Fall Family Fun

We started the month of October with one of our favorite fall activities, the Dixie Classic Fair.  It definitely signals fall is here when the DCF is in town.  We went straight after school on October 4th.  Mimo joined us and Drew met us there.  The kids had unlimited ride wrist bands and they got to ride, ride, ride.  The kids were finally tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides.  For years they have been bored by the kiddie rides but they weren't tall enough.  They were tall enough for one ride, the Cobra, that I swear I thought Will was going to fly out of.  It was terrifying to watch.  He was sliding down and because of the centrifugal force, he couldn't sit up.  I about lost it when I saw him wrap his foot around a lower bar.  I don't know for sure but I think they stopped it early after they heard me screaming for him to sit up.  He was scared when he got off so I know I wasn't just imagining the whole thing.  We ate dinner and headed home.

That weekend Lindy had her first friend spend the night at our house.  It was the same friend she had stayed with in September, Josie.  They had a fun time and she was sad when she went home.

I had a random day off in October that the kids didn't have off.  I spent the day getting stuff done.  That weekend, we went to my parents' for the day to celebrate my mom's birthday.  We hung out and ate and just celebrated another year of her loveliness!

We got into the slime business when my sister sent the kids a slime kit.  Will's worked relatively well but Lindy's turned into a big mess.  I hadn't planned to get into the slime but the poor girl needed help.

We spent the third Saturday of October at Kersey Valley with some of the Southern Family for a Fun Fall Outing.  I think Bob had the most fun.  We met up with Anna, Lynn, Bob and Suzette and we conquered the corn maze and checked out all the other activities.  There were a million photo opportunities and for some reason my family pretty willingly did them all.  It was a Halloween miracle!

Lindy and her friend, Josie

 Fair fun!

 The dreaded Cobra ride.  Never again! ha!