The weather was perfect and the kids really enjoyed it. I went home after work and Jamie had gutted some pumpkins and pre-cut them so the kids could just pop out the shapes. We then carried them to the front porch and put candles in them. We got the kids dressed to go trick-or-treating. Donald agreed to stay home and pass out candy so we could both take the kids out. Avery dressed up as a princess (my friend Heather sent us the dress) and I made Asher a frog prince costume. I was impressed with how well it turned out (who knew you could sew ping pong balls onto things?). We took them around in the wagon. Avery loved it, and went up to the houses and yelled trick or treat (sometimes adding the obligatory smell my feet, give me something good to eat that her dad taught her). At one house, she told me to stand in the driveway while she went up to the door by herself. Big girl! Asher got a little tired and bored so Jamie wheeled him home while Sunny and Alex and Avery and I finished up the neighborhood. Avery had a blast. She couldn't believe she got all the candy she did (especially the suckers- her favorite), and quickly asked if we could do it again tomorrow!