Happy Halloween!

Trick Or Treat! Kara was a bee this Halloween. And she has perfected the saying of Trick or Treat, except when she was too shy to say it! We had a party afterwards at Grandma/Papa's, and had a wonderful time!

Kara the Bee and Landen the Lion

Kara Landen and Grandma

Bee costume with the wings

Kara before last weekend's community Halloween party, she got over her sickies just in time to go and enjoy it!

Kara Bee

Pumpkin Painter

As a project for church this year, Kara got to paint pumpkins to send to church members who are now in the nursing home. She had so much fun doing that, that we had to paint our pumpkins instead of carving them this year. In fact, she enjoyed the painting part so much that she even decided we needed to paint a couple of the watermelons that Uncle Josh gave her! So here are the 'fruits' of her labor!

Pair of painted watermelons

The painted pumpkin family. She did have a little help from Mom and Dad

Kara and Daddy painting. Notice Kara has a painted tummy, which she actually DID NOT do to herself. Her Daddy did it and she was MAD at him!

Kara painting a pumpkin for the nursing home folks

The Greatest Show on Earth

We took Kara to see the Ringling Bros circus a couple weekends ago. They had been as close as Kansas City in September, but I was working the nights the show was on, since they had it during the week. So when I found out they were also going to be in Tulsa I snapped up some tickets to take her. It was also Blaine's first "big" circus, so it was a unique experience for the both of them. I was somewhat scared that Kara might be afraid of the clowns and the big crowd, but she really seemed to love it! We got there early enough to participate in the pre-show, where we were able to go down onto the floor and meet with performers. Kara even got to watch an elephant paint! I think the elephants and tigers were her absolute favorite part of the show. She was telling everyone about them and the noises they make. I've signed up for e-mail alerts from the circus now, so the next time they come somewhere close we can make a big trip of it. I would love for my nephews to get the chance to see the Greatest Show on Earth too!

Kara at the circus.



A painting elephant

Kara watching the preshow from Daddy's shoulders

Kara and Daddy Walking to the BOK center. Notice Pig had to come with us to the circus

Kara at home, getting ready to load up in the truck for our circus trip. Pig got to come along with us this trip, what a lucky critter!

For some reason today my pictures posted backwards to the blog, but I guess you can figure out that the last was the first taken, right?