Rachel turned 7 in October! We celebrated at Kangaroo Zoo, a fun indoor play place with lots of bounce houses and slides. She invited a bunch of her classmates and they had lots of fun bouncing around, then eating pizza and birthday cake. We even had a visit from the kangaroo :)
We had some beautiful fall days in late October which made for perfect hiking weather. We have discovered a park nearby which has a playground, picnic tables, and lots of hiking trails - a perfect place for a Sunday afternoon.
For Halloween Rachel was Cleopatra and Carson was Jango Fett, a Star Wars character. They had lots of fun helping with the pumpkins - they drew the face on their pumpkins and Mommy did the cutting.
We had an unusual snow storm in early November with over 2 feet of snow! Carson was a great help shoveling off the deck. The kids built a snow fort so they could throw snow balls at Daddy while he shoveled the driveway!
Grandad was here for Thanksgiving along with Uncle Pete and Aunt Jen. Grandad got to see the kids in their karate class and also played lots of war with Rachel (one of her favorite games). We even got out Twister and put Pete and Jen's yoga skills to the test.
Despite having finished in first place (in his age group) in the Turkey Trot 5k race Thanksgiving morning, Pete still had enough energy left to carve a turkey.
We also had a visit from a doe and a buck on Thanksgiving Day!
The week after Thanksgiving we went to see Santa at a local store. The kids had fun telling him what they want for Christmas.
We also rode the mechanical horse while at the store. Where else can you ride a horse for ten cents??
