"Insta"-replay, November is zooming by!

I can't believe how quickly the month has been flying by! Or how I forgot to do my weekly wrap up, oops.

We have been enjoying autumn, spending time playing with cousins.

Charry has had fun playing with her sister's hair.

I had a fabulas birthday and received an awesome Japanese candy kit.  I'm excited to try it but still nervous since the directions are not in English.

This month I've seen more of my sisters. They both also celebrated birthdays.

Jon managed to get the tractor running and the field mostly mowed before the cold weather came around.

Once the temperature dropped we spent more time in the girls room during the day (easier to heat.) Merry got to play with her "Goldie Blox" engineering for girls set.  We had been saving it since school started.

The girls have been good about bundling up and working on school.

We're hoping for some warmer weather to head our way before winter comes for real.  Next week "Christmas Barbie" will be making her first appearance as we get ready for the holiday seasons.

"Insta"-replay #56, Halloween; comicon for normal people?

Last week we had a blast dressing up for dance class, AWANA, dinner, and any other excuse!

Merry was thrilled to finally have a Hufflepuff outfit.  She had been wanting one since we finished reading the first Potter book back in September.

She had been a bit upset about having to dress like a "princess" for AWANA, until she realized England is full of royalty so surely at least one of them could have ended up at Hogwarts.

 Charry also had a British themed look, the tardis from Doctor Who.

Aunt Katie had fun dressing up for dinner, an annual tradition of going out to eat instead of handing out candy.

 Even I had fun dressing up.  My costume was for a mystery murder dinner. It was so much fun getting into character and figuring out the clues!

As magical as our costumes were, my nephews magic moving finger trick was the highlight of my week! And I take full credit for teaching it to him!

October is finish, on to November (birthday month).