Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s hard to believe we are already into November.

October was filled with autumn and Halloween fun. We hunted for leaves, pine cones and searched for acorns. We made bird feeders out of the pinecones and counted the acorns and had a friendly competition. The buckets were placed outside where we could observe the squirrels and chipmunks. Whichever group had their bucket emptied first won the competition.

We followed up by making squirrels to hang up around the Annex house and took some pictures. The kids really enjoyed this. We had fun making pumpkins, bat wind socks, and candy corn out of tissue paper.

We also had our traditional Halloween pumpkin hunt. Once the child found their pumpkin they exchanged it for a goody bag. We also had special snacks and homemade ice cream sandwiches.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our Midland fundraiser. We sold holiday gift wrap and miscellaneous items for Christmas. I would also like to thank Charlie Darling for meeting us at the food pantry so we could remove some of the canned food labels as we are participating in the Labels for Education Program. If anyone has any labels to donate, we have a bucket for them in our building.

We, here at the Annex, wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for all your support.

Caption: Friday crew enjoying some recess time!