Class Field Trip

A couple weeks ago I got the opportunity to go with Connor on his class field trip to the pumpkin patch.  Pretty much every child had a parent with them.  The kids had a blast.  They went on a wagon ride, ran through the corn maze, posed for a couple of pictures, picked out a pumpkin, had a snack and went back to school in time for sharing time and morning recess.  They had a great time.

It's tough getting 20 kids to all look the same way.

Here's the pumpkin we took home.  We anxiously await carving it in a couple days.

Here's a few cute pictures of the kiddos.

Chloe is 14 months old and on the verge of walking.  She'll stand up to anything, or really nothing at all.  She also enjoys pushing objects around the house.

This past Saturday was our work fall festival (Halloween Carnival).  Chloe loved this booth the best and wanted to stay there the whole time.  When we pulled her away she reached and lunged her way back towards the water table until daddy decided to go back.  Connor and I wandered to a few more booths.  We all had a great time.

Oktoberfest/Sea World

About two weeks ago we went to the El Cajon Oktoberfest.  They fly in a band from Germany and their Oktoberfest lasts for two weekends.  The kids had a great time dancing with daddy.

Connor and Chloe loved posing for a picture.

Mommy and Daddy tried it out too.

We had a great time and came home with several yummy desserts.

Then on Saturday we went to Sea World for their Halloween Spooktacular.  You could come dressed up for Halloween and trick or treat around the park at specially designed candy booths scattered throughout the park.  Connor went as a garbage man with a hard hat.  The hat was too big, but while cruising around in the stroller, he proudly wore it.  Connor's only wish for the day was to go on the flying elmos, spinning jellyfish and some rocking thing.  He had a great time!  Our passes expired two days later, so we were glad to get in one more fun trip to Sea World.  I think we'll get year passes again in two years.  Or perhaps sooner, Connor really had a great time going.

We came home with exhausted, sugared kids who had a great time.  We still have some of the candy left over too.

This house is full of surprises!

So today we had a company start digging up the concrete in our backyard.  We realized that the spa that used to be in our backyard was filled in with cinder blocks and then concrete was poured over the top....ugh what a mess!

Peter and my dad took down the gazebo Tuesday and Wednesday night.

 After they took out all the nuts/bolts/nails, they tried to push it over and it fell straight through the posts.

 Above is what is left of the shack that was knocked down several weeks ago.  Now it holds all the gazebo pieces.  The bobcat loader took down part of the walls in order to get into our backyard.  Less work for us to do later on.

 Here's the area that was broken up today.  More work will take place tomorrow.

 Connor and I missed all the fun, so we took a picture next to the bobcat.  He'll likely skip school tomorrow to watch all the action since daddy has the day off of work.