Just Octoberish Stuff

I feel like I haven't done a 'real' post for a while telling all the fun and festive October things we have been doing. I love this time of year--especially when the weather is pleasant and crisp. Everything about fall is delightful and here's just some little things we have been doing:

Party On!
Last Saturday we went to Hannah's birthday party at Thanksgiving Point. Wow! What an amazing party! It was held at the Children's Discovery Center and the kids had a blast. The best part was we adults were invited too! Trisha knows how to throw a party; and this was no exception!

Myka spots a balloon


(Marcy, Me and Trisha (the ultimate party planner!)



Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Big and Round
Can I just say how much I am loving preschool; and I don't even attend! Carsen is learning so much! He has memorized two poems (which I really need to post on here, because they are absolutely adorable!) and everywhere we go now he always says things like, "Light starts with 'L'." (He'll go through everything around us and tell me what they start with! He will even tell me what letters he sees in signs... Such a little smarty.) Best of all...he is excited to go! (Oh, and I get 2.5 hours to play with Myka!) Hooray.

One great thing about his preschool is the field trips they take once a month. This month they went to a neighboring Pumpkin Patch. I love the fieldtrips because I get to come along and see who these kids are Carsen is always talking about in his class.


A Quick Moment at Gardner Village
My friend Marcy is a planner and a goer. I envy her for her constant plans--and while I'm on the subject she is NEVER late. NEVER. She has three kids, always looks adorable and arrives to every location on time (or oftentimes early to stand in line for tickets or hold spots for us late comers). Incredible. She always has something planned and is so wonderful to invite lots of friends to come along to enjoy the fun too.

This outing was no exception. Gardner Village was having an event called "Little Witches" and kids were supposed to come dressed in their costume and 'mill' around the little village and visit all the witches and enjoy the ambiance. Well, it was PACKED. I think every kid in the Salt Lake Valley was there displaying their Halloween costume. (I was lucky enough to score an awesome parking spot...good thing since prompt Marcy was already there waiting for me. I think I about ran 20 people over in the process of securing my lucky parking spot...but at least I didn't have to walk 3 miles!)

We lasted about, oh, 30 minutes and then decided we had enough of the crazy chaos. We loaded up and grabbed some lunch at a drive-thru and let the kids run amok out at a park while we basked in the beautiful October sun and solved all of life's problems.

Here's a preview of Myka and Carsen's costumes. Myka a Kitty Cat (we bought the costume when she was going through her scratching stage). And Carsen is the Hulk (of course). They loved getting their costumes on and Myka was so patient with me painting her little nose. However, as soon as we got there she wanted the top of her costume off.



Eden, Hannah and Carsen



I think my expression says it all!