Punkins

As per usual, the kids drew on the pumpkins and I cut them out.  The fun part this year is that BOTH look like faces!  It's a miracle!  I think Adam's, with the big eyes and the skinny little mouth, is adorable.  And the eyebrows on Julia's make my face hurt.

I didn't even bother doing one of my own this year.  These ones would have shown mine up!!

Happy Halloween, everyone!!!

(BTW, these were the pumpkins that the kids chose out of the pumpkin patch yesterday.  (o:  )

Halloween 'n stuff

Lots of dibs and dabs in this post.  Got back from Canada late Tuesday night and shrieked, "EEEEEK!!!  Halloween party on Friday, trick-or-treating on Thursday!  No costumes done!!!  No pumpkins purchased, let alone carved.  EEEEK-EEEEEEK! 

At which point I curled up in the fetal position and moaned.

Then grabbed the glue gun.  The glue gun is truly inspired.  So Wednesday afternoon I put Julia's costume together.  Then Thursday we went trick-or-treating.  Not in our neighbourhood.  We neighbourhood hopped (tsk tsk) because ours is on the sabbath.  So we found a quiet neighbourhood in the area doing the trick-or-treat thing on Thursday, and everyone was happy to have people come to their door. 

For the record, it was frizzing.  Frizzing, I tell you.  I had to check for fingers afterwards.  All were still miraculously attached.

I'm afraid Adam's did NOT involve a glue gun.  Originally, he wanted to be a pumpkin, but his costume from two years ago was too small.  So off to the store.  On sale.  Pirate.  AAARRR!!

Julia's school party.  Do you think they had a good time? 

Here's a clue:

(Julia's feet, btw.  She was a scarecrow)

Here's a couple other clues:

(Here's my girl.  Surprisingly quiet.  hehe)

Obviously, yes.

Did the teacher have fun?  Well, yeeeeeeesss....and nooooo...

But she was so very upbeat about the whole thing, that I don't think it was until everyone left that day that she had a breakdown (kidding, Lori!  You're awesome!!!)

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Brought the kids to Weakland Farms for our annual trip.  Wasn't sure about going this year, because it has been so cold.  But today was quite lovely, so away we went!

Did we have a good time?

Naaah.

...with friend.

Hay in her hair.  Stayed there pretty much the whole time.

Got some pumpkins from the patch here.  Beautiful punkins at a fraction of the cost of anywhere else.  So fun!  The kids drew on them (and I carved) this evening.  Too cute. 

We didn't do the corn maze this year, which we usually do and enjoy, because it was getting late, and I didn't have my cell phone on me in case we got lost.  Which was highly likely, seeing as how the maze from the air looks like THIS this year:

I could just see us in there.  All dark.  "Anybody here?  Anybody?  Anybody?

So instead we came home.  Safer that way.

Night!

Giggle

A friend of mine brought this to my attention today, and I've spent good portions of the day doubled over ever since.  It doesn't look like much, but if you look at the consumer images you'll understand.  The BEST part though is reading the consumer reviews.  Not only the initial reviews, which are hysterical enough, but the pseudo-serious comments to the initial reviews.  I haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time.  Oh my goodness. 

So I'm sharing the joy. Check out the AutoExec Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray on Amazon.  You will for sure be putting it on your Christmas wish list!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IZGIA8/ref=cm_rdp_product

quickie shots

Freezing cold photos, done without much in the way of thought, of the cousins and mine today, in the Cabo Verde shirts mom's mission president had sent.  Still having focus issues.  But aren't those cousins the cutest?  Wish I were closer to be a better auntie, that's for sure.  So fun to be here.

Long day tomorrow and Tuesday, so will see you again with bells on in a couple of days.

Nighters!

L

score!

Mom was at the store the other day and found, in the cookie aisle...

Life certainly can't get any better than this.

And my ozzie friends can stop feeling sorry for me, at least for a little while.  They've been crying tears of pity ever since they went to the post office and were told they could no longer ship Tim-Tams into the States due to new postal regulations prohibiting foreign food products being mailed into the country.  That was a sad, sad, day.  But now, rainbows and sunshine, sweet and fluffy kittens, glitter and fairy dust--I get to have a Tim-Tam fix!  So goood, chocolatey, wafery...mmnf...crunch...

Leaf Disposal Units

Rake leaves onto a tarp and pile on two children:

Accompanied by the dog, Grandma hauls the leaves and the kids to the bank:

Then dump everyone overboard:

Boy treed: News at 11.

"Hey Lynn, you're OK that Adam's up in the trees, right?  He's getting quite high."

I look out the window.  Yes, he IS quite high in Grandma Jing-Jing's willow tree, and I'd really not have any broken bones while out of the country.  But first one must take a photo:

Afterwhich, the boyo realizes that he's quite far from the ground after all, and that he can't get down by himself.  Scared cries ensue, but Uncle Les races to the rescue, and soon those little feet are planted once again on terra firma, to the relief of both himself AND his mother!