Halloween pictures

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Quotes from the evening:

"This is the best Halloween ever!" Anna

"I'm not afraid of dogs, I'm a pirate." (J. Ross said this every single time he saw a dog...except for the first time he saw a dog tonight. The first time, he didn't like the dog jumping on him and got a little whiny...then, Josh reminded him, that pirates aren't afraid of dogs...so, the rest of the night...you get the point...)

"Can I have some candy?" This is what J. Ross said instead of "trick or treat.."

"You look like a witch," said Anna to our neighbor who was dressed up like the Statue of Liberty. Oops.





Happy 30th Birthday Carma, etc.



Last night we celebrated my friend Carma's 30th birthday! We went to dinner, then we went on to hear Carma's husband Tim play. Good times were had by all.

Nicki and me


More birthday pics

Here's J. Ross with his tiny pumpkin at the Farmer's Market. We picked two big pumpkins for carving, and two tiny ones. Good thing we brought the double stroller!

A Packwood family tradition: pizza at Tim's Pizza after Farmer's Market. Countdown to Halloween-19 days
These videos were taken today at the Farmer's Market and the pizza restaurant. I originally took the video in the restaurant, because I knew A and J would want to watch themselves on video (see above picture of me holding video cam). This would keep them still for a while and would give me the chance to have snippets of conversation with Carma and Holly, who came with us today (and who you can hear laughing in the background of this video!). The video ended up being so cute, I had to post it.

Frozen Cheetos




The 7th grade science classes had a special guest from the University of Arkansas come and teach them about liquid nitrogen. Some of my students were there taking some video and they caught me eating a "Frozen" cheeto for the first time ever. I couldn't quite get the breathing through the nose thing down, with my allergies and all.

Our assistant principal seemed to figure it out just fine...