Really, it's November already??

For Ben's second Halloween, he actually got to try his hand at the door-to-door trick or treating! He picked up on the idea pretty quickly. Well, his version anyway: OK - so you climb up the steps (on your hands and knees), then you knock on the door (or hope they have a doorbell, so you get to push the button), then you say say trick or treat (or some gibberish that sounds really cute), then you get to take some loot (or see how much you can get away with taking because you are so darn cute), and put it in your pumpkin bucket (that mommy and daddy will carry for you) then you move on to the next house and repeat. It only took him about 2 houses to catch on to the pattern.


Here is Ben "helping" to rake and haul leaves on Halloween.
Sunday, we went on an awesome hike for kids in the Columbia River Gorge to Wahclella Falls with Andy's bud, Riad and kids Alex and Dylan. It was a beautiful autumn day in Oregon - It certainly didn't seem like November...