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Molly's school had a Parade of Words for the kids on Halloween day. Each child was asked to describe their costume with a specific word. Kindergarteners described with nouns. Other grades described their costumes with adjectives, adverbs, verbs and phrases. It was a creative way to add a little education into the holiday festivities.

The kindergarten team dressed up as a box of crayons. What's your favorite color? Ours is orange! Yay Ms. Colella!

As always, our first stop is to Trick-or-Treat at Grams and Pop's house. The girls love the full size candy bars there.

The girls were happy to take a picture with Grams and Pop before heading on to Keira and Maya's neighborhood for Trick-or-Treating. Molly is Rapunzel and Leah is Strawberry Shortcake.

Molly and Matilda were both Rapunzel from the movie Tangled. Note the important difference though. Molly will quickly point out that she is Rapunzel from the end of the movie (when her hair is short and brown), while Matilda is from earlier in the movie when she still has very long blonde hair.

Rapunzels are joined by Merida and Strawberry Shortcake (who's not technically a princess, but pretends to be one when she wears the crown Leah has on). Add in Izzy and Optimus Prime, and we've got the whole gang.

I think they may be excited to get started.

Molly and Simon were typically out front. We had to keep slowing them down so the others could keep up.

Leah definitely liked getting some candy.

Leah took her time to pick out exactly the piece of candy she wanted at each house, which often meant she was struggling to keep up with the bigger kids who'd grab and go.

Of course, every now and then you need to inspect your loot!

Back at Keira and Maya's house, the girls inspected what they received and picked out 2 pieces of candy to eat that night.

Molly chose this huge gummy Lifesaver, but had a bit of trouble actually biting through it.

After sugaring up, all the kids had fun attacking the giant Frankenstein, though Leah looks to be too excited to participate.

Aunt EA's boyfriend, Scott, brought the girls two pumpkins, so we took advantage of a hurricane day on Tuesday and carved them.

Leah was a bit more hesitant to get her hands (or spoon!) dirty to scoop out the seeds.

After the girls bailed on the pumpkin carving, I worked on their designs. Molly insisted on keeping them inside so the bugs wouldn't get them, so we had a few friends watching over our dinner.

It was Leah's turn to take a trip to the farm. Our playgroup headed out to Gaver Farm for a morning of Fall fun.

The farm had so many things for the girls to do, with at least 6 different mazes.

The corn crib was a big hit. Fun like a sandbox, but without all the sand all over!

Leah and Rachel had a great time test driving the tractors.

Leah loved this slide! She probably went down it 15 times, and insisted on doing it all by herself. It is made of ridged tubes, so she'd bump down and laugh all the way.

Chad chaperoned Molly's class to a nearby farm with a pumpkin patch. Before leaving, Ms. Colella talked about the animals they'd see and read a story about pumpkins.

It was a tight squeeze on the bus, so Chad shared a seat with Molly and her friend Catherine.

After a talk about the farm, it was time for a hay ride on a beautiful day. It's hard to believe it's late October with 80 degree days.

They even rode through a stream. The kids had to get a peak at the approaching water. Molly was a bit worried that they might sink.

She picked corn, cotton, and a pumpkin, though she doesn't seem too sure of her choice in this picture.

Molly was even brave enough to feed this goat some corn out of her hand.

On the way home, several kids took a little snooze after a busy day. Molly snuggled up and closed her eyes, though she never actually fell asleep.

I wanted to get some Fall pictures of the girls, so Tuesday we went to Savage Park to take some pictures among the fall foliage.

Still hugging among the trees.

Leah was excited about her pretty red leaf.

At the end of the trail was a fun bench in the woods. I love the colors glowing behind the girls.

Molly decided to take a rest and find objects in the clouds.

Mommy was requested in a picture too!

We wanted them to sit together, but by the end of the outing, Leah had different ideas.

We told them we could go to Chick-fil-A after the session, so they were excited to head back toward the car. And they just like running through the leaves.

Molly's school held an International Day where they had lots of special activities during the day highlighting other countries, and then a special program in the evening for students and their families. They asked Chad to be the official photographer of the event, so he spent the day at Molly's school photographing class activities and assemblies. Here's Molly's class doing the Mexican Hat Dance.

Nice dancing!

Baba Jamal Koram put on a show at a couple assemblies. He's a storyteller who was really engaging. The kids loved the stories and songs.

The afternoon assembly had all of Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade. The cafeteria was completely packed, but he had no problem holding their attention.

Molly's class also made maracas, but Chad couldn't get back to photograph the action, so she gladly posed after school with her tiny instrument.

Molly came home from school with this book she made and told us she had a show for us. She set up some chairs for Jen, Leah, and I to sit in, then read/sang the book to us. I give the show 5 stars.

Molly's school held a fun run on Saturday morning to promote active lifestyles. We brought the whole family to participate. Chad ran with Molly and I ran with Leah. Molly and Chad got ahead of us off the bat, but he turned around to get a picture of us before they pulled too far away.

Here's Molly and her friend Catherine at the finish line after the run.

Leah loved the finish line with all the people cheering.

The girls loved their medals, and they definitely deserved them. Molly ran the entire mile without stopping. Every other kindergartener would run a bit and then walk a bit, but Molly kept on with a nice steady pace. Leah did great too, though she switched between walking, running, and having me carry her throughout the mile.

After the race, they had lots of other activities to promote healthy lifestyles. Here's Molly climbing the rope at the beginning of the obstacle course (she didn't get very far).

Molly continued the obstacle course on her belly.

They also had other fun activities, and surprisingly both our girls wanted their faces painted.

Leah, like Molly, opted for a flower on her cheek. Such a sweet little face!

We were impressed at how well this event was run. In addition to all the activities, the cafeteria was packed with healthy snacks (including Smoothie King samples, Yum!) and every child went home with a t-shirt and a prize. Thanks Talbott Springs for a fun morning!

With the school year back in session, the Cherub Choir is back in full swing. Molly had her first time singing in church for the year today.

Pinterest has been fantastic for finding sewing inspiration. I saw this dress sold on Etsy and knew I wanted to replicate it for the girls.

I started on them Saturday morning, finished Leah's by the start of the Auburn-LSU game, and wrapped up Molly's before heading to bed. They wore them to church on Sunday. Chad was impressed with my mad sewing skills!

I intentionally made them a little long so they'll get to wear them for two football seasons. War Eagle!