More October

October has been filled to the brim with fun activities. Sorry if this post is a bit of a "captioned photo-dump" for the grandparents, but we had a busy month. I have so many photos on my iPhone that are seemingly random, but altogether, it paints a pretty accurate slice of life right now. Enjoy!

One of the things I loved as a child was writing letters to my cousins. I am so happy that Cal and his cousins Brandon & Carson have inherited that joy. Here's Cal opening a Halloween note from Brandon:

My little guy helping me make pizza for dinner one night. (That apron was the best Easter present ever!)

Cal is constantly singing songs or reciting poems, and he caught me off guard one night when he delivered the whole of "Five Little Pumpkins" by memory. I had to get it on video:

Cal is loving preschool, though I feel like we've missed more days than usual due do illness these past few months. Parents were invited to attend class one morning so that the kids could perform what they've been working on. It was pretty awesome watching him do his "zoo-phonics."

After the kids' presentation, we all walked over to a haunted pumpkin patch that the school set up for the little students. They even had a haunted Golden Gate Bridge:

It was so fun seeing how Cal interacts with his classmates and teachers.

That was not the only pumpkin patch we visited this month. Cal and I hit nearly all of them; he liked different things about each one. This one had a train, so I have a feeling it was the favorite.

It also had a pen where you could pet farm animals.

Cal loved this goat, but anytime it would come close, Cal would jump back and wag his finger at it.

Here is Cal as a toilet paper mummy, after a game at our friends' Halloween party. He went as an astronaut this year, and Reed and I were spaceship maintenance crew and NASA scientist, respectively. I loved his costume because it was very easy to see him in the dark -- just look for the kid in the neon orate jumpsuit!

He had a great time carving pumpkins with Daddy. I know I've said it before, but I'll ay it again: Reed is really such a phenomenal dad. Cal absolutely loves spending time with Reed, because Dad just has a way of making all activities more fun.This year was no different.

These next two photos were taken by Cal:

And finally, for your viewing pleasure, some pumpkin carving silliness: