It's Pumpkin Time!

The kids had to do the "buddy system" so Elena got to be with her real buddy Kaden.

Elena picking her pumpkin.

Elena took her first field trip from school to a pumpkin patch. Daddy went with her and they had lots of fun. There was a hay maze, but Elena didn't want to go through (she was mostly the reluctant one to do it) but then her teachers cheered her on and after that she was fine. All the students had to have a buddy to be partnered with and she and Kaden got to be able to tour the place together. They are so cute holding hands and playing around together. At the end of the trip, they got to eat lunch in their picnic area just as it started to rain. Luckily it wasn't a heavy pour, but still enough to wear it made a lot of puddles around the facility. Elena is doing so good at school and has so much fun with her friends and teachers. She's got them all fooled with they say how sweet, cute, and good she is. They are all fooled by her tiny little self.

The girls had fun creating silly faces on our small pumpkins that represent each member of our family.

Analissa did the honors and carved our pumpkin this year.

"You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it!"

Last weekend we went pumpkin patchin' around town. The kids really enjoyed seeing all different kinds of pumpkins and trying to choose just the right ones. Everyone got to pick a pumpkin for themselves (even picking a gourd for each of our pets), and finding the right one to carve. The girls did most of the scavenging for everyone, and Marcus had fun just watching his sisters run around silly. We can't wait to share Halloween pictures real soon. They are all going to be so adorable.