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We had lots of Halloween fun this week. Our book was Popcorn by Frank Asch, always a favorite. Of course we made popcorn to snack on! We also got to pick up our school picture proofs. I don’t know why, but my kids just look goofy in photos. Lysle flat-out refused to buy them this time. Ted’s at the age where he tries to follow directions, so he had a very stiff fake smile pasted on his face, trying so hard to do as they told him in the pose. Oh well.

Storytime was fun. Miss Mary read Annie Was Warned, which isn’t as scary as it sounds, and then let the kids decorate mini pumpkins. Lots and lots of pink paint, I don’t know why they all liked pink, but they did. And stickers and googly eyes. Very cute.

We also watched the DVD “Max and Ruby’s Halloween” which has lots of fall-themed stories including one on leaf collecting. And we read What A Scare, Jesse Bear and colored lots of pictures and mazes. Oh, and we watched the DVD “Magic School Bus: Creepy Crawly”.

Wednesday was Halloween itself, and I took the kids over to Grandma’s to trick or treat. We stopped at her local Publix on the way, since they’d advertised Halloween activities. Wow, did they have a lot! You could hardly get in the store, and I felt sorry for the regular shoppers. There were activity centers all over the store. It was a blast. And Grandma’s house was fun too, which was good because NO ONE in our neighborhood did trick or treating. The kids were in tears after Lysle took them up and down the street … nobody was participating. He ended up taking them a few blocks away, just so they could ring some doorbells. On the plus side, we had lots of good candy left over … we love Reese’s Cups!

Thursday was November first, the beginning of NaNoWriMo. Ted’s goal was set at 1000 words, and I was supposed to be aiming for 30K out of the 50K for adults. Friday they got to go to the playground … we skipped lessons that day. Saturday we took a family outing to the science museum to see the new robot exhibit. The kids got sidetracked by the bubbles and the kids’ area though, but we all had a pretty good time. Maddy had a fit when it was time to leave, though.