PUMPKIN FUN!

We went to the pumpkin farm last weekend. It was cold and very, very muddy but we still had a lot of fun! It's fun to watch the kids change over time. I remember taking a picture in front of this sign when Logan was just over one month old!
We always enjoy the challenge of the corn maze. Chris was trusting Logan to lead the way out. I'm not so sure he thought we'd get out at this point.

Then today we took some time to carve our pumpkins so we'll be all set for Halloween.

For the first time ever, Logan carved his pumpkin all by himself. He even cleaned out the "guts"! I love those little pumpkin carving knives. They work great and no one lost a finger or needed a band-aid of any kind!

Caitlin's goal was to get a scary looking pumpkin. Her pumpkin endend up with scars and a mouth that looked like fangs. Nothing "girly" about this little girl!Shannon wanted her pumpkin to look "fancy" this year. I think she did a great job!

The finished products looked awesome outside.

Trick-or-Treating is next Saturday.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we'll have a beautiful indian summer day...or at least a somewhat decent temperature and no rain or snow ;)

ATHLETICISM

Logan seems to have gotten Chris' "athletic gene". He is awesome at baseball but this fall decided to try soccer with his classmates. He has been watching his sisters play soccer since the day he was born and has been practicing with them in the backyard pretty much since the day he could walk! Needless to say, he is a bit further along then some of the other K4 students. He's got a pretty powerful kick already :)
(maybe a kicking scholarship in the future...let's be real...any kind of scholarship would be great!)

The great thing about K4 soccer is they play 4:4 or 3:3 if teams don't have enough kids. This really gives the little ones a chance to learn the game. Logan's team played 4 games this
fall and his team won all 4!

Logan has learned to dribble the ball quickly down field but he also passes to open team mates!

He isn't afraid to shoot the ball himself though. His last game he scored 5 of his team's 9 goals :)

The coaches serve as officials for the K4 games. The girl in the background (green gloves) was a first or second grader the last time I saw her! I taught her brother, Titus, when I worked at St. Augustine. Now she is a senior in high school and volunteers to coach the K4 team from STAA!