Happy Halloween

We've had fun anticipating Halloween. We painted our pumpkin, looked at masks and costumes at the store, played Halloween Bingo, saw Halloween decorations in some yards, found pictures of Halloween symbols on Google or clip art, listened to Halloween music, and two of our guys wrote Halloween stories. We did not eat any candy! Have a Happy Halloween!

This week's outing

We had a wonderful outing to the bookstore on Tuesday. We bought a magazine with lots of Halloween ideas including ways to decorate our pumpkin. Our pumpkin is now painted. Two of the guys really enjoyed painting it! They have been learning to use clip art and Google images this week, so we are decorating the room with their art. We all bought lunch and ate outside at the picnic tables near the bookstore on Tuesday and it was a gorgeous day for that. There was just enough time for a brisk walk down to the pond and back before we had to get back to the bus stop.

Outings Planned for Next Week

We plan to go to the book store at the Arboretum on Tuesday morning and grocery shopping on Wednesday after lunch. I'm hoping the weather works with us, and if not we will shuffle the schedule around like we did this week.

This Week

Today was a perfect day for an outing. It was a little bit cold at first but the sun came out once we got off the bus at Target. We bought some of the items on our list, but other items were too expensive. We will keep an eye out for them in the ads in the newspaper over the coming weeks. Lunch was delicious! Everyone always likes to eat out. It was a very good day.

What's Happening?

Our big trip this week was going to the fire station and learning how to use a fire extinguisher.

Plans for next week

We will be going for a walk on the Nature Trail on Monday, grocery shopping at HEB on Tuesday, and to the Fire Station for a lesson on how to use a fire extinguisher on Wednesday. Thursday is a work day for everyone in the morning so that will take everyone off campus on Thursday, but Friday we will be on campus all day.

Weekly News

We did our weekly grocery shopping on Monday and bought supplies this week to make queso which we made on Thursday. It was spicy! We went to the Austin Public Library at Spicewood Springs on Tuesday this week. We checked out a DVD and watched it during lunch. Afterwards we had a nice walk to the pool and some of us got in the water. It was refreshing! Everyone made a Photo Story this week about the recycling that we do. We will try to share these stories at some point. Some of us took a walk this week on Thursday to the Bethany Pumpkin Patch. It was great exercise. We all went out for lunch today at Quizno's. It was a full week. We enjoyed the outings.