We certainly made the most of Halloween this year. It got started right off the bat with the school Monster Mash celebration. There were games and treats all around. Luckily Mommy was on top of it and had just finished making the costumes that the girls had designed for the year. We got to make a Peacock and a Deer this year. And the girls made mommy and daddy as peanut butter and jelly. The Bakx re-instated their annual party with plenty of fun and music the next evening for the second chance to dress up. That Sunday the girls really wanted to finally show Daddy how well they have learned roller skating, so we went as a family and had a tremendous time! It took a little while for Daddy to remember, but it's just like riding a bike!
The following week leading up to Halloween weekend was Red Ribbon Week at school. And Mommy and Daddy took a very much anticipated trip to finally get to help Poppa visit his property as soon as we were allowed to assess the damage and help in any way we could. We are lucky to have such wonderful friends. The Marshall's kept the girls in Long Beach with very little interruption to their busy lives for two nights so they didn't miss anything at home and we could focus on helping family. Tom and Peggy Payne graciously came to help sift through the ashes and make it a better experience for all of us. We dropped the girls off at gym on Monday evening to start our drive up North, then came back Wed. evening to bring them back to the gym just in time : ) They missed us, but loved every moment of having a two day play date with their great buddies. The trip was very quick (got a lot done) and was great to get to be there with family.
After we came home more Halloween fun continued with a decked out gymnastics center full of characters and mazes. The next day, after soccer we joined the Chavez's for more food and friends. As we prepared for the actual Halloween, Mommy and Kaylee made Mummy wrapped wieners for daddy to take for his work party and we had a great time getting messy as we carved pumpkins to display on the front porch.
We once again joined the rowdy group of friends on Lanai to parade through the neighborhood and collect candy before leaving them and visiting neighbors on the way home to give away all the candy that the girls had just gotten to the later trick or treat-ers at our door. That week was also parent-teacher conferences at school. They were both very positive and we were re-assured that we have wonderful students as children.
After soccer the next weekend we had planned the Junior troop's very first camping trip... in our backyard! It was a complete success even though it was one of the only nights that it has rained pretty much the whole year. They stayed outside (since it is camping) and made their own pizza's, played lots of games, and just had a great time together. In the morning they had cocoa, and made crepes (finally getting to come in the house from the very wet backyard). At they're girls scout meeting the following week they got to learn about science from Ms. Delaney.
Mommy got an extra full day with the girls since they had the day off school for Veterans Day. They did a great job helping get all the errands done in the morning so they were spoiled, getting to get their nails done, then have frozen yogurt, and working together to build a shoe shelf for themselves to put in the front closet that afternoon before heading to gymnastics.
We had a very busy and fantastic following Saturday. Both girls had their last soccer game of the season and had so much fun before heading to their first (practice) gymnastics meet of the season at their gymnastics center. They both did a tremendous job along with all their teammates. They especially liked bringing home some buddies (Sadie and Shelby) for a play date after the meet that evening. We had Cienna's end of the year soccer party that Sunday, and Kaylee's this past Tuesday. We really enjoyed both teams this season! We are all looking forward to the upcoming holiday and trip up North today to have much desired family time for the upcoming week!
Cienna was very excited to win the most creative/homemade Halloween costume at the gym party, and she deserves it with how much she anticipates designing hers and her parents each year. She has also began some pretty awesome gift making for some of her family to see in the near future. She is continuing to excel at school and is growing like a weed.
Kaylee is keeping all of us in tune with our handball skills and has convinced daddy to let her play against the garage as long as she doesn't dent it. She spent a couple hours coming up with a cute short story that she wrote, edited, corrected, and is now proceeding to type into the computer just for fun.
Till next month.....
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