Pumpkins, Pigeon, and Playgrounds

October began with National Night Out. It was a warm and sticky night, but the kids and I biked around and ended up at a neighbor's house where the kids ran in herds in search of bugs, lizards, and frogs. This might be their first frog catch! I thought it was a pretty nice portrait of the three of them.

About a week later, the kids' school held a Mother-Son Game Night, which was fun. Owen and I ran around for a couple of hours participating in 11 different events, and scarfing down some pizza! For completing our scorecard, we got to submit it for a door prize, and we won a family pass to a local entertainment center!

Our church is known for their annual pumpkin patch. It's not quite like our U-Pick of years past, but we did get the pumpkin-y feel of the season, despite the lingering summer heat.

Speaking of pumpkins, the elementary library is having a pumpkin decorating contest featuring a favorite book character. We brainstormed a bit and then decided on Pigeon from Mo Willems' series. I helped a little, mostly with the hot glue part, but Hadley did the majority of it herself. I think he came out pretty cute! Fingers crossed that it'll get H some book credits for the book fair.

Owen's weekly football practices have moved to a different elementary school not too far away. Hadley has enjoyed accompanying us and trying out all of the new-to-her playground equipment. It's taken on extra intrigue since we've started watching American Ninja Warrior every once in a while.

Lastly, we went out for some fro yo to celebrate our straight-A report cards! Love these hard-working, all-star readers!