October Festivities

I feel like October has gone by SO FAST.  There are so many fun fall activities to do here.  We've only done a fraction of them!

The Zoo:

The Zoo is like Disneyland.  The best time to go is in the rain.

We forced my poor friend Stephanie along with us.

We pretty much had the entire zoo to ourselves, which was amazing when Corr had an epic tantrum in the parking lot.  

All of the animals were out and about and we even got face to face with one of the wolves!

This guy is one of my favorites at the zoo.  He is a snapping turtle.  I have never seen him move from this position.  We've even argued whether or not he was a statue.

THEN we witnessed a miracle of epic proportions!!!!

Remi walked by him and he moved!

We were all freaking out, another reason it was a good thing the zoo was empty!

EMBARRASSING!

He froze again with his mouth open out of the water but started sliding down the rock.

I made an awkward Titanic joke about holding on and then we left him to his peace.

We had to eventually poncho up.

Corr was a "brellella" nazi.

Remi was a little too excited to see that our local grocery store Kroger was sponsoring the penguins.

Corr was so fast to share the brellella with the penguin, but refused to share it with me.

RUDE.

Taking a nap.

The Primary Program:

This was taken the Sunday of our Primary Program.  

Corr refused to be in the picture just like he refused to participate in the program.

Remi and I were asked to sing a duet to end the program.  We practiced for about two weeks.  We decided on "I Am a Child of God" and did some fun stuff with it.  Remi wouldn't look up from her print out of the words or even smile!  She sang the first verse solo then I joined in on the alto part for the chorus and the rest of the song.  We had the primary kids join us for the very last chorus.  I was really proud that Remi was able to hold her part against my alto the entire time! 

 She will now be forced into singing with me for the rest of her life.

For the speaking parts they were asked a question by the Bishop, this was Remi's:

Bishop: Remi, how do you keep your thoughts clean?

Remi:  I don't say naughty words and I am nice to my friends.

Corr sat on the stand coloring in his Star Wars coloring book the entire time. He would stand up to sing, but only if he felt like it.  

He is Captain Stubborn.

The Circleville Pumpkin Show:

As payback for the zoo, Stephanie FORCED us to go the this massive pumpkin worshiping city out in the middle of nowhere and it was FUN.

There was pumpkin everything.  Pumpkin waffles, donuts(which were really good), pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin TACOS,  and more.

They even have a Miss Pumpkin pageant,

AND the world's largest pumpkin pie (400 lbs of flour!).

AND it had the entire population of Ohio crammed into this tiny village.

Pumpkins make them SO EXCITED.

See that train the background?

Corr made us all wait for it to go by so he could watch it.

Sitting in front of the pumpkin contest winners.

A pumpkin tree! 

They even had these pumpkins that they grew into a metal mold that had faces on them.

I didn't get a picture but it was creepy.

Dentist Dave even heard a lady ask the ancient farmer, "So, if I get a seed from one the face pumpkins and  plant it, will the pumpkin have a face?"

To which the ancient farmer replied, "Yes, yes it will."

I'm hoping he charges her $50 for that face creating pumpkin seed.

They had a cute Alice in Wonderland pumpkin display.

We got a few tickets and let them choose two rides.  

If you look closely you can see an awkward creeper in the background....

Remi looking surprised.

Remi went down the slide with an impressive amount of stoicism.  We couldn't tell if she loved it or hated it, it just was.

Corr rode like a startled starfish:

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Yeah for Fall Fun!