Making Bread with Grandma!

Yesterday Grandma made her delicious rolls. Karina was very interested in the kneading, she pushed a stool right up to the counter to help. Grandma gave her a little ball it dough and she kneaded, and patted and rolled it for a while. Of course nothing can be made in her presence without her tasting it. So she did that. Then when all was done she helped wipe down the counter top. That was exhausting, so much so she had to rest her head while cleaning.

Silly girl!

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Halloween

The costumes Grandma made turned out great! They were super cute and original. I love home made costumes. No one else, ever will have these costumes, but aside from that they are just special. It's fun to plan and fun to make them. (unless You do as I do and procrastinate)

I love Halloween because typically boring people like me get to be creative and play make believe like a small kid again. It's the one time when I really can play with my children like dolls and put them in crazy clothes just for fun, and they love it! There are so many fun things to do in October! Apple picking, pumpkin patches, carving pumpkins, Halloween parties and trick or treating are just a few!

Thursday was freezing for trick or treat. (Is Columbus the only place to do trick or treat on the Thursday before Halloween?) The kids were both pretty cold. We started late and ended early, Karina was shivering and Jr whined about how cold he was. It was not that fun. They enjoyed passing out candy back at the house though so all was not lost!



Saturday we went to the zoo for Boo at the Zoo. The kids wore costumes and got candy. Some of the animals had pumpkins. It was fun and much warmer then Thursday. Jr still complained that he was chilly, I think he is a warm weather kind of person. Salim and Keleigh came over Saturday night after the kids were in bed and we dressed in costumes and played Monopoly. So now we have a bunch of candy to eventually eat and super hero costumes for make believe activities. I'm a little sad Halloween is over, but the holiday season is just beginning!

Eating

Lunch of home made leftovers. Yum! It amuses me they they are enjoying this so meal as much as they are. I tried making beef stroganoff the other day, it was not a hit. Today though, they ate it up and wanted more! Sweet!

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Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch and the apple orchard. Fun fun! Karina had a great time with the apples. Jr had a hard time at first. He was a little tired but eventually warmed up and had a good time too.

We got a bunch of apples. I need some new recipes to try. Jr didn't want to eat any, but Karina sampled about 5 apples while there, thankfully they have an eat whatever you want policy.
Then we went to the pumpkins. The rule in the family is you can only get a pumpkin as big as you can carry. Needless to say, our pumpkins are very small. We got one for each kid, they were only a dollar each. The big ones were $3, we should have gotten one or two of those too.

We finished the outing with a stop by the farm's market, a hot dog and a caramel apple pop each.

Overall a very good day, we will be carving our petit pumpkins next weekend.

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