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Oct. 31, 2006
Moses, the Fly, the Frog, and the Pharaoh
What a wild month this has been. From our wonderful vacation to Southern California, to a very nice visit from the grandparents, to our fantastic "Family Fun Day" Halloween alternative at church, October has been short on school, long on fun and memories.
Tuesday nights are typically AWANA for us but since Halloween fell on Tuesday, our church hosted a party for the kids. We entered the contest for the best Bible character costume as an ensemble of the Plagues of Egypt. Brendan was Moses, Chase was Pharaoh, Alyssa was Plague #2 - Flies, Emily was Plague #4 - Frogs, and I dressed in all black and went as Plague #9 - Darkness. We tied for first place.
Earlier today the grandparents returned to their home in Virginia. They had a nice visit which started 13 days ago with a bit of a jolt. When they flew in, my FIL had an episode at the airport that resulted in an ambulence ride from the airport to the ER where he spent 8 hours undergoing tests. It turned out to be a case of Vertigo and he was fine for the duration of their stay.
Each year we like to take a trip to the pumpkin farm about 45 minutes away. It is a fantastic place with lots of fun activities and they have no halloween emphasis which we really appreciate.
Oh, those poor miserable children locked up in that jail.
Petting zoo at the pumpkin farm.
Emily attempts to walk with her feet in sand buckets on our trip to the beach.
A blast from the past: with all of the other activity this year, we made no attempt at carving pumpkins but this was our attempt at pumpkin art last year.
Tomorrow we resume school in earnest. I never intended for October to be so light on school but I'm glad we could have the flexibility to take the time to make all these great memories.
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