Cara, month 31

10/13/07: Cara is a fire chief.

Since we don't seem to be taking as many pictures lately, here are a bunch from our Halloween cookie decorating party of 10/21/07:

Here is a nice photo of Ev reading to all the kids--journal evidence confirms the date of 10/3/07.

On 10/21/07, the children inexplicably all agreed to eat coconut popsicles. Says Mommy: "They didn't know any better."

10/24/07, Em was home all day as surrogate daycare provider. Here, Cara poses with her incredibly accurate Play-doh likeness.

They also made cake!

Cara checks the batter:

Enjoying the fruits of their labors:

The pictures seem to be getting very out-of-order these days. This one is from 10/19/07: Cara showing off her own form of action painting.

10/28/07--Pumpkin picking! But first, a pony ride.

They had these things there, too! Cara is a headless farmer's wife.

Cara decided that what she had to do was walk around and around the pumpkin. Perhaps to see if it was ready.

Here is a leftover shot from 10/24/07, when Em was watching the kids for the day--they all got into one crib:

Here is one of Em's shots from the pumpkin-picking of 10/28/07 (it's rare to see Cara and PJ wandering about unposed in the same photo):

At lunch after the pumpkins, Em tries once again to re-create the "pointing" incident:

For Halloween pictures, continue to the next page!