A Baby duck and her balloon

I posted most of these pics on facebook, but its fun to blog them, too. Last Wednesay there was a big trick-or-treat party at Palmer (Ben's school)...so its like an early Halloween for the kids. You go around campus picking up candy from various offices, etc. Some departments had way cool decorations...there was Gotham City, the Circus, Candyland, and the Yellow Brick road to name a few. It was so fun to see all the kids dressed up cute and just get together with everyone. Emma was a baby duck...some people called her a baby Big Bird or a baby chick, but she was and is a baby duck. And we get to dress her up again for our branch's trunk or treat bonanza next week.

Emma got a purple balloon at Palmer and it was her favorite thing when we got home from the party. She loved playing with it and dragging her pumpkin around with it. :)

Sour "Pumpkin" Patch Kid

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the Pride of the Wapsi. The Pride of the Wapsi is a family-sponsored fair that happens every fall here in Iowa. We had a blast!...although Emma wasn't the happiest. At the fair there is tons to do...There are little rides for the kids to go on and they have shetland pony rides and you can pick your own raspberries, and feed the farm animals...goats, chickens, pigs, etc...and we walked through their corn maze (in pretty good time, too), and took a ride to the pumpkin patch and we picked out a few pumpkins for ourselves.

Emma is about 2 and a half feet tall. Last year we measured her at the Wapsi and she was almost 2 feet tall according to this big ol ruler.
The original painting of this farm couple was actually painted here in Iowa I guess. Can you see Ben and me living on a farm?
Here we are at the pumpkin patch.

Emma turned sad and "sour" in the pumpkin patch :(

Emma needed a hug...and to sit down...take a break

I am super excited about going to the Pride of the Wapsi next year...I think Miss E will have more fun, too!