Happy Halloween!

On Skype showing Nana and Grampy their costumes.

Mickey and Rainbow Dash (one of the My Little Ponies)

Caught dancing before heading out

Happy and on the way home

Riley Flips

Yesterday Riley told me that she was going to practice jumping over her little pink foam chair. Once she was successful, she wanted me to come watch her do it. I got ready with the camera just for fun, and this is what she ended up doing.  

One Month

I know, I know. It has been over a month since I've posted anything on the blog. So long, in fact, that most of you out there have probably stopped even checking for anything new. Well, I have been so busy this school year that I would probably forget to breathe if it weren't an automatic bodily response. Riley has started her second year of preschool, switched from dance to gymnastics on Saturday mornings, and I started work on my Masters. I have had to leave right after the school bell more times than I would like and don't get home on Wednesday nights until about 9:30 pm. I'm actually contemplating not digging up the dahlias and just buying new in the spring because I just don't know when I will get a chance to dig. I say all of this, by the way, on a Sunday afternoon when the kids have been at Grandma and Grandpa's since Friday evening. T still have a giant list of things I need to do before we go to pick them up and have dinner, but that will mostly be left undone. And, no, I haven't been beading all weekend. (Though Chris and I did go out to eat twice and saw the movie Argo.) Anyway, here are a few pictures for your enjoyment.

I can't remember why she ended up in the box...

Sweater that Chris's Aunt Susan made that Daddy wore when he was little.

Soup on a sick day.

On Riley's school field trip hike listening to the preschool director talk about how these big rocks got here. Riley and Nika are far left.

Looking at the pond. Miss SusanDrumm says, "Don't play in water where beavers live."

We were looking at a beaver house.

Riley's class - the Caterpillars. She's in the back and Nika might be the only one looking at me.