Halloween

Thumbs up! That's what pilots do when they're ready to takeoff.

Do you recognize me with my helmet on? If not, it's me, Avi. I'm dressed as a pilot for Halloween. My jet is zooming over the clouds.


Halloween is also Grandpa's birthday so, as we do every year, we visited him to wish him a happy birthday before going out trick or treating.


This year, I went trick or treating with my buddy Thomas in his neighbourhood. There we SO many kids that I had a little trouble with my airplane wings getting in the way. That didn't stop me from visiting lots of houses and getting LOTS of candy.

Diwali

Tonight is Diwali and because Ba is staying with us, we are really celebrating it this year. Tonight, after a nice dinner, I got to go outside and play with sparklers. Daddy says when I'm older, we can light some fireworks.


This whole week we've been busy with special things to do. Here I am helping Ba make a rangoli outside our front door.


Every night we've been lighting candles and putting them on the stairs and sidewalk. Mommy lights the candles, Ba brings them to me and my job is to put them in the right spot.


Here I am with Mommy before going out to Navatri (dancing). Don't I look nice in my outfit?

Pumpkin Patch

Today, I went on my first field trip ever.  My preschool class when to the pumpkin patch to get ready for Halloween.

Mommy and I met all my friends with their moms at preschool. When I got there, there was a big, yellow, school bus waiting for us! After everyone got on the bus, Cathy made some announcements then we sang songs all the way to the pumpkin patch.

When we got to the farm, I saw some funny looking animals. Mommy told me they're llamas. There were also horses, chickens and some really cute and funny pigs. After watching the animals, we took a hayride to the pumpkin field.  Wow!  There were so many pumpkins that it was hard to choose one.


Mommy said to look for one with a nice shape and to also make sure that it wasn't rotten.  I had to check all pumpkins out so it look me a really long time to find a perfect one.  Finally I found one and Mommy did too so we had two pumpkins to take home for carving.


Here's a picture I took of Mommy.


Here I am with my friends Luke, Thomas and Matthew.  Don't we look funny sitting on pumpkins!


After everyone chose a pumpkin, we waited for the wagon to take us back to the bus.  I had lots of fun jumping on cubes of hay with my friends.


Stay tuned for my blog about Halloween where I'll show you the jack-o-lanterns we make out of the pumpkins we brought home today.