More Halloween fun

We went trick-or-treating at Daddy’s work.  There was lots of candy to collect and eat!  Everyone thought Zachy was really cute.Mommy did a good job on my wolf girl makeup. Daddy’s octopus was cool!  Mommy was a pretty ballerina.  I get to keep her tutu! I didn’t wear my wolf girl costume on Halloween for trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.  I was Snow White instead.Zachy had to wear his bat costume from last year so he would stay warm.  We went down the street and back up and filled up half of my pumpkin bucket!  I love candy!

Love, Elena

Pumpkin Patch

Zachy and I went to the pumpkin patch with some people from my school.  I have never been to this pumpkin patch before, it was different. There was a hay maze that was lots of fun!  I played hide-and-seek with Roisin in the maze.  The hay maze ends with a slide!  Mommy went down the slide once too!We also saw a pig show.  It was like the 3 Little Pigs story, but there was a big bad pig instead of a wolf.  It was funny!

Teacher Cathy came too!  I sat next to her on the wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch.It was cold so I kept my hands in my pockets the whole time.  Next time we’ll remember gloves!  The last activity was getting an ice cream treat!  It was yummy, but made me even colder.

Love, Elena

Halloween party!

We had the Halloween party at our house this year!  I was Princess Mononoke, the wolf girl.  Mommy made my costume, it was cool!Daddy made a haunted house with a spooky smoke machine.  The bounce house was lots of fun and so was the costume awards!  We made floam monsters, decorated caramel apples, and filled creepy bug boxes.

Hope you had a fun time!

Love, Elena

Montessori outings

We went mushrooming with Amelia’s family, Gunnar’s family, and Abie’s family in the Sultan Basin.  We found chanterelles!We also had an outing at the salmon hatchery.  The fish were splashing us!Trying to throw Roisin into the water (just kidding!).Feeding the baby salmon.Helping Zachy feed the fish.

Pumpkin Patch

This year we went to Bob’s Corn to get our pumpkins for Halloween. Zachy fell asleep in the car and slept through the hay ride out to the pumpkin field.After much searching, prodding, and lifting, Elena still hasn’t found the perfect pumpkin. This one is a keeper! She made it about 3 feet before giving up.  Good effort Little Miss! Not quite as big as this pumpkin, but still over 4 feet. Bob’s Corn had lots of activities – a corn maze, pumpkin catapult, pony rides, and playground.  Elena chose to ride the cow train.Maggie Jane was a good cow!

First day of kindergarten

Not much different from last year – same classroom, same teachers, same hours of class time. Elena was so glad to be back with Cathy and Katie and Pokey the Turtle.  Seeing her friends again was fun too, and about half of the kids were the same, so that means making new friends also!

Ocean Shores in September

Who would have guessed Ocean Shores would have such beautiful weather in mid-September? Elena had fun being chased by waves and playing in the sand. She was wary of the sea foam. We camped with Maddie’s family.  It was a lot of fun and we were finding sand everywhere…  Next time we will bring more baby powder since it helped slough the sand off our feet before getting in the car. This was a fun gift shop to go in!  Elena only found broken sand dollars on the beach so we bought some whole ones at the store.  Plus postcards with the sand dollar legend on it. Elena tried digging to China, but didn’t get far.  Even with Zachy’s help!It was also a great weekend for kite flying.  Elena got a color your own kite which came with color crayons.  We didn’t tie it well enough to the log, and it flew off.  Daddy was fast and caught up to it before it got too far off.  Daddy flew a red kite of his own too.