Where did October go?

Well, we have officially survived 'birthday season' around our house with Jacob FINALLY (according to him) turning 6!

Jacob contemplating on the notion that he should feel older now . . .

Jacob decided to have his party at breakfast before school so we had waffles, eggs, OJ, and presents . . .
Apparently I am a cool mom now because I know what Bakugons are - just ask Jacob and he would be happy to tell you alllllllllllllllllll about them :)
His new hoodie for school (that he now zips up over his face and calls his ninja outfit . . .?)
We saved the birthday cake for after dinner - no chocolate for this boy . .yellow cake with white frosting and colored sprinkles!
I can't believe it has been 6 years!
The same day as Jacob's birthday was Hailey's preschool Halloween program. She knew the songs the were to sing, the actions to go with the songs, the whole bit . . . . . .so it starts with Teacher Nisha introducing all of the little characters - which went fine . . . . .she seems cooperative . . . . .

The little class gets into line and she doesn't seem quite sure that she wants to have the hood on for her costume, which is fine, but she is still smiling pleasantly . . . . . . .
WAIT FOR IT

WAIT FOR IT

WAIT FOR IT

Now you get the chubby cheeks of death look . . . . . . .probably thinking "you want me to do what, wearing what exactly?"
Now returns the nice little girls, minus the hood, with a bit of a tease to her mom - something like, "ya sure, I'll play this game . . . ."
And . . . . .now we are back to "wow, you guys really are idiots! I think I will just sit here and let the rest of the class sing and dance!"
Moral of that story - do not judge your parenting skills by the amount of participation in school productions by your 4 year old!

Anways, so onto Halloween . . .here are some pictures from carving the pumpkins.

Remember the excitement for carving the pumpkin (notice the pumpkin has not been opened yet)on this little face . . . . just remember . . . . .

Hailey was a trooper, digging right in (he Doireann, do you recognize the shirt?)
Nice belly shirt Jacob!
Remember that excitement from before . . . .yeah, now we have "I ain't touchin' anything that looks like that . . . "
What a brave older brother I have to reach right into that big scary pumpkin!

Halloween night the ward meets at the park right across from my house for potluck soup and to let all the kids do a little costume parade around the playground. . . .





What a cute zebra :)