Potions Class in the Dungeon

Why hello!  Halloween is fast approaching, and we're getting our decorating on.  The hot thing this week was to make potions.  All the kids made their own with a little help.  They had a ton of fun, and now we've got them all on display.  I don't have a picture of our media center with all our decorations out, but things aren't done quite yet either.  Hopefully I remember to get a picture of the final project once we are done.

The girls got coupons for free snow cones at Bahama Bucks, and they expired Monday night, so as soon as we finished dinner we headed out.  Monica stayed home with Grayson.  We had a fun time, and the treats were delicious!

Here's the obligatory picture of Grayson at preschool!  It looks like he was learning how to draw on his fingers last week!

My oh my did Jelly have a good time this week.  She had a lot of friends stop by during the work day.  She kindly greeted them all, and gave them her undivided attention until they finished their business and moved out of sight.  She scared me just a little before this picture because she jumped up at the lizard and the blinds were down, so it made a bunch of noise.  And, a little after this, the lizard continued up the wall, and Jelly jumped up onto the top of the window, and was standing up there by were the lock is, waving goodbye.  What a caring host.

We had dinner outside one evening and Jelly joined us.  She enjoyed wandering the back yard, and eventually found her way into the garden where she plopped down and laid in the shade for a while.  While she was back in here, the neighbors dog came out and was running around their backyard for a while.  She was keeping a keen eye on the fence, and the dog could probably smell something, because it kept coming back and sniffing at the fence, but never barked or anything.  In the end I think Jelly had a good time.

I took the kids out Sunday morning to burn off a little energy before conference.  They did pretty well on Saturday, but it's just a lot of sitting and listening to ask from little kids.  Grayson wanted to give this trike a try, and Winry helped him ride it up and down the sidewalk.  It's a bit hard to pedal, or so it seems to me, I don't fit, so from my perspective it's impossible to pedal.  Anyway, it's a little tricky and Grayson will get caught in positions he can't get the pedals to go in, but Winry was there to give him a little push and get going again.

Sunday evening, our friends the Weeks invited us over to watch the afternoon session and have dinner.  They invited a few families, and everyone had a really good time.  The Ellers offered to bring dessert, and brought a cotton candy maker with them to every child's delight.

And that wraps up the week. Conference was really great, but like usual, it shot by like a blur.  It's definitely good to come back and revisit the talks through the next months, because I know I liked a lot of stuff, but don't remember what a bunch of it was.  It was great to hear from the prophet, and I really liked the story about the person who stole the Book of Mormon from a lady, read it, and then sent her an apology letter!  Really great stuff!