Newt and Newt

Lauryn's friend from preschool had her 5th birthday party at Coyote Point recently. We saw lots of bees and the inside of their beehive. We saw badgers and herons and snakes. But best of all we saw a Newt. So Newt took a picture with Newt.

Trick-Or-Treat

Halloween seems to go on forever this year....

I took Lauryn out to Trick-or-Treat and ran into some friends from church. It was so much more fun to go trick-or-treating with friends.

Parade!

Here's Ariel and Darth Vadar at their school's Halloween parade.
The kids had a party back in their classroom afterwards. My little girl is eating her fruit before digging in to her cupcake. Good job Lauryn! Hmmm... I wonder if she did that because I was there???

Sydney's Class

The kids got to dress up and go Trick-Or-Treating from office to office. They got goldfish and animal crackers which they ate during snack time. Yay, no candy!

My little piglet was very hot in her costume. A couple of her teachers came dressed as Pooh and Tigger. All they were missing was Eeyore.

Pumpkins!

Lauryn and I carved pumpkins for the first time this year!

It seriously takes A LONG TIME!

I was going to make pumpkin pie with the filling, but after a couple of hours I was sick of pumpkins, so I'll just have to get mine from a can.

Halloween Ho Ho

Lilian invited us to the annual Genentech Halloween Ho Ho this year. And we brought our friends Sarah and Jeffy.

The scene was a bit loud and crazy, but a lot of fun. They had a jumper and a slide for the kids, a pumpkin patch and free food, drinks and ice cream bars for all.
John's in the white trying to score a free light-up necklace for his darling daughter. Alas, he was too far away. I'm telling ya...we should all go work for Genentech.

Auntie Rose, whose been at Genentech going on 20 years, promised to invite us back for their Chinese New Year HoHo which she says is even better. It must have something to do with the fact that she's on the planning committee. =) But she says they give out Red Envelopes to everyone, so we'll be there!

Kidz Love Soccer

Lauryn's enjoying soccer this fall with one of our neighbor's sons. She doesn't get much done in the way of goals, but she runs around alot and loves yelling, "Water Break!" along with her coaches. Coach Adam reminds me of Ben Affleck.

Arata's Farm

Sydney and I went on the field trip to the pumpkin patch with Lauryn's class in early October. Sydney was fascinated by the animals and the bales of hay. Lauryn, on the other hand, won't grow up to be a veterinarian, that's for sure. Actually, Lauryn's favorite thing was getting to ride on the school bus for the first time.

When we had to walk through the corn field to the Hay Ride, I could see how easy it would be to get lost. Those things get tall!