Pumpkin Carving 2018

We carved our pumpkins last night! Grandma Cathy even came over and carved one too! They all turned out soooo great. Grandma's looks realistic, Papa's scary, mine silly, Tim's cute, Molly's picaso style (lol), and Anth did a ghost with "boo." 

I really, truly love that Timothy did his completely by himself this year! That little smile on his pumpkin...holy crap is it CUTE!! In fact, all the kids did all their own carving this year. Hooray! 

 

Yay! Almost Halloween! 

With love,
Mama Hauck 

Certificate of Leadership

Be proactive! Be, be proactive! LOL

Last Wednesday, Timothy got an award from his school during the monthly assembly! This certificate of leadership award was for demonstrating one of the school's Habits, Habit 1- Be Proactive. 

He was the only one in his class to get this award! Eeekk! 

Great work, Hunny Bunny! We are so proud of you! 

With love,
Mama Hauck

2018 School Photos

The 2018-2019 school year photos are in and this year I love them above and beyond last years! 

If you remember last year's photos, I was upset because all three of them had a different background, even though they were all suppose to be the same. And Anthony received a terrible short haircut right before photos. Tim did too, but Papa was able to salvage his a little bit. And then Molly didn't want to  do a real smile. Ugh. 

This year I'm happy to see that there were no mishaps in the background department. And while Timothy's nicely parted and slicked back hair didn't quite survive till picture time, everyone else's looks spot on. Molly even smiled for real and wore a pretty hair clip.   

I'll take it. 

Success!! 

With love,
Mama Hauck

Packer Orchards Pumpkin Patch 2018

This past Saturday, after soccer games, we took a trip to Packer Orchards near Hood River, OR for our annual pumpkin patch fun! It had rained Friday night, but Saturday was gorgeous, thank goodness!   

First on the fun list, fresh, hot, sugar donuts!! We got a dozen, and I will not lie.....I ate 4. Don't judge me, I have no regrets! 

Next up, corn maze! I am a fan of corn mazes. We use to go to a huge one in the Toppenish/Yakima area, but the owners retired and thus closed down the pumpkin patch a few years back, so we've been going to Packer's. Their corn maze is much more kid friendly and not too much of a challenge, darn it!, but we still have a great time. One of these years though, Sam and I are going to have to go to a bigger one.....maybe in the dark! Eeekk! 

 
After the corn maze, we let the kids run around and explore. They have stacked hay bales for climbing, a huge corn pit and play in, a tinker-toy/play set area, and new this year, a bouncy area! The kids spent a fair amount of time playing while Sam and I sat and relaxed.

Last on our Packer Orchards trip, the pumpkin patch! It was not without one of them arguing and whining over why they couldn't get the biggest pumpkin they could find, but overall we had a happy pumpkin-picking experience. Everyone walked away with a great pumpkin that didn't break the bank too much. And I got my obligatory "kids in the pumpkin patch" photo. So Mama's happy! 

  

 
Sam is working every weekend this month to help save up for our Thanksgiving trip to CA, and also Christmas....so I'm very thankful we had at least one day we could make it to the pumpkin patch! My favorite month just wouldn't be the same without some sugar donuts, a caramel apple, a hike through the corn, and a frolic among the pumpkins. 

With love,
Mama Hauck