Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

We have had a fun filled day full of Halloween celebrations. I must say we love Halloween and I have been pleasantly surprised by how Sierra's elementary school handles Halloween. A lot of schools now a days cancel Halloween altogether or have an orange and black day or something similar.

So when the notice came home last week inviting all the parents to their Halloween parade where the kids could wear whatever they wanted...including masks (which was important to Sierra since she has wanted to be Darth Vader since she fell in love with THIS Volkswagon Super Bowl commercial).

So we spent the afternoon in Sierras class having lunch, watching the school parade

and then had a spooky snack together. One of the mom's in Sierra's class is a pastry chef and made these cute little cupcakes for the party. For you locals looking for some treats that look almost too good to eat you can visit her website here (link coming sorry I don't have it right now).

Then we went to pick up Aayla early. Their party was just winding down. Janine from the Centre for Child Development was visiting Aayla and her speech support worker to see how things were progressing and posed for a picture with Aayla.

then it was time to head home,

 have supper, add our graveyard to the front yard,

and head out Trick or Treating!

 When the bags got too heavy we headed for home.

 To sort out the loot!!!

Hope you all had a SAFE and Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Painting and Pumpkin Sun Catchers

On our trip to the pumpkin patch this week we got several smaller pumpkins and gourds as well as our pumpkins we will each carve so we decided to do some pumpkin painting!

Add some glitter and voila! Perfect Painted Pumpkins!

While we waited for the paint to dry Sierra still wanted to paint so we made some simple pumpkin suncatchers.

To make a sun catcher all you have to do is cut out the center of a paper plate, paint the plate orange, set aside to dry.

 Next colour a coffee filter with washable markers. You don't need to completely cover the whole filter. Add as much colour as desired. It will blend together in the next step.

 Next use a paint brush to paint with water all over the coffee filter or you can use a spray bottle of water and spray it.

 Allow to dry, then tape the filter to the back of your painted paper plate, add a stem and hang in your window.

 We also started our Halloween treats for the the girls to give to their friends at school and daycare on Monday. We are covering lolipops with coffee filters, and colouring them a little. Traditionally these are done with kleenex but since we had the coffee filters out we thought we'd give this way a try :)

Pumpkin Patch fun

Thursday was Sierra's class trip to the pumpkin patch so we made it into a family event as they were going to the same patch we go to every year near our house. It's called Rondriso Farms.

First everyone got to feed the cows

Then we listened to the farmer talk about the crops they grow, and how they care for their livestock.

Aayla, Sierra and Sierra's best friend Sophia sitting together

 After the farmer spoke to us everyone got to make a pumpkin craft and learn about the different pumpkins and gourds the farm grows.

Sierra would rather be in the pumpkin patch

 Sierra loves the story The Bumpy Little Pumpkin 

by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand so she had a special liking for this bumpy little gourd!

She really liked the bumpy gourds

 Then they has a hunt for pumpkins in the yard while we waited for the tractors to be ready for the hayride to the pumpkin patch.

Look there's pumpkins!!!

 Then it was off to choose a pumpkin...

Aayla carried this for a brief moment and then decided
 she needed a smaller one :)

We had a great afternoon at the pumpkin patch...now off to play with our pumpkins.

What happens when shirt meets hot chandelier?

Luckily Sierra loves her shirt enough to be upset and come running downstairs crying that she needs help.

As I start up the stairs I smell smoke...om my...how could she have stared a fire???

Sure enough the smell of smoke led us into our spare bedroom where she was watching a movie. She had thrown her shirt up in the air and it landed on the hot chandelier and was very burnt by the time I got there. In my panic there is no picture of the chandelier but here is what is left of her smouldering shirt.

She was very upset her shirt is ruined...perhaps she will think twice next time before throwing things around a room???

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