Happy Halloween

Trick-or-treating was a success for the Benners.  Mom took the Pink Poodle girls in the wagon while the T-Rex boys ran along tail whipping whatever they could.  Getting good pictures of all four in costume was elusive at best.  Here's a sampling of what we could get:

 Let's go!

 Allison.

Allison.

 The girls in their wagon.

Ready for candy, not for pictures.

 In action.

T-Rex ROOOAAR

"Just one more piece?"



Wilson's Apple Orchard

Blair and Irma visited this weekend.  We decided to optimize one of the last gorgeous fall days by going to Wilson's Apple Orchard in Iowa City.  Our first graders went earlier in the month as a tribute to Johnny Appleseed.  When they returned, they raved about the orchard.  Several staff members have been since their field trip.

Before the orchard, and while the girls were napping, the boys carved pumpkins with Moose and Grandpa Benner.

Will and Jack love leaf piles!

This is pumpkin bowling at Wilson's.

Moose sharing his pumpkin slushy with Sydnee and Allison.

Jack and Will finishing their pumpkin slushies on the tractor ride.

Grandma Irma and Sydnee before the ride starts. 

Sydnee walking the bridge.

Allison on the bridge.

Fall Days

Jack and Will waiting for Grandma Linda to arrive.

Sydnee and Allison tempting fate in their brothers' leaf pile.

This picture does not do these outfits justice!  I heart the Gap:)

Jack and Will doing what they do best: playing outside.