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I am so upset! This week is red-ribbon week at Abigail's school and she has dressed up for it every day.

Monday she was a Nerd

Tuesday she had crazy hair

Today (Wednesday) is silly sock day

Thursday is red day

Friday is sports day

AND my camera completely died (3rd camera in 3 years by the way) My first camera lasted 5 years, but the last two cameras have not been good to me and I think have been dropped one too many times. Also between the three girls we have seven Halloween events to attend in costume and my camera picked a fine week to die on me. BOO! They have looked so adorable in all of their costumes thus far and I know my memory won't be sufficient in remembering these days. So sad! I have decided that I need to purchase a better quality camera, so it may be Christmastime or later before I get a good camera. I will try to video record some of these things, but for now, no pictures on the blog.

Pumpkin Harvest

We decided to plant our own pumpkin patch this year. We harvestd a few of the pumpkins and squash yesterday, this is only about 1/5 of what we will have by Halloween. The kids love it and it only has cost me about $4.00 for the seeds that we planted in the spring, plus the water. All of the vines went crazy and kind of took over the right side of our yard, but the kids have had a blast checking on the plants every day and watching them change.

Fall Haircuts

We didn't get back-to school haircuts this year, so we decided to all go for fall hair cuts before our family pictures. I love the lady that cuts our hair, she keeps up to date with trends, but isn't too extreme either. The salon that she works in is really cute too.

Elizabeth's cut was the most drastic. We took about 4 inches off the length.

Christmas in October

Elizabeth LOVES these Christmas pajamas that are a hand-me-down from Abigail. Elizabeth discovered that her daddy had a matching pair and she insisted that they wear them one night before he left for Pennsylvania again. She is so proud to have matching pjs with her dad and he was a good sport for participating, especially since it wasn't really cold in the house and those pajamas are fleece.

ISU Homecoming Parade

The girls dance studio always participates in the ISU Homecoming Parade. Abigail got to ride on the float this year and the twins cheered her on from the curb in their DSDS attire.

Emily was much faster than Elizabeth when it came to getting candy, but she shared with Elizabeth every time she got some and Elizabeth didn't. I was very impressed with her generosity because Emily is usually the one that struggles with sharing the most.

The camera wasn't working before the parade, so this is a tired Abigail after the parade was over. The parade lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, that is a pretty long parade if you ask me. Then we had to try to locate Abigail in the sea of orange and black and that took another 45 minutes. I think she had fun throwing candy from the float though.

Unfortunately, this is the only picture of Abigail that I got on the float, you can't tell by this, but she is having a blast.

Making Tortillas

I have always wanted to make homemade tortillas, so I attempted to yesterday. I think they turned out decent and the twins had fun helping me.