Tony & Sarah
Jon & Ryan
The guys out by the fire
Christine & Stacy
Jon & Shanda
Uncle Keith & Brett
Auntie Maggie & Brett
Brett & Rouge (Brett wrapped her up in the blanket)
Brett & Dayna
Oh & here is a video of Brett shooting Keith's (empty) paintball gun Saturday morning:
Today our activity was to carve a pumpkin. Everyone got to touch the pumpkin & try to lift it. Then we talked about how it grew all summer and looked at the side that layed on the ground. We talked about how it grew on a vine and then it was cut off and now the pumpkin has a stem. After I cut it open we looked inside and we took turns digging it out. E declined but the rest wanted to feel. S & the littlest one didn't partcipate but we got a picture of everyone with the jack-o-lantern afterwards. I didn't plan on a design, this is what we got cause I just had to hurry up & make the happy face that was requested before lunch. There wasn't much time. He still turned out cute. It's really hard to get a picture of the group but here they all are. We have one more pumpkin so maybe Brett & Daddy can carve one together.
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This is my mother in law's frosting recipe she used for wedding cakes. Reminds me of our wedding cake she made us, mmm-white cake with raspberry jam filling and this frosting. Since we had our wedding in WI and a reception in MI, we had two cakes. There was a lot of cake leftover from our MI reception and I recall eating a lot of cake!! I'm so glad she shared this with me.
I don't really ever make this one, but I plan to use it more. Maybe for my little ghost cakes today? I just don't remember to make it but I really like this frosting. I know Mom made it at home some and Dad really likes it. Super sweet!
OK, I've become one of those freak moms who takes their camera everywhere!! I guess I'm not the only one because the hygienist said lots of moms do it. Must be the scrap booking thing. Well someday this will probably end up in a scrapbook but not any day soon! I have a picture with his pediatrician when he was a baby and it's a neat picture. The actual dentist seems kinda crabby like he wouldn't appreciate a picture so we didn't take any with him. : ) Brett & I both got our teeth cleaned. He must have my chemistry because he has very little build up. (Damon usually has to sit through a lot of scraping.) He's had his teeth cleaned several times before but was very interested in watching when it was my turn and asked lots of questions. Great learning experience! He played with "Mr. Thirsty" but tonight he's calling it "Mr. Sucker Man".
My morning glories are finally blooming now that it's the end of October! I wasn't sure they would bloom since it's so late in the year. Sunday on the way to meeting we saw a fence along I90 loaded with morning glory blossoms so mine aren't the only ones. This is the result of many seeds. I've had to cut back the vines because they get so out of control it's almost scary! It's fun to watch grow & even nicer now that it actually has flowers. Next year I'll have to get the seeds started earlier.
Here's Brett's get up-he's been running around with this costume on pretending he's somebody! It's so funny. It's a black cape, orange toy safety goggles and little powder blue gloves from the Target $1 section at Easter time! You can tell he's really pretending. He totally changes with those gloves on! While playing dress up, he found Little Doggie! Yay!! He's been missing for over a year. This special Little Doggie was from Vern. When he was living here and we took him to meeting, sometimes Vern would bring Brett these little toys. Brett has loved this doggie so much. He already had a bigger special doggie from Grandma H. so that's why this one is Little Doggie. He must have been wrapped up in some dress up clothes because we looked and looked for him and we play with the dress up stuff often. Anyway, he's found and Brett's making up for lost time-Little Doggie's getting the royal treatment this weekend!! Brett had to call Daddy at work right away and tell him. It was his first thought!
Last week while I was at Grandma's I found these three caterpillars by her door. I put them in a container and brought them home. The kids are enjoying them! We put them in a jar with a twig and some grass and looked them up online. They are "woolly bear caterpillars". They turn into Isabella Tiger Moths. They aren't very beautiful but I think we'll try to winter them and see if it works! It seems pretty easy:
Brett was showing me letters he could make on Friday morning. He always amazes me!! Top left-Y, I, t & z.
Last night before meeting I was trying to do something with Brett's hair. It's really long & looks messy. Last time he just had a trim and his next appointment had to be rescheduled so it won't get cut until Monday night. I wet it down & put a little gel in. We always try out this look first and then flatten it down after we freak out Daddy by telling him this is how he's going to meeting. Brett always thinks it's funny! : )
When I peeked in on Brett today after everyone was quieted down for naps, here he is sitting in bed reading his big Thomas book. He looks up at me like "Uh-oh! What's mom gonna say??" so I told him "finish up then it's time to get some sleep" & he was all smiles. This happens a lot. He naps nearly every day but sometimes needs a little quiet time before falling asleep.
......The author has dealt with several infestations of millipedes that have numbered in the hundreds of thousands. One customer had so many he used a gas powered blower to round up all the dead ones and 14 Hefty bags to haul them away! This happened over a three day period,.....
Gross! At least we don't have nearly that many!!
The ones I found yesterday (after I sprayed them)
Last year's nasty find
I tried this recipe this morning and I thought they were good. I served them to the day care kids for snack this morning and 5 of the 7 got eaten. Of course there's two little girls who won't eat anything that doesn't look familiar....... I'd say they passed the test!
They are slowly turning colors here...
