BOO!

Happy Halloween!! The weather was perfect. Slightly cool and clear. Westin chose his own costume this year. We wanted to dress him as an 'Angry Bird', his favorite app on Dada's iPad. He runs to the iPad screaming, 'Burds, burds'. He is also crazy good at turning on the iPad, unlocking it and finding his favorite things. However, when we showed him some of the costumes, all he could say was 'elmo, elMO, ELMO'. Clearly he wanted to be Elmo.....who are we to argue with someone this cute?!

So what's this whole trick-or-treating thing about?

Chatting it up with the neighbors

Mama with her little monster

Candy wasn't the only thing that we collected.....

Westin had just as much fun collecting beautiful leaves. We have lots of them this time of year!

OctoberFest!

Gearing up for winter!

 Wow, what a month! It's been a busy one:

Westin goes to Library Class every Tuesday (that he's not in Zoo Class). Last week, he was visited by the Cat in the Hat (!!!). He LOVES the Cat in the Hat (whom he calls 'Hat'). He was onto the library folks-knew this one was a fake--didn't get excited a bit.

Twice a month, Westin has Zoo Class at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls. It's great! They talk about a new animal every week. They do crafts, get to meet animals and get to walk around the zoo like crazy monkeys. What's not to love? Here West is doing crafts with Dada.

Ostrich feathers!

Captivated by the penguins. (Westin's the one with the cap)

Extra excited about meeting a 'burd' during Zoo Class (theme, Owls).

Dakota Days!

We heralded October (umm yeah, weeks ago....) by going to the Coyote's Homecoming Parade, part of the massive Dakota Days celebration. I am hoping by next year that we figure out what 'Raise the Dust' means......Incidentally, while the parade was all, meh,

jumping in a random puddle was super duper fun! Especially when you have awesomesauce Thomas the Train boots! (Westin now says, 'Choo Choo', when he hears a train or sees a bunch of cars lined up).