It took me 6 weeks to complete, and I was so proud of my first stay-at-home mom project! Elsie dressed up as the Disney princess Rapunzel this year.
Elsie's long Rapunzel hair!
I love this picture! I think this is what Rapunzel would look like in her First Holy Communion pictures!
Elsie was SO EXCITED to be Rapunzel!
Elsie got to wear her Rapunzel costume to her ballet class for their mini-recital! Dance Rapunzel dance!
Elsie also got to wear her costume to school for her Saplings Halloween party. And I got to come and help in the classroom for the party! Here Elsie is decorating treat bags with her classmates.
Now it is time to feel the icky insides of the mystery box with Mr. Nick! Eyeballs and guts!
Halloween story time with Mr. John!
Monster Mash freeze dance. All of the other kids were dancing kinda crazy. But Elsie stayed in character with her beautiful princess ballerina dancing!
Candy corn relay time!
I also made Duncan's costume this year - a big basketball! Duncan's favorite continues to be basketball, so what could be more appropriate!?
Trick or treating with Daddy! So excited!
Getting lots of candy in our baskets!
Yummy! Time to eat the candy!
The squirrels had fun eating, too. See this guy hiding up in our tree!?
Those squirrels actually moved the pumpkin off our front step, decapitated it, and then went crazy!
We hit the Arboretum a couple more times in October. I guess you can't blame us, because the Arboretum is beautiful in the fall, especially during the week with all of the other kids back in school!!
Duncan has now mastered the rope bridges! Being the only ones on the bridge make it a lot easier, too!
We visited the tree house exhibit this time too! It was a fun hike up to these completely different tree houses!
Zoe and Elsie both made it to the top of the acorn! Great climbing girls!
We took a trip down to the farm to help with harvest. Daddy drove the big trucks around while we got to have fun with Grandma! Elsie and Leah got to ride together with Uncle Aaron in the combine for a while! I am guessing it was probably pretty loud and squealy up in that cab!
Grandma and Elsie cut down a corn stalk for Elsie to bring to school for show and tell.
Elsie learned all about the different parts of the corn.
I don;t remember Grandma saying anything about using the stalk as a sword though!
Nice pets for Maizey
Oh Maizey dog!
Grandma took Elsie, Duncan, and me over to a fantastic corn maze and Fall playland, complete with giant slides, tunnels, yummy candy apples, and more! The kids had a blast! Although I forgot to take any pictures of the day, I captured the aftermath. The perfect pumpkins we brought home with us provided those nasty squirrels with a nice meal. They also managed to eat all of the corn off of the corn stalk we brought home for us for show and tell! I guess we'll have to try again next year!
With the passing of Jack's Uncle Wally, we had the privilege of hosting some members of the Sonneveldt family for lunch. Aunt Sherry and Uncle Dan came in from Colorado.
Jack's Aunt Robin, Kieth, Carli and Shae joined us from Michigan.
Jack's Grandma Sonneveldt was here too!
Elsie, of course, requested the prime spot next to Grandma!
The following day, we got a picture of the Sonneveldt cousins, Aaron, Jack, David, Eric, Mike, and Christie. It has been a long time since these 6 have been together!
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