Fairacres Harvest Festival by Denny Lynn

It is finally Halloween (sort of)! On the Sunday before Halloween our church had a Harvest Festival. I was excited to wear my costume and go to play! I was really excited when my friends came!!

We started off at the caramel apple table.

I just got a plain apple on a stick. That worked pretty good and I ate the whole thing - it was yummy!

There was a ball toss to win prizes. Ms. Yvette helped me pick a good one to throw at.

I liked playing in the oats, too. There were all kinds of prizes buried down deep - it was like a scavenger hunt.

I was pretty good at knocking down the bottles with the Nerf gun. Sam helped me get my aim and I was ready!

We also got to pose for a photo to go on our special frame. I was glad to have a new picture of me in my Shaggy duds!

We had a great time as the Scooby Doo Crew and I am so glad to be part of our church family!

Fairacres Harvest Festival by John Lee

Sunday night before Halloween we got to go to the Harvest Festival at church. It was super fun and just the right size for little guys. It was not really an ascott kind of night, so the scarves didn't last very long on the Fred's.

I liked the games, but mostly I liked the prizes!

The best game was the bucket of oats. It has all kinds of fun prizes buried in the oats and you could dig for them. I really liked finding them and didn't even really care if I got to keep them.

I also got to shoot the Nerf gun. Sam helped me load it up and aim.

I skipped the caramel for my apple, but I liked eating it on the stick. I probably would have liked the caramel, too. But since Daddy didn't want to wear it, we stuck with the plain apple. It was a fun night and I loved getting to see all of our church friends.

Halloween Treats by Denny Lynn

To get ready for Halloween, me and John made special treats for our friends! I chose pretzel ghosts. Mostly, because I like the pretzel sticks! 

We dipped each on in Almond Bark. I was really good at the dipping!

Then we added raisin eyes to make them ghostly.

I counted all the way to 20 when they were done! That made two per friend with a couple left for Daddy!

They came out really great and it was an easy project for me.

John made pumkins out of his favorite things - Nilla Wafers! They had peanut butter in the middle, then some orange almond bark spread on the top. Mama helped with the spreading, John used raisin to make the jack-o-lantern faces.

They came out pretty cute, too. We were really excited to make a treat to share with our friends!

Halloween Presents! by John Lee

We love Halloween! This year, we got lots of special presents to make it even better! Two boxes came in the mail - one from Nana and Papa and another from Grandma and Grandpa.

It is so exciting to get a surprise package! We could hardly contain ourselves!

There were lanterns and movies! Even candy just for us. I find this present thing to be very serious! Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa and to Nana and Papa for thinking of us! The only thing better would be if we could all be together for Halloween!

A Big Adventure by Denny Lynn

We love to get fun time with Mama and Daddy! The Saturday before Halloween, we got to go to breakfast as a family, then Daddy says "Would you like to go on an adventure?" Of course I am always ready fo adventure! We drove out to Dripping Springs for a cool hike! I liked it because we got a map!



The Park Ranger also gave me a special poster that I hung up in our playroom.

Once we had our map and our trail staked out, we headed off! Little did we know it was 3 miles roundtrip! It was such a pretty day, you barely noticed the distance. John needed some help now and then.

We found lots of cool stuff to see, including really neat grasshoppers. But, we weren't fast enough to catch one! There were lots of photo opps along the way!

We checked everything out and took our time.

This is how John looked on the way back! I made it to the van before I fell asleep! Nothing beats fresh air and family time! I can't wait until Daddy takes us on our next adventure!

Pumpkin Time by Denny Lynn

I was so excited for pumpkins I could hardly stand it! Since we had fun Mr. Potato Head faces that didn't requirer carving we could all make them at the same time. I got to pick my pumpkin first. I got a nice round one!

John picked first and got the pirate face. I chose the witch and left the skeleton for Mama.

First I laid out all the pieces and planned out where they should go.

Then Mama poked the holes. And I was ready to put her all together.

It was hard work that required a lot of focus to get it just right.

It was worth the work! I ended up with this cool witch. I named her Rose the witch pumpkin.

I can't wait to celebrate Halloween with her and the other pumpkins!

Pumpkin Time by John Lee

Yea for Pumpkins! Mama got us these great faces to go on them - like Mr. Potato Head. Denny got to pick his pumpking first, then I picked one for me.

Since Denny picked the pumpkin first, I got to pick my face first! I chose the pirate!

Mama poked holes with a screwdriver so we could put in the pieces. I had to try everything on - no holes in me, so nothing fit!

The best part of decorating pumpkins was definitely eating cookies! But, I did like the pirate hat.

I also really liked putting things on and taking them off again - like his nose!

Off, on, off, on...

Denny took a picture of me and Mama with my pirate pumpkin. He came out really cute!

All our pumpkins looked great out on the porch! We are so ready for Halloween!