Parade of Planets

Stanley & Lisa's gymnastics gym has an event called Parade of Planets where they demonstrate the skills they've learned. Stanley is doing rolls and cartwheels, flipping on the rings and bars, and climbing the rope. Lisa is doing rolls and handstands, walking the balance beam, and climbing.

Bear Walk

Stretching with Coach Nasko

Bridge

Swinging on the bar

Certificate and ribbon

Backbends

Rings

Parallel Bars

Rope Climbing

Getting his certificate and ribbon

Fall Preschool Performance

Lisa's preschool class had a fall performance, where they recited poems and sang songs...all with spiders on their heads. It was the cutest thing ever. The best part was, Matt took off work to come watch, and Lisa was so excited to see him there! She kept waving at him and ran up to him at the end and gave him a huge hug.

(Lisa is in the back row on a chair with pink pants and a pink fox on her shirt.)

Getting ready to perform

"I am me" Poem

"Apple Tree" Poem

Silly "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Song

More Halloween Fun!

Carving Jack-o-Lanterns
This year, we grew beautiful pumpkins in our garden that we used for our Halloween Jack-o-Lanterns. The kids directed the shapes and designs, and Matt carved the faces. We also roasted the seeds, which turned out so delicious!

Our home-grown pumpkins getting
ready to become jack-o-lanterns

Helping scoop seeds

Stanley's turn!

Finished faces!

Scary Face Pancakes
For Halloween lunch, I took Lisa to IHOP for scary face pancakes. The waitresses were all dressed in costumes and spooky music was playing throughout the restaurant. It was such a fun atmosphere, and of course, Lisa loved putting candy corn and cookies on her pancake!

Scary Face pancake ready to eat!

Trick or Treat!
We lucked out this year and had a dry evening for trick or treating. The kids had so much fun, especially Lisa. She kept saying, "This is so fun!" She wanted to be the first one to the door and ring the doorbell at each house. They both got so much candy!

Getting ready to go!

Walking through the neighborhood

At a creepy house

Spooky trick-or-treaters

Halloween Party

My friend Sue and her family have the best Halloween party every year. This year, she turned her garage in to a dance party, and the kids had the best time running and dancing in the lights. We all dressed up for the party: Matt was Frye from Futurama; I was a park ranger; Lisa was Skye from Paw Patrol; and Stanley was a ninja.

Frye & Skye having a party snack

Lacamas Creek Trail Hike

We took a family hike on the Lacamas Creek Trail to the Lower Falls. This is one of the beautiful natural areas in our town.