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 ... Tree two, Coco, hot cocoa, 

Creepy Coupe

We had small groups this morning, and I made this massive board game with different squares for trivia, for memory verse recital, for wacky challenges, for Bible races, and for trouble if Dastardly was there.  It was a Wacky Races game, and I came up with that theme because we have the racing theme this month - but also because I just loved those Wacky Racers.  

I think the Creepy Coupe was my favorite car, just because it's so amazingly impractical.  Although that one car with buzz saws for wheels was a close second.  I loved all those racers so much, so it was really fun to visit that theme.  Sure, the kids weren't quite sure what was going on with the theme, but they had a great time.  In the first service, the boys won, and in the second the girls won.  Pretty fun!

This afternoon, we're slowly incorporating Christmas into the house - I got the Nativity set up, and it's completely there now on October 25th.  Even more startling is the fact that in the piano room there, we'll probably start on the Christmas tree in there this week.  Mom's ready for the holidays!

Of course, there's still one at the end of this month to go.  That being said, we watched one of Maddie's favorite movies, "Coraline."  It's a fun movie for sure, and I just today learned that one of the songs that didn't make it into the movie is on the most recent They Might Be Giants album, "The World is to Dig."  The song is "What You Get," and it's actually one of my favorites on the new release.  It's interesting to think what might have been with that movie completely a different vibe, a musical with all kinds of songs from They Might Be Giants.  What a project that would have been.

Anyway, it was a nice fall day.  Beautiful weather outside.  Nice, long Sunday nap.  Tonight we read some more, getting super close to the end of this book, "The Thief of Time."  We should wrap up in a couple days - it's been good.  Time for some prayers, and for some sleep!

Wacky Races small groups, beautiful day, Sunday nap, Nativity Set... updates coming soon...

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2026 Pumpkin Carving Party

We had our annual Pumpkin Carving Party today and it was so wonderful.  We had many friends showing up with pumpkins and some food too!  Here are some pictures we took of today's fun and pumpkins, a fantastic time together.

Josh's pumpkin!

Mom did so much for us.  We had all this great food and things looked so nice.  The weather was gorgeous outside, a perfect fall day.  It was a really nice time with so many good friends over.

This morning we were skating at Skate Country, part of an event with the kids of KidPak.  I was taking photos this morning, and getting things ready there early.  It was a great time too.  

But it made for a pretty long day!  We read tonight, and we said our prayers - we have a big day at church tomorrow, so it's time to get some rest.  Goodnight!