Trunk-Or-Treat

Our Trunk - or - Treat was held the Tuesday before Halloween which I am a fan of. I enjoy having Halloween night reserved strictly for Trick - or- Treating.

Jackson and Megan spent lots of time with their friends:

While Sade spent lots of time with me:



After visiting all of the cars, she was also our official candy distributor. A job she loved:



Eric was late getting there, but managed to make an entrance:




Trunk - or - Treats are not quite like the good old days anymore when everyone participated, but it's still a good time.

Craig Ranch Park

I was somewhat skeptical about the Craig Ranch Park until we went and found out it is AWESOME! And so close by.

Pics from our first visit:



It's fun for the whole family.





I really love to swing, but they need to make those seats bigger. It is just plain uncomfortable.



Sade has been practicing every day at recess and now is an expert at the monkey bars:



I'm pretty sure these are for decoration and not for climbing on, but that didn't stop Eric, Megan and Jackson:



Everything about the park is great. But the slides are more than great. They are so much fun:








A slide video montage:

The park is huge and we were there for 3 1/2 hours! We were fortunate and went on a day when most other kids were in school so it wasn't busy. I really loved it.

Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

 The last time we visited the Henderson Bird Preserve had been in the heat of the summer. I have been wanting to go back since then, so when the kids had a day off in October we went.

I will start off by saying it was still HOT (almost 90 degrees), there is much less shade there than you would imagine, and I will even admit (hope the kids don't read this) it was slightly boring.



They have 9 different ponds to visit. Last time we were there we visited only 3, but this time we (meaning me) were determined to see them all.



Jackson quickly became our route navigator:



We eventually came to a gorgeous shade and tree filled pond that we all agreed we would make our home if we were birds:



We pretty much just saw a bunch of ducks.



And a bunny.



More pics:



At 70 degrees this activity would have improved at least tenfold.