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Halloween 2020
This year we were invited to spend Halloween with the Weckerlys. I think most people were wondering what was best as far as celebrating Halloween in the middle of a pandemic. Since Hurdsfield is such a small community and they have a very low number of positive or active cases there, we felt it was probably a safer option than Fargo anyhow. Plus, with wind gusts up to 60 mph, it seemed like 'rona germs didn't stand a chance. (Kidding.)
We came through Carrington on Friday for dinner at my parents' house and then continued on to Weckerlys' where they were watching the first 'Harry Potter' movie. So, Brynn was excited to get in on part of that.
The next day the kids hung out and Chad helped with trick-or-treat training. We were joking with the kids with a pretend trick-or-treating dry run.
Marsha didn't seem overly impressed with her costume, but she looked really cute.
Auntie had a fun game of Halloween bingo planned.
(Thank you to Tessa for some of these pictures!)
Elise, Brynn and Ben were busy working on stop additional Halloween decorations.
Oliver helped make mummy dogs which turned out really neat...and yummy.
We had quite the spooky spread from ghost bananas and pumpkin oranges to punch with floating phalanges ice cubes.
Grandpa and Grandma Dietz came along for trick-or-treating too.
The horrendous wind was a real bummer, but the kids didn't seem to mind too much.
Mom and Dad and I took Oliver and Clara in my vehicle behind the older kids. These two little ones had a tough time keeping up with the older ones, but they didn't seem too deterred. It was so hilarious watching them together. Half of the time poor Oliver's helmet was sideways, so I don't know how well he could see.
We made it back to the house after about a half an hour. The kids rifled through the treats, ate some favorites, did a little trading and then we went into Fessenden so we could visit Grandma Darlene.
Oliver and Clara were having such a fun time together, Oliver decided to tag along with us up to Grandma's.
Dad tried to give Grandma a fright.
Here's a little Halloween video montage.
We had a fun time! Thanks for hosting us, Weckerlys! And thank you to all who gave the girls cards, money and goodies this Halloween.
A couple of weekends ago Clara had a very busy, but fun Saturday with her friend Cora and her sister, Violet. The sisters' dad took them to the Breakfast on the Farm near Hawley (We had gone many years ago. Clara was so little, she didn't remember it.) They also stopped at the dirt track races on their way back into town and then Dana met up with them at MSUM so they could go to the oceanarium there. We had never been before, but it was on our "Moorhead List" of fun things to do in the 56560 zip code. So, check! Out on side-by-side rides any chance we get. We parked on Sunset Road, as we've dubbed it, to watch the sun go down. There is usually one or two other cars parked on this low maintenance road whenever we venture down there. Clara into her granny hobbies. :-) We attended the last of this year's graduation parties over the weekend. I went to one in town on Friday night and then Clara and I stopped at Karlie's party near Fergus Falls on our way to Z...
The girls had Thursday, Friday and Monday off from school for the Easter break. So, Dana and I took most of the same time off (work) to match. Always reading. 💜 Hanging out with Brynn. 💗 Dana and I went on a Costco date. We tried our hand at homemade ravioli again. I think it went a bit more smoothly compared to last time. Hubert's sister Abby stopped by for a visit. We hadn't seen her in a long time and so it was fun to have her We celebrated Dana's birthday and kicked it off with some Sandy's donuts. I don't recall what was so funny. haha. Clara's card. Birthday King Clara dyed eggs. I baked a birthday cake for Dana, messed it up getting it out of the pans, and Clara somehow cobbled it together into a masterpiece. Dana chose Lucky 13's for dinner out. On Saturday we packed up to hit up Oliver's birthday party before we went on to Dead Lake for Easter. Oliver is 9! Photo Cred: Grandma Wanda In a shocking turn of events, most of the kids ended up in ...
We ARE still alive over here and have not frozen to death. Here's what we've been up to for the past month and a half! Brynn and Hubert at the OG (Olive Garden): 'Lady and the Tramp' style. haha. Taking in a Force game...with extra fighting. It was very exciting. One Sunday when Clara was at a sleepover, the three of us went to Black Coffee Waffle Bar after church and then for some crepes and boba at Tea & Crepe. Then Brynn and I went prom dress shopping which was really fun. She did find a dress she loves so that was a relief. This is not the one she chose, but she tried on quite a few nice ones. Clara made crowns for the king and I (me). Clara had to write an essay to be considered for the robotics team at school. She waited for at least a couple of weeks to learn if she was accepted, and unfortunately was not. She was pretty disappointed, but she does have a chance to reapply next year when she's a fifth grader, and won't have to write another essay. I th...
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