October 2013 part 2

Malia absolutely loves her sister.  Makes me glad we had
another girl.  There is something special about sisters.

Miniature golf at Trafalga.  Always soooo exciting.  The kids
love it, and it's free with our passes, so it's a win.

Getting golf tips from a pro.

Miniature golf structures are pretty cute.  And these kids are cute.

Gracie was pushed around in style in her stroller, and she got
her hands on this package of cookies.  She is at the very beginning
stages of holding things, and bringing them to her mouth.  Pretty
soon everything will go in her mouth.

I think the Bumbo chair will be a much loved item someday.
But for now she is not a big fan.  I think it wears her out.

The yearly Red Barn Pumpkin patch trip!  We went last year
with these buddies, now this year, and might as well continue
Except it's getting more and more expensive each year.  Went
from free for the hayride (just pay for your pumpkin), to $2/person,
to $3/person, and this year $5/person!!!  

The hay ride.  Okay, so there's no hay.  The "bench" ride.

Riley and Malia had a ball on these pedaled bike contraption thingy's.

Had to capture this because this is pretty much how she spends
at least an hour of her day.  She's always drawing something new,
or practicing things she already knows how to draw.  I love her
concentration. For Christmas we are going to get her a nice set of
stencils.  She's always asking "Help me draw a cat." Or "Help me
draw a shark."  She will love the stencils!

Crazy hair day at school.  To be fair, Riley colored one
side green (my favorite color) and the other side red (Ben's
favorite color.)  He was really excited, but kept double
checking with me to make sure it really was crazy hair day.
That would be a bummer to be wrong on that one!

Second pumpkin carving experience.  And there's little Gracie,
with her bottle propped as usual (GUILT, GUILT, GUILT!).  Life
is busy, and we hold her all the time, but sometimes when she's
demanding her food, I just don't have enough hands!  Grandma
Blacker was here to help with the carving.