Chapter 136 Fall is here
Fall in the pack was a big event. There were several holidays throughout the fall, and as the leaves began to change color, th e pack started putting together a big fall festival. It was a long weekend of parades, events, costumes, and harvest celebrations.
Serena was looking forward to experiencing it with the kids. It was the first time that they were around f or a pack holiday, and the first time they‘d get to be so involved in a big pack event. The festival kicked off with a fall parade. Through the daycare, the twins were particip ating. Their group was the pumpkin patch, and they had to dress up as pumpkins. Dana had hand sew n them costumes. “Come on, you two, let‘s put on your costumes.” Serena said, bringing the puffy orange outfits into the living room where the twins were playing. “Where is daddy?” Olivia asked.
“He is going to meet us at the parade,” Serena said. “I know he wants to see the two of you as pumpkin s, so let‘s get these costumes on.” Olivia and Oliver stood still, mostly, as Serena got them into their clo thes. The costumes were adorable! They had green pants with felt vines and leaves curled around them. The shirts were orange with a puffy felt roundness around their bellies for the pumpkin. They each had a little brown pointed had for the ste m. “You two look adorable!” Serena gushed. “Dana, come look at your handy work.” Dana appeared from the kitchen and sighed as she looked at the kids. “Absolutely perfect,” she said. “Alright, go with Dana to the parade and I‘ll see you there. I‘ll be there with your dad,” she said. The twins headed out of the house with Dana. Serena got her purse an d headed over to Logan‘s house. She passed the village center along the way where pack members w ere setting up a hay maze and some fun fall games for kids and other pack members to play. There wa s a real pumpkin patch growing near where the hay maze was set up. It had been decorated with some
festive, fall decorations. Serena was absolutely delighted to see the events coming together. The kids were excited too, because Logan had promised to spend almost the entire weekend with them. That m eant Serena would be spending the entire weekend with him too. She hadn‘t spent that much time with him since they started seeing each other. She was a little nervous, but she felt so much more secure in their relationship since he helped bring the twins home. The night he had, she had been so affectionate to him and she realized that she didn‘t
want to take things as slow as she thought Serena knocked on Logan‘s front door. She waited a few moments and then he appeared. “You don‘t have to knock,” he told her. “My mom rarely locks the door. Serena, you are welcome to just come in.” “Thanks,” Serena said. “ I can‘t wait until you see the twins. They are so cute in their pumpkin costumes.” Logan chuckled. “Gre at, let‘s go,” he said. He held his arm out for Serena and she looped her arm through his. They walked to the main street where the parade was going to happen. Already, the majority of the pack had assembled. Serena wasn‘ t sure what to expect from the parade, but a lot of the onlookers had streamers and pompoms. “Here, l et‘s grab these,” Logan said pulling a few ribbon dancers from a nearby bucket. He handed one to Sere na. She waved it back and forth, smiling. “This is a big event,” she said. “It isn‘t a masquerade party,” Logan said. “But these are the kinds of events the whole pack gets involved in, kids and all. They are the best.” Serena chuckled, rollin g her eyes. “Are you ever going to stop teasing me about the masquerade?” she asked. “Probably not,” Logan admitted. “Here is a good spot. We‘ll be able to see everything and have front row seats. Seren a and Logan stood on the edge of the street. From the distance Serena heard pack members starting to cheer and the sounds of
drums, bells, and other instruments. “We got here just in time,” she said. Logan grinned and nodded. He took his arm from hers and started clapping as the first parade float we nt by. There were several large floats, all made to reflect the time of year. Between the floats there were musicians playing instruments, pack members walking on stilts, and others performin g tricks like juggling. Everyone on the streets clapped and cheered and waved their ribbons and pompoms back and forth. Serena quickly got caught up in the excitement, clapping and cheering al ong with everyone else. “There it is.” Serene said bouncing on the balls of her feet and pointing to the float that the twins were on. They whole daycare was dressed up lik e pumpkins the kids were holding hands in a circle and dancing around. Serena laughed, waving her ri bbon dancer even harder. “They look great!” Logan said near her ear. He pulled a camera out and started.
The parade continued far down the street with more floats. There was one with big turkeys on it and another with pack members dresse laughed, cheering along with everyone else and holding Logan‘s hand tightly. When they caught up to the twins, the float had come to a stop. “Hey you two,” Ser him too. “Did you see us?” Olivia asked. “I did,” Logan said. “I took a lot of pictures.” He held his camera up. “I want to go see the hay maze,” Olivia demanded. “Me too!” Oliver said excitedly. “Okay fall festival. Serena didn‘t want to do too much in the first day. She wanted to make sure that the twins had plenty of fun the whole weekend especially since Logan was going to be with them th said, holding his hand out. Olivia laughed and took Oliver‘s hand. “This way,” she said, pointing ahead. Logan took Serena‘s hand again as they follow the twins through the maze. The two of them were good puzzle solvers. Each of the maze dead ends were marked with a different symbol – a pumpkin, a turkey, a leaf, a witch, and other seasonally appropriate pictures. That way, the kids could
excuses for celebration and having fun.” Serena laughed. “Does that mean after the kids go to sleep, the like celebrations going on?” she asked. Logan grinned at her.
There is a pumpkin mead truck, some dancing by jack-o–lantern light, was that the
kind of thing you had in mind?” he asked. “That sounds nice,” Serena admitted. Logan put his arm around Serena‘s shoulders and gave her a nice side hug. She giggled and leaned into him.” “I‘m sensing you had other ideas?” Logan asked. Serena shrugg stomach squirmed with delight. “Mommy, mommy, come quick!” Olivia‘s voice called from up ahead and screaming. Serena automatically thought one of the kids had hurt themselves. When she rounded the corner, she found Oli lead. “I want to play some games,” Oliver said. “Let’s go, then.” Logan said. He took Oliver‘s hand and S winked at them as Serena and Logan headed back out of the house.