Aren't they Cute?

And because none of my friends inside the computer know what my hubby looks like--I'm sharing this one. My SIL Michelle took this at a family wedding and it's probably about as good as it gets of me...

HA(!)lloween...

Against my initial (and as it turns out, better) judgement, I thought I'd give the American tradition of trick or treat a try. We had a "dry run" on Wednesday and since it was 70+ degrees today, you couldn't ask for a better night weather-wise. We were going to start at Grandma and Grandpa's, do their street and see how it went. It didn't. They got going on some favorites at G&G's, refused to put on costumes even though it meant that candy-grubbing wouldn't happen without it. They were only interested in a rendition of drive-in movies, so Mom came home to update the blog and do a little homework.

Trick or Treat on Campus

Wednesday night was Trick or Treat at Dobson Hall on campus. We've never gone before, but since Kurt was off, we thought we'd give it a try. We got there early and there were games in the lower level and ToT in the Residence areas. It was crowded, but the boys were troopers (with the exception of Mom getting to take a few pictures.

Progress?! Don't be Fooled...

Well, as you all know, Beckett is THREE now. A big thing when you're three is to be wearing big boy undies, right? Not so sure about this kid! He LOVES the idea of sitting on the potty--like big boys do. But does he DO anything while he's sitting there? Um, not really. But he hops off with a big ol' smile and exclaims "I DID it!" and we say with big eyes "no you didn't!" Maybe Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity will come into play one of these days and something will just kinda fall out of him. Until then? Sigh...

It's the Dreaded 4-letter "S" word!

Yup, SNOW!!! Parker and I spent the day changing furniture in his room and doing a VERY healthy cleaning in there. We stepped outside to take a nice load of items to the Thrift Store and were UNpleasantly surprised to find the white stuff falling down. Well, considering that there is a 50 mile per hour wind accompanying it, "down" is a relative term! I tried to shoot the nasty stuff against the burning bush in all of it lingering red glory, let's see if you can see the bits of flakes.

The Next Generation of Stampers...

The other day I had my "stuff" out so I could make a few cards. I went downstairs to start supper and when I came back up, I found Paxton trimming up some images he had stamped. He trims a LOT, so excuse the mess! He had used one of my stamp sets and made an image with each of the stamps in the box. Did a pretty good job too, I have to admit =)

Candyland =)

Paxton is REALLY into playing Candyland lately. He and Grandpa played a few rounds last night, even though boardgames aren't Grandpa's favorite passtime. Let's hope there was no repeat of what happened when Kurt and Paxton played a few days ago:

Paxton: Dammit! I got the Peanut card!

Kurt: Paxton! That's not a nice word, let's not say that OK?

Paxton: But Daddy! I got the PEANUT card!