Saturday, October 19, 2013

Pumpkin Carving

 

Brennan carved his own pumpkin this year…..Caelan and I carved a ghost pumpkin (white). 

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Forgot to mention that Caelan had a major fall on her scooter yesterday evening so you can see she has a terribly scab on her upper lip/nose in these pictures.  Poor tough girl….

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Fall Alley Party

 

We have had an absolutely unbelievable fall.  Weather was so nice on Friday that we had an impromptu alley party!  Below is Dylan Maybell….the newest Maybell boy…..

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Don’t all parents let their 2-3year olds play on ladders? 

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Brennan snuggling with Ewan – Cassidy’s baby brother who is 6mo. younger (but 15lbs bigger) than Caelan. 

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We have a GREAT KID!!!

 

I was BEYOND EXCITED when Brennan called me on Wednesday to tell me that he was a ‘GREAT KID’ – such a great kid in fact that he got to sit with the Principal at Lunch!  (honestly, I was a little worried he ‘got’ to sit with the principal for negative reasons until he explained more….

SO excited for a wonderful, experienced teacher who really seems to ‘get’ Brennan’s energy and personality…..such a turnaround from last year! 

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The Alley Crew….

 

7+years ago when we moved into this house, I never would have predicted what a playground our alley would someday be.  This is Eli, Brennan, and Nate – who regularly play together in the alley for hours and hours (on weekends, especially).   Eli is a second grader, Brennan is in 1st Grade, and Nate is in kindergarten.  

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Adding in Toby, another alley buddy – I think he is in Kindergarten too…..

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Pun’kin Patch 2013

 

The kids and I met Jenny Pastore at a pumpkin patch and we had so much fun.  I have been playing around with a new photo editing tool on Windows 8, and I am really having fun. 

A rare black and white……but I thought this was kind of cool. 

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The owner of this patch was so sweet, and pretty funny.  He gave us a hay ride around his property. 

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Below he is having a little conversation with the “Troll Tree”…..do you see the face? 

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The kids got a real kick out of the dog sitting on the top of his dog house. 

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A rare shot of me with my kids…..wish Caelan was actually looking at the camera…..

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Had to get this picture of Caelan with the sign of the pumpkin patch.  For a long time we have been calling her ‘gunkin’ which is what she would say last year for ‘pumpkin’…..I don’t know why, it just stuck. 

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