"Freeze-Up" came late this year and we were able to enjoy a few more precious days outside. We savoured each one, knowing that it might be the last for many months. We took daily walks around the block, swung "so high!" on the swing set, and dug for buried treasure in the sandbox.
One afternoon in late October we drove out to a local pumpin patch in search of our jack-o-lanterns-to-be. Haley led us through the corn maze and filled a wagon with her choices, while Jake sat and wondered why his mom made him wear such a silly hat. 
TRICK OR TREAT!Jake loves to pounce on things (ie: lunge for everything), so we decided he should be a lion for Halloween. I went as a lion tamer, naturally, and he fell asleep on my shoulder. A-wee-muh-way, a-wee-muh-way...
Haley had a costume in her dress-up drawer that she'd been dying to wear, so she went trick-or-treating as a pumpkin ballerina. After 5 minutes in the cold she was back to put on fleece pants over her tights and her down coat over her tutu. Oh well, she was a cutie anyway. But maybe next year she can dress as something warmer...a polar bear or a penguin maybe.
