The Molar Manor

Tiya, Devyn, Grandpa and friend


Tiya, Devyn and Me


Devyn taking candy from a monster and Tiya with her secret admirer- He just couldn't keep his eye off of her.


Devyn and I dragging Tiya through the haunted house.

Dad, Michele and I picked up Tiya and Devyn today and took them to "The Molar Manor." It's a haunted house that is put on every year by their dentist for charity. They had people walking around outside with elaborate costumes and they had a talent show with kids singing Halloween themed songs. It was a lot of fun. Dr. Singer, their dentist, collects movie props from scary movies and the collection out grew his house so he moved it to a warehouse in the Valencia Industrial Center. The haunted house was like walking through the grave yard part of Disney's Haunted House. I had to practically carry Tiya through she was so scarred. Devyn just laughed the whole time. I was afraid that it was going to be too scary for Mckenna so we didn't bring her. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be so next year we will bring her for sure.

Mckenna's Thumb Toe

Mckenna had me cracking up over the weekend when she referred to her big toe as her "Thumb Toe." It makes sense I suppose. I have heard people refer to their little toe as their pinky toe so why not a thumb toe?

An Amazing Maze of Maize

Mckenna and I went with Dad, Michele, Steven and his three boys to a pumpkin patch in Temecula on Saturday. It was a long drive to go to a pumpkin patch but Mckenna had a great time. Pumpkins were really inexpensive and the kids got to go on a pony ride and a hay ride. Mckenna got to hold and pet a Golden Retriever puppy. We spent a couple of hours trying to make our way through a maze that was made of corn. The corn had to have been 8 feet tall or more and I'm guessing that the maze was several acres in size. It was really amazing and the kids had a great time trying to find their way through it. On our way out Mckenna picked out a pumpkin that we will be carving soon. I will post photos soon.

On our way home from the pumpkin patch we stopped at Tom's Farms in Temescal Canyon which is like a farmers market. We went wine tasting, bought some wine, ate pizza and the kids got candy of course, after all, Grandpa was with us. It was a long day. I didn't get Mckenna home and into bed till 10:00 PM. Boy, was she tired. I wish Tiya and Devyn were with us. They really missed out. Devyn spent the day at Magic Mountain with his girlfriend Clarissa (still sounds funny to say that) and Tiya was with her Grandma.