scary good fun

Halloween was a lot of fun again this year. Audrey knew what she wanted to be and all I had to make was the tutu. She is "Ladybug Girl" from the books by Jacky Davis. Yes, the real Ladybug Girl has a red tutu, but I foresee much more versatility with a black one, so I made the executive decision. Audrey didn't mind at all!

I steered Miles toward his costume a little, but it wasn't difficult to convince him to be a Jedi Knight. We borrowed the robe from a neighbor and used it again the next day for his school All Saints' Day activities. I love pulling together a costume from what we have. He thought the camo jammie pants and skull & crossbone boots lent a little extra fierceness to the look.

We started at a party down the street with hot dogs, homemade petro's and lots of other goodies. The kids had a blast with their friends and even made some new friends.

Later we hopped on the hayride again for a trip down the street. I think our crowd overwhelmed a few houses as the swarm of 30+ kids came begging. We wrapped up a little after 7 and sat down for the Halloween math homework: counting and sorting. We only had a few more knocks before it was lights out for our little ones.

Thanks to the Youngs, Hemricks and Ackers for the party and hayride fun!

Pumpkins!

Today I joined Miles's class for their field trip to the pumpkin farm. We had so much fun! I was a chaperone and rode the bus with all of the kindergarten kids. It was a little overcast and cold in the morning, but the clouds burned off and it turned into a gorgeous day. 

We both got to pick pumpkins, then we went on a hayride around the farm.

The kids loved the cows! Fred the cowdog was working hard to keep these ladies in the pen. Miles was the cow whisperer and got several of them to moo at the group.

It was a great day with a great group of kids! I'm so happy they let the moms join!

On the bus

First Kindergarten field trip commences....NOW!

A letter from George

{This weekend the class mascot came home with Miles for a visit. Here's the letter he wrote Ms. Anderson to tell her about his weekend.}

Dear Ms. Anderson,

This weekend I went home with Miles Erwin. He was so excited and I knew we would have a lot of fun. The very first thing we did was stop at Sonic for some cherry limeade at happy hour.

Saturday morning I cheered for Miles's soccer team. Lots of our friends were there too! I said hi to Shelby and her brother Luke, Eric, Hudson and their teammate Will. Mrs. Haluski's friend Alejandro was on the other team. I'm glad my shirt was red, so I matched his team.

After the UT/LSU game ended, some of Miles's friends came over to play. We built with Legos, played hide and seek and worked puzzles. We had a lot of fun and stayed up way past our bedtime.

Some of those friends stayed at Miles's house and they even brought their own hotel room with them. They'd been in Elkmont for the last two nights but wanted to stay with their friends one night. I could get used to this!

For breakfast, Mrs. Erwin made banana muffins! They were so good, I almost didn't leave any for the other kids.

Then we got to run around and play outside. They blew bubbles and tossed water balloons.


After such fun days of playing I was ready to wrap up the weekend with some snugly story time and a good night's sleep.

But after everyone was asleep, I couldn't resist playing with the camera. Here's my self portrait.

 

 I can't wait for my next adventure! Love,