What did we do in October? NOT A LOT! School continued in hybrid and Jay and I continue to work from home! The highlight of the month (Halloween), we were able to gather outdoors for a Halloween gathering with Ella's friends and their parents. It was fun to see people in person! LOL!
In baking news, I made a pumpkin bread and added white chocolate chips in hopes of replicating the taste of the pumpkin cookies from Great Harvest. It was so good!
NFL games started, so we were able to get a letterboard sign update on the Vikings!
This year, both Jay and I voted by mail. I will say it was easy, but I missed my red I VOTED sticker!
Halloween decor went up and then we got some SNOW!
2020 pumpkin painting!
Theme this year - donuts (we have eaten a LOT of donuts!)
For the Halloween gathering, Ella chose to be a Flamingo. Pretty hard to find a Flamingo costume especially in a pandemic, so I made it myself!
Since there wasn't a lot of trick-or-treating going on, I thought it might be fun for Ella to try a bunch of different candy that she's never had before! I was able to find most of the candies on our "need to try" list! We did a few different taste tests and then she rated her favorites!
First round:
1st - Whatchamacallit
2nd - Clark Bar
3rd - Score Bar
Second round:
1st - Charleston Chew
2nd - 100Grand
3rd - 5th Avenue
4th - Mr. Goodbar
Third round:
1st - Rolos
2nd - Twin Bing
3rd - Take 5
4th - Baby Ruth
5th - Payday
Here's Ella's list of the over-all winners!
1st place - Whatchamacallit
2nd place - Twin Bing
3rd place - Rolos / Charlesten Chew (tie)
This was fun activity!
Ella had a biking unit in October and let me tell you she was NOT excited about it. She is the kid who doesn't want to ride her bike and therefore has not yet mastered riding one. Sigh. I made her let me take this picture of her headed to middle school with her bike helmet for her biking class! Her teacher was a big help and hopefully she will be able to ride this summer!
Ending the month with friends was the highlight!
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