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Halloween Preview

A little catch-up before we head into the Halloween stuff...

Last week the girls completed their session of gymnastics. They'll start again in the next session this coming Thursday. 







Such a pretty sunset from last week.




Last Friday night was the Fall Festival at Brynn's school. The girls got dressed in their costumes and we all headed out. As you can probably tell, Clara is going as a black kitty this year and Brynn is a witch.


Brynn spent time putting on her green face, only to remove it before we left for the party. :-/



Clara was asking the festival workers for 'tickles,' however she really meant tickets. haha. The lady was happy to oblige for the tickles.




Brynn saw her friends right away and ran around with them most of the time.





The dance is always a happenin' event at the festival. It's so entertaining to watch all the kids dancing around with their costumes.



Clara ran into a couple of her friends there too! Interestingly enough, this little girl's brother and Brynn started out at Nancy's together, basically from day one. Anyone remember Kane? They were in Kindergarten together too. Now, his little sister and Clara are in preschool together at Hope. Ha.


Bedtime stories after the festival. Clara still has her whiskers on. :-)



We woke up to white on Saturday morning. It was very frosty.



Brynn dressed her doll in her Halloween outfit.



Lovey Clara (still has the whiskers).


We got our pumpkins carved on Saturday. Brynn did a good job of cleaning hers out all by herself. She was working on saving the seeds to roast later.











Brynn's pumpkin's name is Bob and Clara's is Papa John.


Feeding Papa John some leaves.





It was getting to be supper time by the time we cleaned up from the pumpkin carving, so we decided to check out the Wild Rice Bar & Grill which now isn't very far from our house. Daddy and Brynn played a little game of hangman while we waited for our food.



Decor progress! With the help of my sister, I am starting to get some more things on the walls and such. I love how the toy area is shaping up.


Good-bye vertical blinds and hello curtains! I am so happy with the way the curtains and the rug look in the dining room.

Thanks, Tessa!



Post-church donut!


Brynn and I got our nails done on Sunday before doing some grocery shopping.



It was chilly and windy and a bit misty outside, but we still hadn't done our Halloween preview pictures. So we traipsed out Sunday afternoon and the girls were troopers.










Brynn's pumpkin seeds turned out great!



We're excited for trick-or-treating tomorrow!



Comments

theweckerlys said…
Cute picture of Brynn & her buddies at the festival. The dance looks a hoppin'. Wow, that is so cool about reconnecting with Kane and his fam. Small world! Cute sister pic of them reading after the festival. Love your jack o' lanterns and your bib overalls, girls! The house is looking so great. It was fun to help! Omg, I'm dying over that second to last pic of Brynn in her witch costume. May have to print that one out for my pin board. Hope your seeds were yummy, Brynn!
Amanda Lamm said…
What a little super star you are, Clara!

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