october instagrams.

 

trying on the kitty tutus.

mabel's marketing technique to sell pumpkins.

 hot dog and s'more roast with cousins.

elsie selling pumpkins. 

 elsie bored at the store while we cut out leaves for our "thank you for" tree.

 a day at the zoo.

jackie o's.

mabel's first fish of the day.

connor's first one of the day.

we took a poll at sunday dinner. 

heidi is having a girl. liz is having a boy.

cory dressed up as connor for halloween party.

first snowman of the season.

girls night in.

 

halloween wrap-up.

for halloween this year we had 2 black kitties with tutus and one awesome baseball player! we carved pumpkins for fhe a few days before. the kids did an awesome job gutting their pumpkins and carving 2 hello kitty's and one hammerhead shark. we had incredible weather for trick-or-treating, i don't remember ever trick-or-treating in flip-flops!!

proud of hello kitty #1

hello kitty pumpkin #2

connor's hammerhead shark. came up with the idea all on his own!

mabel at her parade/halloween singing program.

the whole preschool class.

connor @ the annual elementary parade.

getting ready to get the "loot."

can't go without posing for the camera.

even connor got in on doing poses!

after wearing the tutus diligently about 10x before, the girls shed their tutus and just wore their tails for trick-or-treating. can't go anywhere without a wardrobe change these days!

it was an very super fun halloween!

fishing with grandpa.

connor has been asking to go fishing all summer and on saturday afternoon we finally got to go to the local pond and try our luck. we had a fun successful time. we probably caught about 10 little bluegills. the kids thought it was the best thing ever! thanks to gpa & gma packer and anna for coming and bringing happy meals to the kids!

getting the supplies ready.

elsie showing off the bait.

mabel reeling in her first fish of the day.

so proud!

elsie reeling in hers.

my favorite shot, she was so excited!

connor finally got in on the action too.

getting the hook out.

a few ducks came to visit.

connor was totally into trying to get the hook out himself.

he's growing up!

pumpkin hunting and selling.

one of our favorite fall activities each year is pumpkin hunting at gpa packer's pumpkin patch. this year did not disappoint! the kids went and searched for the perfect pumpkin and then each sat on their pick until someone came to cut it free. after everyone has gathered enough pumpkins for their family, all the rest are divided amongst the grandkids and they take them to their house and have a pumpkin sale. our kids love this and have looked forward to this all year! they started with about 40 pumpkins plus a bunch of bitty pumpkins and had a very successful patch!

all the grandkids and gpa packer {plus nate}

connor's prize pumpkin...the biggest one of the patch.

hauling up from the bottom of the yard is no easy task!

getting ready for the sale.

they sold for 2 days and had all but 5 gone!

way to go kids!!! {a big thank you to gpa packer too!}