Halloween Comes Early to the Maas House

Emma and Ani have taken to using their Halloween costumes every day for the past two weeks.  With princesses visiting daily, Mommy becomes frazzled and tries her hardest to keep the house in good order for their arrival.  While Grandma Jan and Grandpa Bruce visited, they also had a chance to meet the demanding princesses. The picture Grandma Jan took that has Mommy laughing so hard is displayed below.   It appears that Emma has decided to put a magic spell on herself so she can disappear, while Grandpa Bruce sneaks up from behind for a good tickle.

Grandpa playing the part of the prince with magical powers.  Of course all good princes listen to the full instructions provided by their princesses. 

Hoedown and Science Museum

The girls have been enjoying the outdoors this fall.  Last weekend we went out to collect fossils near Cherokee Heights.  We even found some volcanic rock and a small cave.  Most of the fossils in the rock were crinoids or corrals.  We also enjoyed a nice picnic lunch by the river.

The previous weekend we had our school Hoedown.  The girls loved the live music, face painting and hunting for their snack of a clementine decorated as a pumpkin.  We also visited the Science Museum when it was raining.  The museum has a new exhibit put on by 3M where kids get to work with wind and water.  They have a car wash as well as tons of tubes where kids can manipulate wind speeds.  The girls loved the ping pong ball part of the exhibit.