Hats

They were fooling around while waiting for dinner at Lampo:

Happy 70th Birthday Grandpa Steve!

We had an adults-only birthday weekend, and I did not bring my camera, which was a mistake.  Here are the terrible blurry shots that we did get on the camera phone:

Birthday dessert at the Rhythm Cafe

We had 3 birthdays!

The whole crew outside the restaurant

Opening presents

It was Aunt Barbara's birthday, too

Siblings hanging out in Del Ray

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