I love November – the end of fall, beginning of winter and the holidays right around the corner.  There are still nice days to play outside but also maybe a snow or two.  And now that December next week (!) I thought I better share a few of our fun activities.

The girls made a weaving with the dead flowers that I was cutting off.

It kept them really busy while I worked all afternoon cutting back plants and mulching like crazy!

The final product!

What else do you do to have fun in November? Burn burdock!

Guess who likes fire?

Taking a break from school work with Oscar.

The girls played for hours one morning back behind the barn. This is their house – they were pretending to be Inuit people.

They had to go out to hunt for caribou and seals for their stew (which also had polar bear meat in it).

And here they are making boots out of caribou hide and seal skin.

One more trip over the fence to take care of a sick lady at her house. They took her the stew. 🙂

We woke up to a few flakes of snow yesterday which turned into quite a beautiful snow shower after breakfast.  We were all so excited!  The girls were very motivated to get dressed and go out to play.  They built a cozy little shelter for animals complete with a soft floor, food and space for a Christmas tree.  🙂  They also laid on the porch and ate snow.  We only got about an inch or two, but it was so pretty and fun!

Walking down the driveway.

All bundled up and staying warm!

Before the snow came, we cleaned up the garden. Lily sold baby gourds in the bean tipi while we composted broccoli plants!

In case you missed the FB posts, we saw Jan Brett on Sunday and had pictures with both her and Hedgie! The girls loved Hedgie!

We had lots of fun celebrating Halloween this year.  We attended a party in the morning for homeschool kids, went trick-or-treating in town with lots of friends, and went to a party on Saturday afternoon.  The girls got to dress up 3 times!  And they got lots of treats.  🙂

We carved pumpkins a few days before Halloween.

The girls drew a picture on paper first and then on the pumpkin for me to cut.

Super cute singing pumpkins!

We had supper before trick-or-treating and the girls made this vegetable tray to take along.

On our way to trick-or-treating!

Next event -Pleasant Valley Halloween Party on Saturday.

Last year for the tiger outfit!

Mary Ingalls, sister to Laura Ingalls Wilder (standing in front of a blue Prius!).

Not sure about this crazy witch.

The donut game is a highlight of the party. Jon (the woodsman) is making it hard for Sylvia.