Leaves and more leaves!

Leaves are falling! D is having so much fun playing in all the leaves. GMK would like him to rake them up but that's no fun. After raking all the leaves into a pile, he realized he didn't have enough so he went to a neighbors house with a wheelbarrow and loaded up all their leaves and brought them to our house (7 wheelbarrows full). It took him 2 hours to get all the loads back to our house. Then S, HC, and D spent an hour jumping into the leaves. Who needs toys! The other pics of LT and D are from 2 years ago! How time flies!

Graham cracker houses

We have a tradition that after every Thanksgiving, we make graham cracker houses. We started out about 4 years ago and they were pretty simple then. As the years go on, they are getting a little more creative and sophisticated. At the jubilee of trees this year, I saw some cool ideas for the houses and we tried to implement some of them. One was a fence made from pretzel sticks. It was a lot harder than it looked! After an hour of working on the fence, I was finally satisfied. It didn't last long...D broke it within the first half hour of having them done. Fortunately, we took pictures right after we finished so there is proof I did it! We also tried using cereal for the roof this year. I think they turned out nicely. D loved working the frosting tube and G's creativity came out in her landscaping!

Halloween 2008

G really wanted to be Padme from Star Wars and so I got on ebay and found what I thought was her size in a Padme costume. When it finally arrived, I realized it didn't fit her but it fit me! I went on a local hunt for a costume her size and found it in the mall. I decided since I had an adult size costume of Padme, I should wear it. That is how G and I were the same thing this year. GMK decided to play the part and be Anakin Skywalker, D wanted nothing to do with Star Wars and was a motorcycle racer. S didn't care so I put him in an old superman costume that I had. He loved it and wanted to wear it all day long!

GMK and I went to a Halloween party hosted by my friend KF from work. There wasn't much to do there so GMK and I ended up playing guitar hero pretty much the whole time. Good times. I finally learned how to play it though. It is addicting and very fun. Can you tell I have never held a guitar in my hands before?