Fun day today! We got to get out all the awesome birthday gifts and play play play!! Grandmere and Bapa got her a little tunnel and play house set.
They fold down when you aren't using them, so they are ideal. Maybe for Christmas we will get her balls for the 'ball pit'!
We planned on carving pumpkins tonight as Halloween is coming fast, but we didn't have any to carve! So off to the little patch right by our house for a quick and dirty pumpkin pickup.
As it turns out, the news at the middle school was far worse than originally understood or disclosed. School is out entirely for a couple more days, and then the students will go to a half day of core classes until December. Mac is not happy about this, although it does mean she gets to go on adventures with us! She loves school and the structure it provides. She helped Zada wheel around the pumpkins we picked.
They had just a couple animals to see, but the day was just FRIGID, so it was a quick hello to the donkey and a quick jaunt through the maze.
You can't tell from the picture, but it was so freezing!!! So we hurried home and played some more!
Madison, Joni, and Thomas gave Zada this cute little farm animal puzzle, and it's great! The pieces are chunky and well made, with big knobs that are easy for her to grab.
Tonight after Zada went down, it was pumpkin time!
Cleaning out the guts is always a crowd pleaser, and then Mimi was doing a really cool design when she accidentally cut her pumpkin in half!
I was happy to see all the smiles from the girls.
The pumpkin lineup on the porch: Jon did a pumpkin face like a picture of Zada that's really funny. I did a birthday cupcake, Mac did the restroom signs, which was really cool, and Leiden's friendly monster smile is great, too! Mimi's ended up quite avant garde with half the pumpkin gone!
After Mimi and Mac went to bed, Leiden roasted some pumpkin seeds.
I think with Zada's birthday on Halloween, which is a really busy week or so anyway, we will have to be really mindful about getting in all our normal Halloween activities and traditions each year.
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