Happy Halloween!

It was really hard to get a good picture of the boys in their costumes. Here's what I got. Woody and Superman wish you a fun Halloween!

We headed over to church for the annual Fall Festival. The boys had a great time. One of the first things we did was go on a hayride. Pete decided at the last minute that he had to go put Cohen's bag in the car. He made it back just in time to snap this picture. Apparently, something very interesting was happening off camera that I didn't know about... Pete decided there wasn't enough room for him and sat the hayride out. I don't think he minded too much.

We played games, jumped in the jumpies, ate snowcones and saw old friends. Many of the friends we hadn't seen in a while did not recognize Pete with his lock flowing locks. He has grown his hair out quite a bit. I'm now referring to him as Goldilocks and I encourage everyone to embrace this new nickname.

Cohen loved his snowcone, and mine, and Pete's. He did not love me trying to take pictures of his cute moustache. This is the best one I got.

Here is Kent with another one of his superfriends. They had fun posing together and were pretty cute, if I do say so myself!

Pete kept trying to get Kent to pose like Superman with his hands on his hips and looking off in the distance. He did it, but my camera snapped a little late. You know, that irritating delay that happens with digital cameras. His eyes were blinking, but you get the idea.

We hope you all have a Super Halloween, full of treats and no tricks. Just candy and definitely no snakes in your boot!

Drat!

Well, I've talked before about the crazy weather we have been having lately. This week was very strange. Lots and lots of rain after being dry for soooo long. Not only wet, but also HOT and muggy. I think it got  to 80 one or two days and there was one evening I was out around 10 pm and it was still in the mid 70's. Yuck-o. Especially yuck-o for our pumpkin family. This is what they looked like just a few days later!!!

A very mushy and hairy pumpkin family.

Carving Pumpkins

After the pumpkin patch, we immediately came home and carved our pumpkins. Pete and I chose "different" pumpkins. Pete said he wanted a multicultural pumpkin family. This was the first year that we carved pumpkins in I don't know how long. Definitely the first year for Kent. He absolutely loved it, of course. Here he is lifting the lid off his pumpkin.

The inside of my pumpkin was kind of a surprise. It was pale yellow inside and very spongy. Not slimy at all.



With the inside of my pumpkin being kind of a surprise. We all tried to guess what Pete's pumpkin would look like inside. His pumpkin was a dark, dull green on the outside...

But, when we opened it, it was bright orange inside! The rind was also really thick.

Pete carved his pumpkin as well as Kent's and the cat's. I carved my pumpkin and Cohen's pumpkin. Here is a blurry camera phone shot of our lovely pumpkin family. Top Row- Laura and Kent, Bottom Row- Pete, Patches (cat) and Cohen.

Pumpkins

Here are some of the photos from this year's pumpkin patch expedition. I saw two of the cutest scarecrows ever.

Cohen was enjoying all the little pumpkins. He said he was counting them, but all he kept saying was nine, nine, nine. We'll have to work on that some more. On second thought, maybe he is just speaking German. I mean, he says no all the time and I kept telling him to look at the camera.

Lining them up. Still saying nine, nine, nine, still refusing to look at the camera. You be the judge.

Here is Kent before we told him he could only have one pumpkin.

Here is Cohen after he found out about the one pumpkin rule. Why am I smiling when Cohen has the tears going? I guess I must be a mean momma...or ready for the photo op.

Pete took this photo that I love. I do wish Pete was in some of these. He was there!

Where are we, who am I and what are we doing???

It was a lovely weekend in Georgia. Pete and I have been traveling so much lately (for us) it was really nice to enjoy a quiet weekend at home. I'm extremely behind with posting in general, but especially behind with our travel posts. I mean I haven't even finished with the Europe trip and we've been to Arkansas, Washington DC and New Orleans since then. YIKES! I guess it will all happen soon enough. That's what I keep telling myself anyway...back to this weekend. On Saturday, we took the kids to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. It was a beautiful day here, but it would be a lie to say that I didn't wish it was a tad cooler. I'm just saying, I am done with 80 degree weather, at least for a long while. Ask me again when I'm shivering in January, daydreaming about the heat, heat, heat of a Georgia summer day. Fantasizing about the feeling when you get in your car and the hot air just hits you like a wall and your leather seats are burning you through your clothes. I know, the memory is only good in the dead of winter and the reality is definitley not good at the end of October people!!!

Do you ever feel like everything going on in life just leaves your head spinning? Well, I have decided that I don't like that feeling and from now on I will be still and just let the world spin around me. I have had a pretty introspective couple of months and all that thinking just might make its way into written form here from time to time. I hope you all don't mind. The changes in season always make me want to make changes in my life. I like writing very much and plan on making use of that hobby because when it comes down to it, I need a hobby! Something I like to do things that are fun and do not involve working or cleaning or folding. Now this is hard for me, because I am known to work all evening and then stay up into the wee hours cleaning just to get things done. It took me a while, but I've realized that that is not fun and I don't really want to do that anymore. I want to have more fun.

I know only three of you will probably respond, but what are your hobbies? What do you make time to do for yourself, to keep yourself sane in your crazy, faster than lightening paced life? Let me know and I hope to be seeing you on a more regular basis.