Pumpkins & Trick or Treating

Cleaning out pumpkin guts.

Nathan the expert carver and Lydia as advisor

Hans, Lydia, Joanna, Evan

Joanna came to visit us just before Halloween so she helped with pumpkin gutting and carving. Then on Halloween the pumpkins decorated out steps while we trick-or-treated with a bag of Jelly Bellies (Hans), a pumpkin (Lydia), and a smurf (Evan).

First Flight

On a sunny Saturday Nate, the kids, and Joanna found their way over to the hangar to check out some airplanes and play for a little bit. While they were there Nate's co-worker Al was getting ready to taking his plane out for a jaunt around the Oshkosh skies and he generously offered to take everyone up for a ride. Everyone was happy to take him up on his offer and the kids all enjoyed their first flight in a general aviation aircraft, Evan even got to sit in the front seat and control the plane while it was in the air. Enjoy the slideshow!

Monsters

The kids had some time off from school during October. One thing that we did during this time was make monsters. Each of the kids drew a picture of a monster they'd like to make. Then we went through my fabric stash and they found fabrics that would work for their designs. We cut them out, sewed them together, stuffed them, and, voila', we have three little monsters.

Monarch

While biking home from school one day on the bike trail that runs along the river we peddled past a patch of milkweed. Evan, being Mr. Bug-Man himself, spotted a monarch caterpillar and begged to take it home with us. We housed it in an empty aquarium until it wove its cocoon. After waiting what seemed an eternity, the butterfly emerged ready to take flight.  It was released in the backyard and flew off into the wild blue yonder. A little science lesson right at home.