Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Mine


At Chanse's school they have a mine and all the 4th graders get to tour the mine when they learn about Nevada history. One day a year they open it to the public. So we went for a tour of the mine. We had lots of fun. Chanse's favorite part was the shaking elevator. We then panned for gold. That night Omi and Opa came and we went to Claim Jumper to keep with the theme of the day. The kids loved it. They also had fun making puppets with Omi.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Halloween






We had lots of fun on Halloween. We had family come over to go Trick-or-Treating and meet up with some friends. Our neighborhood was so great for trick-or-treating. We had a blast. And best of all Ben got us a Mickey Pumpkin blowup decoration for the front yard. The kids and I also made a big big spider out of news paper and black trash bags. So fun. Thanks to everyone for making it such a fun Halloween. And Ben made a great Halloween dinner for us. Thanks!

On the morning of Halloween the Kids carved their pumpkins. We did Chanse's first and then went to carve Hero's I was taking her picture as she lifted the lid off. And when she did we saw the inside of her pumpkin was black. She was devastated. It was so sad. She basically took over Sterling's pumpkin. And I asked Ben to look for a pumpkin for Hero while he was out at the store. He could not find any. So He took Hero to two stores and no luck. He then bought her a big stuffed Santa. It is almost as big as her. So she was happy! But it was so sad. Just remember you can't get pumpkins on the day of Halloween.

We also went to a fun trick-or-treating thing called Henderson Havoc . We got to see Jack and Sally, pirates, fight stormtroopers, make princess crowns, and visit with princesses, talk to a magic mirror, and enter the world of Harry Potter and make magic wands. Hero only liked the princess part. But I thought the whole thing was great. Chanse and Sterling were scared of the stormtroopers. But they haven't stopped talking about it.