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 For Halloween, the boys decided to be Ninjas.  Ben is a blue Ninjago, Owen is just a generic Red Ninja.  They both loved playing in their costumes, and picking out their Ninja weapons at the dollar store.  And the biggest win was that no one got hurt.

Ben's class went to get pumpkins at the local farm, and then we went as a family.  Both times we enjoyed the tractor ride. Ben got to drive the tractor with Richard.  I was 1/4 of Abba, with my friend Russa.  We went trick or treating on Halloween, first at HP, then at downtown.  That was enough for Ben, but Owen and I went around our neighborhood with Laurel.

In non-Halloween events, the boys went with Richard to a Lego show in Portland and had a blast with the large models and events.  We had some nice weather in October and went up bald hill one afternoon with the tress were still changing.