Yesterday..

He wears his bed head well.... 2 minutes after waking up - Cinnamon Sugared Almonds...

1/2 of the cookies made yesterday.. forgot to take a picture of all of them...

The view from our room.....

Yo Pop!

Hey Pop - We are coming to NJ, and we are bringing some cookies..... and some rowdy boys.....

and a Christmas tree! "Smile...say Pop and Granny!"

J - watching over the tree cutting..

Wrapped up and ready to go!

Get your tree stand ready!

Dia de los Muertos

C and I read about dia de los muertos - the day of the dead.. and we thought of a good use for our old Halloween makeup.. We were a little late, it is celebrated on Nov 1 and 2nd.. maybe next year we'll have a party ...
J isn't one to sit out on the action - too squirmy for eye makeup...

C enjoyed it - he will be all ready for stage makeup in his future.. and he took this creepy picture of me..

Boo.....

Thanksgiving Cookies

" A good deal "...

Watching me right now.. not happy I moved her from her favorite spot on the computer chair.. but she must be happy - motorboat.. Church book sale.. we walked away with over 40 books and 5 movies... for $6..W felt so guilty he gave the ol church lady $10..haha

"take picture my new boots.."

model..

Birthday dinner..

J with chopsticks - a dangerous combination ..

My dinner.. after a bunch of other appetizers etc.. too much food - but really good.. Spider Roll. There was a cool Koi pond next to our table.. but I was too busy making sure J didn't jump in to get a picture. Next time we are going sans kids and we will sit at the Hibachi table.. and drink Saki.

Some cookies..

Ghosts, tombstones...and skeletons.. 25 Great Pumpkins for C's class...

Spider man......

Halloween 2010

Costume run-through before we packed everything up and went to dinner... Dragon feet...

C as Anakin Skywalker....

Mommy...why is it snowing?

Dragon from behing...

Hillbilly teeth from Uncle D

Pumpkins by Aunt T

Boo cake for after trick or treating...

We had dinner first - the big boys won the football game 20 something to 0 so they are #2 in the region... Next week they play the #1 team. At 6:30 we got costumes on..with long underwear etc... and as we walked out the door it started to snow.....

The kids did good.. C had his buddy (W's nephew) so he was happy... J walked some and rode some.. we stayed in the litle village.. People are funny with candy.. they kept giving J crackers.. he wasn't pleased with that.. One really nice house - lady gave them glow necklaces, juice boxes..bags of candy... J didn't want to leave.. And they had a big sweet old dog outside.. I could have stayed there too.

I guess I wasn't feeling as good as I thought - the cold really got to me.. we got home around 9..C took a shower and they went right to bed. W and I watched a scary movie - that ended up being dumb.. and I couldn't get warm all night.. Today I just feel tired. It's cold and dreary again..

Dad - that book I was telling you about by Janet E is called Wicked Appetite.. the guy in it is Diesel - from some of the Stephanie Plum books. Our library has it already.. I put it on hold.

Random

Making more butternut soup today...

Philly gets rowdy at night.. it's pretty funny...

Moments after this picture was taken - J threw the truck and I caught it with my nose.

While the soup is cooking we are putting up last minute Halloween things - J is "helping"....

Apples part deux

I think we have picked our last apples of the season... it has frosted a few times, and they just taste different now... The trees are getting bare.

It was too cold and windy to stay long... but we got enough for eating, and apple cake.

Then it was back to playdoh.

Mt Hope GRAVEYARD...

opened in 1836 - it is the oldest Victorian Cemetery in America..

196 acres formed by glacial deposits...

370,000 plus buried here...

Susan Anthony

Frederick Douglass

Nathanial Rochester ...among the many

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Stokee Pumpkin farm

Sunday we went to the farm with W's sister, brother in law, and nephew.....

Hay mountain - J climbed to the top alone, but didn't want to come down alone...I went to get him and it was treacherous coming down, all the bales were worn down...so it was like a steep slide. J said "no fun"... I agreed.

C at the rubber duck races.....he enjoyed this last year too.

W and J coming off og the huge slide...

Walking in a giant tractor wheel rim..

C by the petting zoo..

C at the top of the huge slide...

J on his tractor...

W on the zip line... the highlight of the day..

J - fearless in the tunnels...

W - the Shrek masterpiece pumpkin.