October 2017

Todd was so excited about Mason starting Kindergarten because it meant he was finally old enough for Scouts. Todd went all the way through Scouts and finished his Eagle rank so it was never a question that Mason would at least start the Scout journey. Kindergartners start as Lions but not all packs have a Lions den. We were excited to find out Todd's friend Joey's son would also be doing Lions and we found a pack that had the Lions that was in the middle of our houses so both kids could be together. In their first meeting, Todd volunteered to be a den leader for the Lions, which meant he was involved in all the den and pack doings. This was fine by me because I could not take one more activity on with all of the other running around I have to do. They jumped right into activities by having a camp out and then the fall popcorn sale.

We made our annual trip to the Hodge's farm to pick out pumpkins again this year. It has been so fun to compare pictures of the kids over the years that we have been there. Sure, we pay more by buying our pumpkins there versus the grocery store, but its just a fun place to visit and we are glad to support a local farm.

Aubrey's dance team encouraged the little girls and their big sister to dress up together in pairs. While it took some coordinating amongst the parents to make this work, the end result was so cute.

For the kids' school book parade, Aubrey decided to dress up as Hermione from Harry Potter and Mason was Pete the Cat. I thought for sure we'd have to pick another costume for each of them for Halloween, but I got lucky when they decided to wear those same costumes for trick-o-treating. I joined them this year by recycling my old cat costume. Trick-o-treating was so much fun in our new neighborhood because it was so big the kids got a ton on candy. And, quite a few houses gave the parents of the trick-o-treaters adult beverages to enjoy while we walked and that was really awesome.