More Halloween

We carved some cute pumpkins this year...a kitty, one with glasses, and charming classic jack-o-lantern.

Click on the next pictures to see them better.

My neighbors' house. They go all out. This picture doesn't do it justice.

This is another neighbor whose house is being invaded by skeletons.

A pooped Panda

and worn out pumpkin.

Halloween 2011

E- Cleopatra

R-Cowgirl

H-Panda

S 1st Halloween--She's a pumpkin

Crazy Hair Day

R's B-day

E's bday

A New Perspective

So, I haven't blogged for awhile because I had this infection I couldn't quite get over.  It was a couple of weeks being ill. Today, I had to take S to her first physical therapy appointment. She is delayed in some of her gross motor skills. She has to go every week for an hour of therapy, plus at home exercises.  Needless to say, I was feeling a little bit "Woe is me" as I walked out of the appointment. I was standing in the lobby waiting for the written instructions of S's exercises and I looked around the room.  There were cute, cheerful children playing but as I looked at them I realized they all had Down Syndrome, except one. That little boy had a Dad who was wearing his sunglasses inside a building on a cloudy day and seemed quite out of it. You know what I am saying? I looked at S and started counting our blessings. S and my trials are a lot smaller, shorter, however you want to put it then those children in the lobby. I have a child who needs physical therapy for a few months of her life, not that will need specialized help every day of her life. S has a Mom who is drug-free,  mentally with it, and able to parent. Suddenly, I went from feeling sorry for myself to thinking of how blessed I really was.

Babymoon

A year ago, JR and I went away for a weekend before the baby came.  Everyone kept saying, "Oh, you're going on a babymoon." So, I learned a new word.  It's like a honeymoon, but one last trip before you have the baby and can't leave for awhile.

I was looking through our pictures to help a daughter with a school project and stumbled on these, and since it was a year ago I thought I would post the pictures. We left the kids with Carly, a great, adventurous babysitter (She stayed with them for Trek) and headed out of town. We had lunch with my aunt and uncle.  I am glad we did. They have since moved. I cried when they moved because they have always lived in that house as long as I can remember and it was only a block from my grandma's house. It was like losing a family connection that had precious childhood memory.

 After that we were brave and rode the ferry. Thanks Lindsay for your blog post to make me want to try that again. Ir is not so nerve racking as an adult and without a brother trying to launch himself off the rail. In fact it was semi-relaxing--it is better then traffic.

 We went to a surprise 40th birthday party and really surprised the birthday girl by being there. The rest of the weekend we went all over eating our way through the town.  It was so nice to have an adult weekend. Oh, some day again!

A crowded market

 Fat, pregnant, and surrounded by beautiful flowers.

Ah, what a nice babymoon :)