Saturday, November 3, 2007

Falling Leaves

While the temps here in Galesburg are still mild, 58 yesterday, I decided to get the garden cleaned up before the weather turned and it was nasty and cold. So while Finley napped, Braden and I set out to do just that. He was a great helper, picking up all the green and non mushy tomatoes that were on the ground and tossing them into the bucket. Once that daunting task was finished (boy do I feel much better) we set out to clear out some of the leaves in the driveway. There is no point in raking yet...still tons of leaves on the trees, but a nice line of leaves "piles" up against the edge of the driveway and they get brought into the house. So I was scooping them up into a yard waste bag and I went to sweep the porch, turned around and Braden was dumping them back out into a pile.....he had a ball, I was mad for 3 seconds and then just watched and remembered when a pile of leaves (and this pile wasn't that big) could keep you occupied for hours....aaahhh to be young again!






Thursday, November 1, 2007

Halloween 2007

Yeah!! Sean made it out of work to take the kids trick-or-treating!!! We took the wagon because Miss Fin's legs are too short and would take forever to walk from house to house...
I love this picture because it is a perfect representation of the sidewalks here...full of crunch leaves! Wouldn't be Halloween without them.

Braden is the Leopard up ahead

Mid house refreshment break Yeah!! Free Candy!!

Our pumpkin...the only pic where Fin would sit put

Nurse Dutell had a special something for the kids....

notice how Braden carries the bucket!
Notice Fin is dragging the bag...the bottom is BLACK!
Happy Halloween
watching Fin put spraypaint in her treat bag (strange)

Here is the story...Lucas, my brother, is 28...when he was 4 or 5 he wore the leopard costume that Braden is wearing. My Grandma Annabelle made it and still had it. It is in fabulous condition and hopefully Braden or Finley's child can wear it someday!

The original leopard (Luke) with the 2007 leopard (Braden)

Halloween hits School....2nd time in costume thus far

Braden's preschool is basically Downtown so the kids go on a parade thru some of the businesses and get candy from the workers....

his class
Finley went on the parade too....notice she is eating her way through the parade.


Pumpkin into Jack-O-Lantern

Tuesday night we set off to carve the Halloween pumpkin. Sean, unfortunately, had some add on cases so he wouldn't be home before bedtime. That left me to carve the pumpkin....here are some shots of me and my helper...I think we did OK!
Finley wanted NOTHING to do with this...after this shot she disappeared into the kitchen to play with some pots and pans
Notice the tongue
me and my helper
This is a pic of the finished project...doesn't want to upload :(


SCC Halloween Party

So I was in charge of the Kids Halloween Party at our Country Club. I think this is the first party they have had in a few years. There were 21 kids and 4 babies...a pretty good turnout I thought. There were all sorts of kids running around in all sorts of costumes. They played Mummy Bowling, Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin, Eat a Donut off a String and the Mummy Wrap among others...All in all I thought the kids had a nice time...Im in charge again next year....always room for improvement!

Braden and Teddy (pacman)

Braden as a Mummy