Halloween

We had a great Halloween!

We had a Halloween playgroup.  

Jack made this box guy costume. 

Box guy, Luigi, vampire, a superhero

We went to the Science Center the day before Halloween. It was a Halloween day so the kids wore their costumes.

We carved pumpkins Halloween morning. The kids did a lot more of the work than they have before.

Jack being sad like his pumpkin.

Coleman said his was Santa Claus. That's why he made hair on it.

We had our ward Trunk or Treat. They kids played games, won lots of treats and toys, and since it was raining, walked around inside the building to get candy.

Colie was a wolf (even though everyone called him a fox.)

Kenzie was a kitty cat. Since this day she loves painting doggy and kitty face on her with our face paint.

Harry Potter. He finished reading all 7 books and loved them! As soon as he was done he started reading them again. 

A scary vamire

Kenzie with some of the toys she won. She said stuffed animals were better than candy. I was surprised. She loves candy!

Coleman loves his kitty, Blacks, that he won.

Jordan took longer than the others to finish his pumpkin and I realized I never got a picture of it. He said it was Count Olaf (from A Series of Unfortunate Events.) It has one eyebrow that you can't see.

It was a very wet night. Ashlee, Konrad, Alli, and Camryn came trick or treating at our house. It was the first time we've done our whole neighborhood (which isn't very big.) Cam only lasted a few houses, then wanted to go back. She refused to accept any candy from anyone. Ash, Cam, and I went back to the house. Cam played puzzles while we waited for everyone to finish trick or treating. They said there weren't a lot of people handing out candy, but those that were gave them a couple handfuls each.

Scouts

Jackson and the other Bears had to plan and lead games at pack meeting in October. They also made signs for it. Jackson was really nervous about telling everyone the rules. But he said it went well. I didn't go because I had volleyball.

He made a best dad in the universe trophy for Doug.

Soccer Ends

Here's some pictures of Kenzie's last few games. I guess I didn't take any of Jackson's. I think I forgot the camera for his last game.  They both loved playing and were so sad it ended. Jack ended up with 3 goals for the season, and Kenzie had 7. They both improved a lot and it was fun to watch them play!  

Coleman trying to be sad since he fell in the mud running back to the game from a bathroom break.  He wasn't as upset as I thought he would be.

His pants were pretty muddy on one leg, but that was all.

It started getting wetter so we had to bring chairs instead of just a blanket. I thought the blanket was waterproof, but it wasn't.

We all thought Coleman was cute in his hat :)

Kenzie's team (full of kindergartners) played a team with 1st and 2nd graders on it. You can see how much bigger they were in the picture. Most of the kids were that size and good control. I'm pretty sure they were the only team with kids that old. Kenzie was pretty discouraged the whole game. She hates losing, and although they lost other games, I think before she felt like they had a chance. But this week the ball was almost always on the side of the field they were defending.

Coleman wanted to play around the tree but there were other kids always there. He saw it was open and rushed over to play alone while he could :)

Kenzie wore a skort that day. Doug thought it made it harder for her to run, but she said it didn't.

On Kenzie's last game it poured. Everyone was soaked and the players were slipping a lot. Kenzie had an awesome game though and score 5 goals! It was the same team she has played the first week and she was nervous about playing them again because they had a little boy who scored a lot of goals. But this time her team won 6-5. 

So excited after her goal. 

A video of one of Kenzie's goals.  

For Kenzie's last goal she kicked it across the field, around several players, and then scored. It was pretty awesome :)

Jack's last game was a week after Kenzie's last game because it was raining so hard they cancelled his game. When they played their make up game, Jackson had to be on the other team for the first few minutes because they didn't have enough players. Jack said it was weird playing against his own team :) Another kid from the other team showed up so Jackson was able to come play for his team again and he scored a goal! He had great footwork on his goal. He had to get around the opposing player and fake him out. It looked really good.

Bird Field Trip

We went on a field trip to learn about birds. 

We learned about what they ate and walked through their grocery store.

Jack and Colie were in a different group than the rest of us. Jackson was such a good big brother and helped Coleman the whole day. The moms that walked around with them said he was so sweet to Coleman.

We looked through owl pellets. 

There was a chart they looked at to try to figure out what they were finding.

They searched for things to build nests out of.

Kenzie loved that part.

It was a fun and educational field trip!

Mariners' Game with the Moose

Way back in September we went to the Mariners's with my parents and the Crabtrees. Since my parents have season tickets, they were able to arrange for the Moose to come to our row during the 7th inning stretch. He came over in the 6th inning and the kids loved having him there!

He offered Kenzie a snack.

Excited kids

Cam did not like the Moose. I think she had been excited for him to come, but once he actually did she kept saying she was scared. I convinced her when she's 3 she won't be scared anymore:)

Kenzie kept petting the Moose.

She liked him from a distance. 

Everyone dancing.

Kimber, Jordan, Kenzie, Jackson, Coleman, Alli, Sam, and the Moose

Jordan was trying to look inside the Moose's costume through his eyes. Most of the time the Moose was there, Jordan was sitting right next to him eating his snacks. He barely paid attention to the Moose. 

This big kids starting giving the Moose a massage.

Singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame

They were on the big screen. Ashlee was smart and took a video of them on the screen. I just tried to take a picture, but it didn't turn out very well.

I love this picture of Sam and Grandpa!

Kenzie and Mt. Kilimanjaro

Kenzie was pretending to be a dog and jumping around.

She's cute.

The boys made salt dough Mt. Kilimanjaros.

Kenzie's Birthday Interview

What’s your name:	Mackenzie
How old are you?	6
Who is your best friend?	Mommy
What is your favorite thing to do?	Go to Odyssey-1
What is your favorite color?	yellow
What do you like to do with your family?	Go to Cold Stone
What is your favorite toy?	my little stuffed animal puppies
What do you want to be when you grow up?	A dance teacher
What makes you happy?	mommy
What makes you sad?	when I get hurt
What is your favorite show to watch?	Sophia
What is your favorite book?	No Girls Allowed
What do you love to learn about?	puppies
What was the best part of your birthday?	Presents!
Where do you like to go?	Odyssey 1
What is your favorite food?	chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Yummy chocolate. I want to eat it all day and night!
What was your favorite birthday present?	The little puppies that have a house.
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?	Odyssey 1
What food do you like the least?	shirts (she giggled a lot after this answer :))
What is your favorite song?	Have you ever been a fishin' on a bright and sunny day
What do you want for your birthday?	cat costume, Elsa water bottle, pillow and pillow case, stuffed animal, paint and sticker car
What's your favorite animal	puppy!