With their new pumpkins fresh from the local pumpkin patch
The days are getting shorter and the nights are downright cold these days and the countdown to Halloween has begun. Today we went to the pumpkin patch after Jude’s football game. They have some good pumpkins to carve this week.
I have been away in London this past week for the annual LendIt Europe conference. It went really well but it has been an exhausting few days. This is just the beginning of my crazy travel schedule right now: London last week, Las Vegas this week and then New York the following week. All for P2P lending conferences.
Giving the opening speech at the LendIt Europe conference in London
For several months now we have been listening to all the Little House on the Prairie stories by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We listen to these books in the car on Audible and we also have the physical books now. Suffice it to say that we have all become big fans of these books.
Anna in her Little House on the Prairie outfit
Anyway, when the kids were thinking about what to wear for Halloween this year, Jude decided he wanted to be Darth Vader and Anna decided she wanted to be Laura Ingalls. So, Marcy went an ordered a 19th century Laura Ingalls outfit for Anna, and they used some yarn to make braids, just like Laura.
Anna and our neighbor having dinner on our back patio
Our neighbor Graham is a frequent visitor, both Jude and Anna enjoy playing with him. Once night this past week he stayed for dinner. Anna made a Halloween lantern, so they had candlelight while dining on the back porch.
Anna modeling her new outfit
Yesterday while Jude was having a play-date with one of his school friends Anna went shopping with Marcy for some new clothes. Anna loves clothes shopping more than just about anything else and she was so excited to try on new clothes and to make some purchases. She came home with this outfit above that she wanted to model for me right away.