After Trick-or-Treating, the girls came home to go through their bags. When K. was two, I’m not sure she knew why people gave her candy, but N. was keenly aware of what was in her bag.
N. looks like she’s just innocently looking at her candy, but she managed to sink her teeth into a foil-wrapped chocolate before we could grab it away from her—or unwrap it!
Similar to last year, I wanted the girls to wear complimentary costumes for Halloween. N. is young enough to not have a strong opinion, and K. actually came up with the idea of being Little Red Riding Hood on her own—or as she says, “Red Red Riding Hood.”
After K’s Fall Party at school, we stopped briefly in the woods near our house. I let the girls run in the leaves a little and snapped pictures until my camera battery died.
Sisterly looooove.
Beautiful K. She requested a red butterfly on her face, as red is her favorite color right now.
N’s a bit goofy at times. She has a lot of spunk.
We didn’t get to go to the pumpkin patch as a family this year—between soccer practices and naptimes and poor weather, we weren’t able to fit it in. N. and I took a quick trip one morning while K. was at school.
There were some huge pumpkins!
And there were three white-ish pumpkins. N. amused herself (and me) by walking to each one and saying “hi” in greeting.
I borrowed a backpack from a friend and took the baby hiking while her big sister was at school. The weather was beautiful so we went to a nearby state park and walked through the leaves. They have several nice hiking trails and we even saw a few deer!
The hiking made her quite relaxed and she spent most of the time snuggled up to me.
When we were almost at the end of the hike, I let N. get down to stomp through the leaves herself. She found a big stick—and spoke softly.
K. finished her six-week session of ballet and had her recital. They did a princess dance, so the girls got to dress in princess outfits. This isn’t her normal street-wear.
Arabesque at the barre:
K. went on her first field trip! Their class went to a nearby orchard (the same one we’ve gone to as a family several times). I think K. was glad that I was able to come along, but she was mostly focused on the things we were learning. They wore their green school shirts for the trip, so I had to make some matching bows, of course.
Listening to a presentation about apples, how they’re grown, and how to pick them.
K. in the orchard.
The four apples she picked off of the tree. She helped me pick my four as well.
With her teacher. She loves her teacher so much, and has so much fun in her class.
On a hayride with her classmates (and many of their parents).
Picking her pumpkin. Very pleased that all of the tractors on the farm were International. I don’t know what we would have done if something else was pulling they wagon for the hayride.
And they had some time to play in the giant play area.
Tossing International-themed bean bags. Her aim is decent for being a four-year-old and she actually got some in the hole.
Gigantic pumpkin!
In the hay maze with her buddy T. He has a different teacher at school, but their classes went together on the trip.
K’s class. This is the “silly picture.”
