Pumpkin

We have not carved a pumpkin in such a long time! We had a blast! Austin did not like the pumpkin smell nor did he like how the pumpkin felt slimy and gross. Dylan, on the other hand, enjoyed taking out the seeds and the slime. Austin estimated that there were about 900-1000 seeds inside the pumpkin. After counting 400, we stopped counting---but we came to an agreement that there were about 1000 seeds. Ashleigh drew the design and Chris carved. I helped separate the seeds from the pulp. I also washed, dried, and roasted the seeds. They are delicious!

Batman!

This past weekend we visited Helen and Jim. Chris and I took the truck out for a drive. While we were out, the boys stayed at Jim and Helen's house with Jim. I texted them the above picture and the following picture is what they texted back to me! I love, yet dislike technology.

October - mid way

College Application Day at school

Cane Bay Chorale was selected to open the ACDA Choral Conference. It was in Charleston this year too. Chris, the boys, and I were able to attend the opening conference,and Ashleigh was selected to be in the honor choir. We were also able to attend the honor choir performance.Beautiful voices!

Celebrating Dylan!

Several students from Cane Bay Chorale were chosen to learn and grow musically at Jacksonville Sings!

Ashleigh and Dylan attend the school's peprally. They are on opposite sides of the gym, but see each other from afar. Dylan is enjoying riding with Ashleigh to school in the mornings and periodically seeing her while he is "walking around" in the halls. Dylan has also began attending community outings (again) while learning and growing about real life. Some places he has visited this month include-Goodwill, a local animal shelter, and a local horse farm.

Taco Tuesday is becoming a regular in our home. We change up the meat- shredded pork, ground beef, ground chicken, fajita style meat--Our FAVE is the pork.