Voting and Math Games

 Greg and I did the early vote option and it was fantastic.  There was a 5 minute wait (maybe) and since we had gone over the ballot the night before we knew where we stood on all the issues and we were ready to just enter our responses.  While the verdict is hard to swallow and feels a little weird, I am thankful we have a republican in office and I pray that things get better instead of worse.

 Callie's friend came over the other day and brought her homework-a math game.  Callie LOVED it and requested she bring it over the next day as well.  They each have half of a deck and simultaneously put two cards down.  The first person to add them together gets to keep the cards.  Her friend is in 2nd grade so she won a lot more than Callie but she didn't care, she just loved the competition and wants to get better for the next time.

Spirit Week

 The girls had specific ideas for how they wanted for crazy hair day. I think I met their expectations.

 For Girl Scouts we were able to have the whole lesson outside and it was a lovely afternoon as they planned what they are planning to teach the younger girls next week,

Halloween 2016

 We started the morning off with pumpkin pancakes, they were delicious!  I love how the kids looked this year.
 Nathan was a chef with delicious cookies that he made by himself and passed out to his friends.

 Ryan was a nerd and passed out smarties to those who answered simple math problems.

 Annabelle was a Tigress - such a cutie!

Callie really wanted to be a cat but this witch cat costume was the closest we could find.  She loved it.

I had bought a purple wig for Probitas and so I wanted to find a costume that could use it.  I've always loved Strawberry Shortcake so I picked her friend, Plum Pudding.

 Greg was nothing this year but he stayed home and had fun scaring kids and passing out candy.

  For dinner we had blood soup, giant toes, and pasta brains.  It was perfect and easy and healthy before all that candy.  Nathan went to a friend's house for the evening and played games.  Ryan went trick or treating with friends for a bit but then watched a movie.  I took my girls and their two friends around half our neighborhood before they called it quits.

The aftermath.  I was so happy that the kids didn't trick or treat as much, which meant not as much candy.  They definitely had enough though.

Decorating Pumpkins

 We had a sticky and messy night with the annual pumpkin carving.  Nathan chose to be the photographer this year and with his hand slice last year I was okay with that.  I'm happy with how they all turned out.

 

 

Soccer Golf

 We had a fun night playing a new game, soccer golf.  It was a little cold and windy and rain was sprinkling, but it was fun and quite the adventure.  The sky was crazy gorgeous and the geese poop was disgusting but I am glad we made it work.  After wards we went to Brick Oven for dinner.  The food wasn't as good as the Provo store and they spilled marinara all over Annabelle without offering anything in return.  It was kind of frustrating but at least we were together.