Carving our Pumpkins

Digging out the innards

Slimy seeds

Stirring my cauldron...full of slimy seeds & pumpkin goo! We baked the seeds, YUM!

Keep on scoopin' those seeds!

Daddy carved a silly face & Mommy carved me a spider (that I HAD to have!)

Hallows Eve neighborhood event

TinkerBell & Peter Pan

Amazing carved pumpkins (avg wt=150 lbs)

Pumpkins!

Check out this bumpy one!

Oscar attempting to "Ride!" the pumpkin

baby pumpkin

"The Boys"

Making Banana Bread with my Monkeys!

Happy Wednesday!

Today is Grandma Judi's LAST DAY of radiation treatment! Tomorrow she'll get on the plane to return to Alaska & meet her newest Grandson Carter!

Here is a link to the KGH website to see his pic:

http://www.newbabynews.net/hospitals/kgh6/public/kgh6birthannouncement.pl?babyID=h6-2133

Happy Birthday Jasmine!

Singing Happy Birthday to Jasmine, her 8th!
Enjoying her frosty paw doggie ice cream.

Precious Arrival

My first nephew, Carter Eric, arrived on Friday, October 17th at 10:11am! He weighs 8lbs 4 oz and is 19 inches long.

Meredith had just arrived home from a baby shower at work when her water broke and she went to the hospital at 6pm, Carter came the next morning. They are both doing well however they are considering him premature as he came 3 weeks early and had low blood sugar which they quickly resolved after 4 hours. Mark missed his arrival by 3 minutes as he had ran down to the shipyard to fill out his paternity leave paperwork, they called him and said to come back and he walked in to learn that he was too late!?! I think M&M are both relieved that Carter wasn't a 9+ pounder like his big sister and parents!
Grandma Judi can't wait to head north to Alaska & Nanna Karen in Maine will be coming in early November, after Carter's Uncle Derek's wedding on November 8th. Busy times! We hope to meet him in January or February if we are all able to go to Disney World together...Eleanor can't wait!

Fire Station #1

We took a field trip to a fire station today!
Bella & I model the "Fire Dog" helmets we made for the occasion.
Oscar was excited to tag along, although here he & another "tag along" sibling have a friendly debate over "Mine!" That & "NO" are his favorite words.

They showed us the ladder truck, it went "really high into the sky so they could touch the clouds!" What a great visit, made complete by an aptly timed call so the kids could see the firefighters & trucks quickly pull out of the station.

BTW, mid-October and it's 85 degrees & we have our AC on. Global Warming???

Grandma Judi Update

Talked with my Mom tonight and she sounds wonderful per usual! She has one more weeks worth of radiation treatment to go and says that she has been so pleased with both her care and caregivers. She has struggled with nausea, but eating seems to help it disipate. Her friend MaryAnn is with her now for the homestretch as Dad flew (!!?!!) back to Michigan to be with his Dad & brother for a week. She has been blessed with so many friends visting during her time in Seattle, what a great way to help the time pass! MaryAnn divulged that Mom is eating like a bird but Mom swears she has only lost one pound since my seeing her last in August. Mom meets with her Doctors next week and will return in 2-3 months for a PET scan to determine if the treatment was successful. On a lighter note, the ladies went for manicure & pedicures today so they are enjoying their latest indulgement!

Columbus Day with Daddy

Giddyap! We got to spend the day with Daddy at the zoo & Mommy went to work for the day at a new dental office!


caught in a vicious rope spider web

He didn't last long enough to get an ice cream cone at the McDonald's drive thru!

Weekend Photos

I LOVED flying the airplanes! I also enjoyed bumper cars for the first time.

I'm on the swings, but look at "Eleanor!" on the big swings up there!

Lil' Clydesdales. I went on this ride last year and didn't like it. I gave it a second chance by riding it with Oscar and we both loved it!

Yeah! I finally got to ride the big swings with Mommy!

Bubbles!

Argh Matey! Making a pirates headband.

Breakfast anyone?

We had a busy weekend with two birthday parties (both on Saturday!), a potluck at church and a spontaneous trip to Busch Gardens!

Pumpkin Patch

Momma Duck just hatched these ducklings last night! Aren't they cute?

I picked my own pumpkin out of the patch! We had our first field trip today for school & I had so much fun on the hayride, playing on the hay "dune" with my friends & petting the animals.

Oscar in the patch trying to make a decision

Uff Da! Using my big boy muscles!

Driving the tractor, complete with sound effects, wheel turning & gear shifting!

Talkin' turkey

Oscar was so cute getting down low & "talking" with the goats.

I think the goats were his favorite animal today b/c he giggled so much when he was with them, although he enjoyed making all the other animal sounds too!