Halloween

We went trick or treating at the Cahalans' house this year.  Alena was a cheetah, Nora a purple kitty (she chose her own fabric and pattern), and the Cahalan girls were all Elsa from Frozen.  Nora was the most eager of the kids and she ran from house to house.  They got quite the haul.

Alena designed and carved her own pumpkin this year.  She did a great job!  It took some effort to convince Nora to stick her hand in to scoop out the guts.

Alena's Birthday

On Alena's birthday she had her friend Maya over to play.  The next day was Sunday and we had a party with the family.  Alena is still in love with cheetahs.  She received a giant cheetah from Grandma Dee.  She saw it in a toy store, and Grandma picked up on the very subtle hints.  She loves it!  Grandma Diane sewed her a cheetah jacket which is very styling.  We gave her a new bike, and Aunt Melissa refinished a desk for Alena to put in her room.  Now the cheetah (Seetah) has to sleep in Alena's bed.  Seetah gets more room than Alena.

The big move

We moved into our new house on October 10th.  Thanks to Jeff and Juston, along with the help of families, we moved in pretty quickly.  Alena liked playing around the waterfall.

School is just under a mile walk.  On the way home we stopped at Bever Park to play.  The girls wanted to pose in the new Bocce court.

I needed to escape the stress of the move, so we went back to Marr Park for a camping trip.  They had the Halloween hike with jack o lanterns and luminaries set up all around the lake's trail.  Grandpa offered to sleep with Nora.  She was so wound up she refused to settle down, even though she was tired.  She left his side of the camper and then we didn't hear her.  She wasn't on our side and she wasn't on Grandpa's.  We were really confused when Daddy located her sitting against a sleeping bag, sound asleep.  The next morning we found her wedged up in the corner.

Ta Da! with Grandpa.

The girls show off the new kitchen.

We have a great new climbing tree.  Uncle Andrew had to show off his climbing skills while Lucie and Nora played in a leaf pile.

Camp Wapsie

When Daddy was young, he was in a YMCA group with his dad called Indian Guides.  Now it is called Adventure Guides, and Alena and Daddy joined along with Tillie and Uncle Andrew.  There was a campout at Camp Wapsie.  There were a lot of fun activities, and Alena did a great job of participating.  There was a pumpkin carving contest, tug of war, bingo, a scavenger hunt, and a campfire.  Her favorite activity was using a stick to pull algae out of the lake.  It was a cold weekend, but the cabins were nice and toasty.