'16/17 Week 11

This week was punctuated by lots of halloweenish activities. We carved the pumpkins, of course. Originally, Saara wanted to carve an image of her favorite Star Wars Rebels character Sabine, but it was impossible to find a stencil or even a picture with Sabine's face that would be suitable for carving. She finally decided to honor the memory of our beloved neighbor's dog by carving a head of a boxer. Andrew got very excited about the Star Wars emblem and happily did all the tracing and carving himself.

We also visited a couple of fall festivals around town. The children loved dressing up in their costumes and had lots of fun with their friends playing games and eating candy.

On a misty morning, we took a walk along our country road. The kids were amazed how different the world looked when it was deeply cloaked in fog.

Our place is not on the monarchs' migration route, but every now and then one detours to our place. 

Andrew got our his sketching note book to draw up the monarch that came to visit our still-alive zinnias.

Doing the cakewalk at one of the festivals.