A GREEN CORN FESTIVAL!

Harrison was in his first play at school. He had the part of Samoset. It didn't earn him a SAG card, but he totally nailed his lines! Then the kids took turns reading their latest literary works.

"I Am Thankful For..."
by Harrison

I am thankful for my dad and my mom and my brutr. Becus I love thim. I like school and trees and moosik. I like trees bekus thees giv us oxogin. I like moosik beecus I am in cuiyre. I lik school beekus I lorn a lot.

So if there was some kind of universal emoticon for proud sappy mom, I'd do it here. Maybe like a :') ...does that convey smiling and crying at the same time? Probably already been invented. I'll have to try again. How about :-}( to represent "I'm sad because Sully said I have a mustache"? I'll stop now...

Harrison also lost another tooth. That totally goes against my "No Growing Up" policy. Sully informed me that he lost a tooth, too. He said it just grew back faster.

pilgrims, native americans and...ummm...cowboys?

When I told the boys they had to "dress up" for Thanksgiving dinner, they didn't hear the "like we are going to church" part.....so they took me quite literally and decided to go as cowboys.

happy thanksgiving!

THEY'RE BACK!

The Christmas catalogs and the hard choices.

MISDIRECTION

This is how Harrison tried to hide his crime. He sunk a staple into the table and thought I wouldn't notice if he TAPED A KLEENEX OVER IT.

IF YOU SERENADE ME...

while I'm cooking breakfast,
I'll make you pancakes and scrambled eggs
with clementines, too.

I've got the sweetest boys in the whole world!

KERPLUNK!

So I was setting up the Kerplunk game for the first time and it must have taken a lot of concentration. I lost my balance...while sitting in a chair....tried to catch myself and took the other chair down, too. I rolled around on the floor laughing at myself saying, "Kerplunk! Get it Sully? Mom went Kerplunk!". He didn't get it.

ALWAYS BE PREPARED

for one night of camping folks...

IN OTHER BUG NEWS...

I finally located mom's digital camera and found these on the stick. They are from October...boy has the weather changed! I would like to introduce the Bug Detectives. Carolyn used the tunnel as camouflage to sneak up on the bugs.

Hampton is the helping hound...
...looks like he's had enough.

THE UNDERTAKERS

conner, harrison, and sully they made a little bug mausoleum from an egg crate
smokey was the first to be treated to such a fine interment...
...but he really wasn't dead. just playing possum millipede style.
and if you're wondering, it says "insects only" or "olee"

HaLlOwEeN

my jedi and spidey

your friendly neighborhood spiderman

...there ...is ...another ...sky ...walker.
-yoda
~spooky~
trick or treating was so awesome this year! we saw lots of friends and collected a ton of candy!
happy halloween!

FIRSTS

sully had his first field trip and...

harrison was awarded third place in his
first photography competition!
and I turned 29 for the fifth time...
what an exciting week!

PUMPKIN PATCH

there was much excitement when we found
the perfect pumpkin...

then much drawing...
and much scooping...
and much aggravating mom
by standing in front of the pumpkin
she was trying to photograph...

and finally...much glowing!!

halloween pics coming soon!