Pumpkin carving was so much this year. We invited the Akeys to join us. I think the kids are getting good at this. From start to finish only took about 45 minutes! (Also, I think my camera is about to die, some of the pictures are a bit blurry. Sorry.) 
Lots of seeds and goo
Annemarie with her pumpkin
Jack with his finished pumpkin 
Will, happy with the end result
Anna, Will, Annemarie, Wyatt and Jack
Annemaire's preschool had a field trip to Sweet Pickin's Pumpkin Patch earlier this month. It was a beautiful sunny day. As always there were lots of fun things to do.
Playing in the sand pit
Picture perfect
Bouncing on the pumpkin pillow
Ready for the train ride
Pretty little sunflower
I was so happy to catch this moment the other afternoon. Not only was Will reading, but he was reading to Annemarie. So nice and thoughtful!
So, we live on the town parade route. It's so much fun. Friday was the high school homecoming parade and all we had to do was stand outside our house. The kids really clean up when it came to candy. Everyone was throwing or handing out candy...it was like Halloween, only early. We're looking forward to Winter Carnival in February when there's a much bigger parade. We'll have to hold an open house and have our friends over.
All the high school varsity teams had floats. We saw the kids' babysitter on the soccer float.
A sucker was the first piece of candy Annemarie caught. Instead of watching the parade from the sidewalk with the rest of us she sat on the front steps and enjoyed her treat.
