Halloween Trick or Treat

Quinlan was a "rock star" complete with 'tude. My black cat, rock star and train engineer ready to trick or treat..... more treat, less trick.

Reilly designed the kitty. I pulled out its' guts and carved it. It was very cute.

Here is Max doing his carving. He did almost the entire thing (except the guts) by himself.

Luckily, Chris helped out with Quinlan's pumpkin.... even the guts.

Can you tell how I feel about guts?? In the immortal words of Linus Van Pelt from Peanuts.... "OHHHHHH, You killed it!"

Quinlan's birthday with Will

Quinlan's final birthday celebration was with the Canandaigua Connors. Here is a picture of Andee, Max, Mina, Will, Quinlan and Reilly. Baby Tessa was sleeping or eating - because that is all she does (according to Reilly). It is hard to believe that these two are 8 years old. Thick as thieves and ready for any kind of trouble that comes their way.

Opening gifts and checking out each other's loot. There were many nice gifts to open and enjoy.

Quinlan's Birthday / Cupcake celebration

Well, I loaded the pictures backwards, or upside down, or anyway they are out of order. Quinlan had a Cupcake celebration party with some friends on Saturday, October 23rd. We had pizza and wings for lunch and a "big top" cupcake cake. Then the girls and Max (with Grandma Connor helping out) each got some cupcakes to decorate themselves! I put out white and chocolate frosting and a bunch of sugars, sprinkles and cake decorations. They were definitely works of art. After, Quinlan's friends boxed up their creations and took them home. A great time was had by all and of course, Quinlan got some great gifts. Here are the finished products.

Megan Wade and Lilah Hann were NOT supposed to be licking their fingers while they decorated. Obviously, they listen really well. NOT.

L to R: Reilly, Lilah, Quinlan, Ryan Springer, Megan Wade, Max and Megan Springer.

It tasted good too.

On Friday, October 22nd, her actual birthday, Chris, Reilly and I took McDonald's lunch to school to have with Quinlan and 2 of her friends and then with Max. That night we had homemade lasagna and brownie cookie-cake. Max is wearing his 5th grade shirt with his name on it. Can you believe he is the class of 2018?

Wickham Farms..... later that day.

Later that same day we went back with Max and Quinlan after school. First we drove over to the train store in East Rochester, stopped at the best bakery around and picked up half moon cookies and then went to Wickhams. Here is Max in the same maze that Reilly did. He wanted to go in the big maze (2 acres) but I was afraid I would lose him and the girls didn't want to go so he settled for this one. They sell tickets for this giant bouncy thing. My kids were on it for 45 minutes straight and were totally spent. It is amazing how high they can go jumping on it.

Here are Reilly and Quinlan in the "apple orchard". Everyone was invited to take and eat a beautiful New York State grown apple. Delicious.

Posing on the old tractor. Luckily it wouldn't run or my kids would have had it all over the farm. It reminded me a lot of the tractor Doc Chase used to keep in his garage. I'm not sure I ever saw it running but it was always there.

Wickham Farms, Penfield, NY

Reilly's pre-school class went to the Pumpkin Patch at Wickham Farms for a field trip. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny morning. They all had a lot of fun picking pumpkins, having an apple, riding in the hay wagon and listening to the lady talk about "indian" corn. She even got some to bring home. Here she is picking out her own little pumpkin. Posing with the giant "can you guess the weight?" pumpkin.

Listening, with her friends, to the lesson on Indian corn.

Outstanding in her field. The little maze.