Here is our haunted gingerbread house...we needed the assistance of several toothpicks, but all in all, it was a fun event. Logan has now learned the word "ghost."



and a few goofy pictures for fun.

Pumpkin cake

We made this cake in honor of our guests a few weeks ago, but it seems appropriate to share this week of Halloween...

First Snow

Last night our damp drizzle turned to a magical fat, fluffy snow for about 30 minutes. This is the first snow Logan can really comprehend, and he calls is "nose"...he can't quite place the "s" in the right place. I wish I could have captured that sense of wonder on Logan's face, but the puzzled look is all I could manage

I just love how the snowflake near the center looks so huge. It looks like a foot-long snowflake - autofocus rocks.

Visit from the Muller family

We spent a wonderful week with the Muller family(one of Missy's college best buds, hubby and kiddos). Flori, Paul, Miriam and Lucas managed to not sink into our family's insanity, braving the cold temps for a pumpkin patch visit and some quality carving and craft time. Thanks for sharing your week with us, Mullers! Logan is still asking "where's baby".

Groovin to Elmo

My dancing fools showing their moves to some Elmo music.

a punkin!

Today we went on our annual pumkin hunt, and both boys were so excited they could hardly nap. "Punkin" is one of Logan's newest words, and he immediate began pointing them out. He was most distressed when the tractor had to leave us in the patch to do a u-turn before collecting all of us and our pumpkins. Brody enjoyed the whole adventure, as always, especially since the farm added a bouncy house this year.

Brody's pumkpin

My 3 boys.

Watch out - Mom has clippers

Logan is at that stage of believing every stylist or barber is the Barber of Seville - he is petrified of them. So we have taken matters into our own hands....that'll teach him...

Fall fun

The leaves are in full color now, my favorite time of the year in New England, and we stay outside as often as Nature allows.

Halloween preview

Brody has a love/hate relationship with his costume. When we first showed it to him, he ran screaming that he wanted a different one...then he proceeded to wear it all day, even sleep with it. He seems mostly happy to be Spidey...until the next catalogue arrives.

Apple picking 2010

Brody has determined that after last year's apple picking adventure with Sarah and Ben, this is to be an annual affair. Today was a perfect day for apple picking,

Sarah, Ben and Baby Riley

awww....

A visit from Aunts Rona and Joelle

My wonderful college friends travelled manhy miles from Pheonix, AZ to visit last weekend, and we so thoroughly enjoyed their company that I did not take any pictures - nope, not even one. We did manage to eat a whole lot of seafood and make our way through a good amount of wine and Cadillac Mountain Stout beer. Thank you gals for your understanding when it came to touring about - our cold-infested children were less than cooperative for travelling, but had a blast....and for some reason, Logan pops out often with "side of the eye"...

Brody's First Day of Preschool

The much anticipated day has finally arrived - Brody's first day at Dickory Dock Nursery School. He came racing into the bathroom hopping up and down as soon as he woke up - quite a change from my groggy not-really-a-morning boy. He was so happy to finally arrive at school, and when I said we were going to have to leave, he grew very upset - until he realized that just Logan and Mommy were leaving, and he could stay at school. His favorite moment: singing the peanut song. I guess I'll be learning the peanut song soon, too...

I somehow thought Logan would be more lost, but he toddled into the playroom and began loading up his schoolbus, happy as a clam.

My not-so-little Baby Boy

Tomorrow is Brody's first day of nursery school, and I am getting the jitters - he is thrilled, and can't wait...I couldn't stop watching him sleep during his rest today, snuggling his books in anticipation of tomorrow...

More Windsor Fair

The fairs are a favorite for both boys - there are loads of rides, which has now eased into Logan's vocabulary (mo wide peas= more ride please).

I began to think I was the most irresponsible parent ever after letting Logan ride with Brody on this helicopter ride. Brody just sustained a head injury from bashing against the window during the ride (it was very minor), and Logan white-knuckled it the whole time, grinning from ear to ear.
Everyone's favorite engineer.

I just love Logan's expression here.

Windsor Fair 2009

We went to the Windsor Fair yesterday. We are nearing the end of fair season in Maine, and we usually attend the fairs in Union, Windsor, and the Common Ground Fair. We were searching for a meat critter at this fair, but all we found were registered livestock - which were for sale at a pretty price. They were lovely to pat, nonetheless.

Here, Brody tells Logan " Come here, Bubba. See - this is how you pet a cow. Just reach out like this."

Serious fair-go-ers bring their own stadium seats for the horse pulls.

Now if only they made a ride like this for adults...

Movin' in

The horses have now made their move into their new home, complete with private stalls and turnout pens and a huge new 8 acre pasture...Domino seems thrilled with it all, although our new addition Boston seems to miss having Domino to push around at mealtime...

A sulking Boston

A new hat

Logan has reached another milestone - he has outgrown his high chair. He now sits on a booster at the table. This is from our first attempt to remove the high chair tray and sit at the table for breakfast (the high chair ended up being too low, and he grew more interested in this placemat than his meal...)