We went to the Pumpkin Patch last week.It was a lot of fun! All the kids got a pumpkin. Even Kade! He was so cute carrying it!
This is me and all my little siblings.
This is me and my pumpkin.
Kade and his little pumpkin.
We had a great time together!
This Halloween Mom had us write reports on what we were being.I chose to be Betsy Ross.
Here is my report:
" I am Betsy Ross.
I chose to be her because I like history and because of what she stands for.
Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscorn, in January 1752 in Philadelphia, PA. Her
parents were Rebecca James and Samuel Griscorn. Betsy was a fourth generation
American, and a great-granddaughter of a carpenter who arrived in New Jersey in
1680 from England. She was the eighth child of seventeen. Betsy attended a
Quaker school, since her family was Quaker. Besides her usual studies, she
learned to sew there. When she was 17, she met John Ross, who was an Anglican.
They fell in love, but Betsy was a Quaker, and the act of marrying outside of
one's religion wasn't allowed. To the shock and horror of her family, she
married him anyway at the age of 21, in 1772. She was expelled from her family
and the Friend's Meeting House in PA. So, she and her husband attended Christ
Church instead. George Washington often attended the very same church! Betsy and
John started their own upholstery business. They probably made about 50 cents a
day. When the Revolutionary War started, John joined the Pennsylvania militia.
While guarding an ammunition cache in mid-January of 1776, John Ross was
mortally wounded in an explosion. Even though Betsy tried to nurse him back to
health, he died and was buried in the Christ Church cemetery. The story of the
visit of George Washington, Robert Morris, and her husband's uncle, George Ross,
to ask her to make the flag was told by her grandson William Cranby in 1870,
nearly 50 years after her passing. They asked her to make the flag, and she did
in late May or June of 76! The flag had 13 stars arranged in a circle and of
course the stripes. Betsy is most well-known for making the first flag of the
United States of America. In June of 1777, she married sea captain Joseph
Ashburn at the Old Swedes Church in Philadelphia. Betsy and Joseph had two
daughters, Zilla, who died in her youth, and Elizabeth. On a trip to the West
Indies to get war supplies for the Revolutionary cause, Captain Ashburn was
captured by the British and sent to the Old Mill Prison in England where he died
in March 1782. Betsy learned of her husband's death from her old friend, John
Claypoole, another sailor imprisoned at Old Mill. In May, 1783, Betsy married a
third time. She married her old friend John Claypoole. Betsy convinced him to
quit sailing and find landlubbing employment. Claypoole mostly worked at her
upholstery business; then at the U.S. Customs House. Betsy and John had five
daughters; Clarissa, Susan, Rachel, Jane, and Harriet, who died at 9 months.
John Claypoole passed on in 1817, after years of ill health; she never
re-married. She worked until 1827. After she retired she went to live with one
of her daughters in Albington, PA. Betsy Ross died of natural causes in her
sleep, at the age of 84 on January 30, 1836. She died at her home. Betsy Ross
will always be remembered for her courage, diligence, and of course her
construction of the first U.S. flag."
And here I am in my costume. My dress was from a thrift store. And we had everything else at home.
Kalli chose to be a baker or a pasty chef.
And here is her report:
"I am a baker from Boise, Idaho. A baker will make between 50 and 60 thousand
dollars a year. To be a baker, you should go to culinary school which costs
anywhere from 20 to 100 thousand dollars. Buddy Valestro's father, Carlo, came
to America from Italy to open Carlo's Bakery located an 95 Washington St in
Hoboken NJ. It was opened in 1919. Buddy is the current boss at Carlo's Bakery.
When he was 11, his father paid him $5.00 to work in the bakery. In my bakery I
will make everything from custards and cupcakes to beautiful wedding cakes. Why
do I want to be a baker? Well, I love the art of making cakes gorgeous, and
would love to see my cakes make people happy.
And here she is in her costume.
We had all her stuff except we borrowed the hat from a friend.
Here's Kade as an Indian.Isn't he a cutie?!
Kammy was Indian Princess Edahow.
Here is her report:
"I am a native American Indian from Idaho. My name is Princess Edahow. I am from
the Shoshone tribe who lived in Idaho during the late 1800's. I represent
beautiful colors. I like nature, aspen trees, glittering snow, clear creeks,
jade green and turquoise blue. I like starry skies and wild roses. I lived off
the land by hunting, fishing and trading. I chose to be an Indian because I like
Indian history and the fact that they rode horses."
Here she is in her costume. Mom made it.
Oh musn't forget Kaite.She was a veterinarian.
Here is her report:
"I am a veterinarian. I chose to be a veterinarian because I feel so good
helping animals. Veterinarians are animal doctors. They make about $46,000 each
year."
And here is her costume.
Well,I hope you enjoyed! Signing off until next time!
