More Halloween Fun!

 Just because we went trick or treating on last Thursday doe snot mean our Halloween fun was done.

We found this Ariel costume on sale at Kohl's and Sam was so excited.  It is way too big, but she loves wearing it around the house.

We also went to an event the art museum hosts that is taught by a mother's club friend.  It is called Jr. Spook and involves non-messy arts and crafts.  So kids wear costumes and do Halloween related activities.

Here is Sam getting help decorating a mini white pumpkin.  She loves it and even took it to school today to show it off.

Here she is playing with homemade playdoh.

And playing with the massive amounts of Mr. Potato Heads.  There was even a corn one.

We also went by a house near us that decorates with a ton of pumpkins.  It is even on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenova,_West_Virginia#The_Pumpkin_House ).  I think it was like 3,336 this year.  Sam really enjoyed seeing them, but she did not like the choreographed show.  This picture was taken with Nick's phone, so it is not as good.  But you can get the idea.

And here is the pumpkin I want next year.  So cute!

We are doing well.  I am fighting off a cold and sound like an anti-smoking ad, which makes it hard to teach.  I also need to start recording lectures for next semester, but am having to wait until I sound better.  I go in on Wednesday for my next OB check, but I did learn from one of the emails that I get that the baby is the size of a papaya, which is amusing.  Nick is super busy trying to edit papers for publication, get his lectures ready for his online course for next semester, and all his other stuff for classes and research.

Sam is doing great.  She has been behaving much better and is back to being majority delight, minority challenge.  She is always doing cute things.  She spins around until she gets "bizzy".  She loves scribbling and will often tell you it is your name or such.  She was giving an art work to Nick and he asked what one scribble was.  She said, "That's a circle."  He said, "Yes, of course.  What about this one."  She said, "That's just a scribble."  She had such a duh tone that it was quite amusing.  You just never know what will come out of her mouth.

We also got some bad news about Sam's teacher.  One is pregnant and although she is due on the 24th she will most likely deliver early and the doctor said she may have to stop working as early as Friday.  Her other teacher is sick and will have to have surgery on Wednesday and be out for 10 days.  We are worried about both of these wonderful women who have been so amazing with Sam and her classmates.  We are also worried about all the kids having to deal with all the turmoil.  The next few weeks may be a bit unsettling.  We are hoping for good health and a safe delivery!