Halloween Fun

On Saturday, October 25th we went to the Halloween party in Harpers. It was fun making the crafts and playing games. They also had a costume contest, as always and this year I WON!! I won first place. Not only did I win, but Blythe won first place too! It was so fun and I was very excited to win $10!

The next day we went to another Halloween party that the Realtor company had. There was games, activities, food and a lot of fun! 

We had a Halloween party at school. Mom is our party room parent so she planned our party. We made a spider web craft and had a yummy Halloween snack. 

My 1st grade class. 

Me in the Halloween parade at school. 

I went trick or treating with neighbor friends. Parker was sick so he wasn't able to go. I shared some of my candy with him the next day because I would have been sad if I wouldn't have been able to go trick or treating. It was cold but a fun time. After trick or treating we went to visit Dan and Mary Kay again like we usually do. 

Bella, Andrea, Me and Ethan

Me, Andrea, Blythe and Aiden

 We had fun carving pumpkins again this year. Mom let me pick what I wanted to carve in mine. I picked Ninja Turtles and Batman vs Superman.

Oct 23 - My Music Program

We had our first grade music program, "Down on the Farm". I was a 'dog dancer' to the song, "My Dog Rags". Mom, Dad, Blythe and Grandpa and Grandma D. came to watch me. I was pretty excited about my program. I sang loud and Mom said I was "very animated".

Annual Pumpkin Farm Trip

We've gone every year since I was a baby and this year was no different. I was very excited to go this year and it was fun.

The only thing I didn't like was the Curtain Chaos. Well....it wasn't all bad but there was a loud noise that scared me and then clowns that I really didn't care for.

Otherwise we did all the regular fun; corn crib bin, tube slides, corn maze, jumping pillow, fed the animals, barrel train ride....

...and of course we had to see how much I'd grown over the last year. 

Happy Birthday Blythe

Blythe turned two on the 10th. On her actual birthday we just spent the evening at home with her. I gave her my gift I got her and we had cake.

Mom had taken me shopping before her birthday so I could pick something out for her. I wasn't sure what I wanted to get her so I walked up and down the aisles at the store, and up and down again. I started to get some ideas but had to think about it and go back through the aisles.

I finally made a decision and I was very happy and confident with my choice of a Duplo Cinderella set for her. Turned out she was happy with my decision too. She liked the gift I gave her.

The day after her birthday we had her party with family. Our grandparents and aunt, uncle and cousins came to celebrate.

She was scared to open her presents so Marlie and I helped her out. It actually worked out well for all of us because I was really anxious to see what she got and Marlie loves to open presents. :)

The night of her party we invited our neighbors over to celebrate. Holtans weren't able to come but Reznicows could. Andrea and I had a fun time being silly and playing together. 

Homecoming Parade

We had Homecoming a couple weeks ago and we all went to the parade. This year Mom was the one in charge of the float for my school. I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk or watch the parade but at the last minute I decided to walk with Mom in the parade.

It was fun handing out treats and walking in the parade and we had a pretty fun float that was a circus theme.

Weekend in Harpers

At the end of September we spent a weekend in Harpers visiting family. I got to spend the night at Grandpa and Grandma C.'s house and Blythe spent the night at Granny's house with Mom and Dad.

The next day we had a busy day. Grandpa and I took the 4 wheeler over to the farm and Mom, Dad and Blythe met us there. I had fun climbing up on Uncle Ron's combine, playing with balloons and seeing the kitties outside.

Blythe, Me, Hudson

From there we went to Waukon and had lunch with Mom and Dad's friend and her boy, Hudson.

Then we headed to Great Grandma D's place. We hadn't been to her new place since she moved. It was fun to see her and her cat CeeCee. I love her cat. She had a cool toy gun she let me play with too.

Dad, Blythe, Great Gram D,
CeeCee and Me

After our visit with her we headed back to Granny's house for awhile and a trip to the park before we went back to the farm since we missed Great Grandma the first time.

After we left there and had dinner at Granny's we headed out and visited Great Grandpa and Grandma J.'s house for a little while before we hit the road for home.

It was a busy, full day but we got to see so many people we love.