Scout in Uniform

Benji finally got his and is very excited:

Pumpkins

This year's crop of pumpkins. These first two were for the ACAC contest:

And here is the batch we carved from the pumpkin patch:

I dremmelled mine for the Walker pumpkin contest

Benji's pumpkin, which he did all by himself

Abby's was magic themed

Kevin's standard Jack

Demon Cookie lit up on Halloween

Halloween 2015

Almost a week late, but here are our photos.

Abby invited a friend over to trick-or-treat, so I made some appetizers:

 
 

Abby and Sylvie as pirate princesses:
 

Benji went trick-or-treating with the Dalys and Joneses:

Kiley, Jack, Benji, Sean and Patrick

Sorting candy at the end of the evening

Fall Into Reading

The night before Halloween, Walker held a "Fall Into Reading" event, which was basically a glorified Halloween carnival with a literary theme.  The kids were asked to dress as a character from a book, which Abby declined to do. Benji happily wore his Charlie Brown costume, which fit right in. Abby did ask for my cat ears, which she wore happily all evening while she walked around with her friends:

Abby writing on Kevin's white board at Walker

Benji helping to set up games in Kevin's classroom

Benji talking to Ms. Gore during the book walk. He decided he would rather run the music than walk the circle and she obliged

Benji in the costume contest

Abby and her friends looking on at the costume contest

Running with the Pack

Benji earned his first two belt loops this week in cub scouts, and boy was he excited! He is wearing a cape because this was a superhero themed meeting, with visits from two firefighters and a fire dog. He loved it all:

getting his first belt loop

and belt loop #2

The Cohens Come to Town

Kristin, Jono, Will and Ella rolled into town a week before Halloween so that the adults could attend an Avett Brothers concert.  They were able to stick around for a little while Saturday for lunch and a trip to Adventure Farms in Earysville (Abby and I could not go to the farm because of a girl scout commitment, but everyone else had fun):

Trying to get a picture before lunch

I think the outtakes were better than the final product

This is as close as we got

Kevin says this was a hay mountain

Corn maze #2 for the year

At the Pumpkin Patch

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch the weekend before Halloween. It was a beautiful fall day and there were still plenty of pumpkins on the vine:

Benji carefully inspected every round pumpkin (he likes round, not tall ones)

Abby just wanted a big one with no dirt on it

We didn't plan the orange shirt, but he blended right in!

Abby finally chose this one

Benji is guarding his pumpkin while the rest of us finish

he wanted to carry it himself