Andrea Really: Weekend Ketchup (Catch Up)

This week has been full.
The kids were exhibiting some cold symptoms, catching what I had, which meant they didn't go to school on Monday. That makes for a long day. Elliet was fine for the rest of the week, the twins improved faster than me, but the twins didn't have school Wed or Thurs and Elliet didn't have school on Friday. This really cut back on my time to get extra things done. So we made the best of it.
The weather was FABULOUS all week long. Nice days in the 80's. We swam and played outside a lot.
I think it's time to retire the summer swimming suits- as you can see, Sadie was having lots of fun with the "chest bubble" she could create with the outer layer of her suit.

On Thursday, the twins preschool had a day at the Pumpkin Patch. My camera battery went dead before I got a photo with pumpkins, but I did get them doing other unimportant fun stuff. Here they are swinging on the mechanical swings. They thought it was great fun until I walked away to the cooler to grab a water and they shouted "Mom! Don't Leave! Help me, Help me!!" So that was fun to be spotlighted in front of the other parents with screams of false distress...
Their favorite thing was this huge inflatable slide. It was SO funny because

Luke would climb to the top and jump up so he would land about 1/3 the way down the slide and roll to the bottom. His arms and legs would be flailing all over. He would do it again and again. You can see his air in the picture.
Then we looked at the petting zoo.
Sadie was talking to the rabbits here and saying goodbye.
We rode the little train and they each picked a pumpkin. It was a fun morning. We hurried and ate lunch before we headed over to Elliets school for her Halloween parade.

This was a fun event.

Mary Jane joined me experiencing this for the first time. The school had a bunch of teachers or volunteers doing a trunk or treat on the big playground area. Their cars were all around the edges and the kids would rotate through each post every few minutes. We brought folding chairs and watched everyone for a while. They had a radio van in the middle playing Halloween songs. There were some great costumes! Elliet was getting a little hot and tired, so she didn't do any fancy Mermaid poses here, but you can get a glimpse of her costume. We walked around and checked out some of the 'stations'. Luke and Sadie were mesmerized by the bubbles at this one. They just stood there and let them spurt at them. It was kind of funny.
I had to take a picture of this car. They wrapped it all in black plastic and cut out these slits where the masked person inside would peek out and distribute candy. It was such a cool/spooky idea..."Candy, if you dare" spray painted on the outside.