Clown NIght and Halloween

Clown Night at AWANA.  Lincoln has been going to AWANA at his friend Emily's church.  It has been good for motivating me to work on memorizing scripture with him.

Trick-or-Treat time!  Lincoln was a knight and Lyla was a princess.  Earlier in the week I had convinced her to be Elmo because Matt's mom had given us an Elmo costume and I didn't think anyone would wear it next year.  When she tried it on that night we found there was an eye that had broken off, so without knowing she was in the room, I said to Matt; "maybe she should just be a princess (that is what she wanted to be before I convinced her to be Elmo)... she looks kind of like a one-eyed monster."  She heard me say it and responded with a hurt sounding "no I don't!"  Of courses it wasn't long before she decided to be a princess again...way to go mom.   Good thing she really likes princesses and was not at all upset with the situation!

Brock, Blake, Brooklyn, and Bo.  We had alot of fun trick-or-treating with them, and all the kids got really good at asking for candy.  I think Bo and Lyla may have been the best at it!

ND Trip

We went to Fargo to visit my Grandma Jean.  We had alot of fun and of course ate like royalty!  Mmm....love those homemade buns!  The first night we got there Grandma took us out to eat at Texas Roadhouse for Matt's birthday.  Afterwards we had chocolate cake!

Aunt Cathie, Uncle Ernie, Tom (cousin) Grandma.  Cathie spoiled us with another delicious meal at her house.  Lincoln was in awe of all the toys she had saved from when her boys were little. (Thanks Tom for helping with the K'nex)!
  Here he is holding a bag of superheroes that he gets to take back to Grandma's and play with while we were there.

Grandma took us to Chuckie Cheese's and of course it was a big hit!  This was a simulator that made it it seem like you were on a roaller coaster or flying.  Lincoln would cover his ears when he didn't want to watch...must have helped somehow!

 Needless to say, the kids will no longer be content "playing" the demo.  Lincoln and Matt look pretty intent here...not sure Lyla is so into it judging from the picking the nose pose!

Lyla was quite the singer at Grandma's.  She often won't sing for me if she sees I have the camera, so after about the 20th round of one line of the mocking bird song, I decided to try and sneak a recording in.  If you are reading this in an e-mail, I think you have to go to the blog website to see any videos.

Pumpkin Patch and Tanganika

We went to Tanganika Wildlife Park one Saturday.  It is like a zoo, but you can touch some of the animals.  

Kangaroo

Can't remember what this was, but I could tell Lyla liked it because it was little!  Hope she doesn't feel the same about mice...

Apparently this is safe, but I am pretty sure it's not a good idea for them to think they can touch a snake!   The lady holding the snake told them to assume all snakes are poisonous, and I reminded them several times that day!

We sort of raced through the pumpkin patch because the sky kept getting darker and darker!  We luckily got a tractor ride in at the end, but ended up being pretty wet by the time we left! 

Love jumping on this trampoline!