Fall Celebration

Today James had no preschool (P/T conferences this week??) so we planned a huge Fall Celebration. Started off preparing some applesauce for the crock pot...it's stewing away and smells wonderful.

Next up, spiders. For Halloween of course. We sang Itsy Bitsy, read Anansi the Spider, and made paper spiders which we hung from the ceiling in the basement. Which led to the great idea of making a Haunted House, but that was later.

After spiders we made cinnamon muffins in Halloween muffin papers for snack time. Delicious. Mmmm.

Then off to the pond (don't want my boys getting nature deficit disorder). Today is a lovely fall day. Lovely. 61 degrees out, sunny, beautiful. Watched ducks for 15 minutes. Collected sticks, feathers. Found the 'river' that empties into the pond, raced sticks down the river, built a damn. Followed the river to it's origins. Collected rocks, large branches. Headed home.



After lunch the Haunted House was put into action. Ghosts and spider hanging from the ceiling, glowing pumpkins, lego monsters, spooky bats. Very terrifying. All set for when Dad arrives home to scare him silly.

Boys get in wrestling match over Matt pulling down a ghost. When finished and both are crying Mom set one on the couch, one on the floor with pillows and blankets. "Now don't go to sleep, but rest just for 5 minutes so you're ready for the movie." 2 minutes later everyone is sleeping peacefully. Mom is picking out her new phone.

One hour until we eat that yummy applesauce and then leave to meet friends for Where The Wild Things Are.

A perfect Fall Celebration.


(no, Hannah cannot crawl. or move.)