{fall!}

I thought I missed fall this year. It went from summer to winter in the blink of an eye. We even had some snow 2 weeks ago! But these last few days have been wonderful -- sunny and unseasonably warm. We were lucky since Gerard had his cub scout hike on Sunday and yesterday we went pumpkin picking (school was closed due to illness). We couldn't have asked for nicer days. Although most of the pumpkins in the patch had been picked already so we had to go with the pre-cut ones. That's OK...we still got some nice ones.

Here are some pics from Gerard's scout hike (try to ignore the boy picking his nose behind Gerard in one picture and the food stuffed into Gerard's mouth in another):

Gerard was mostly upset that school was closed yesterday and today. I say mostly because he was excited to sleep in, but he was bummed that he was going to miss Mileage Club today. Here are a few pics from Monday's Mileage Club.

And finally, here are pictures from pumpkin picking. The corn maze was fun but it took us a little longer than usual for two reasons; (1.) I went through with the kids instead of Gerard and I lack the sense-of-direction gene; and (2.) Gerard wanted to stop to read all the cute signs along the way. I love listening to him read everything!

{new moon!}

I'm not usually into vampires and warewolves. I normally wouldn't even consider picking up a book about vampires and warewolves, nor would I consider watching a movie with vampires and warewolves in it. Not usually my cup of tea. That being said, let me tell you HOW MUCH I LOVED the entire Twilight book series and the movie Twilight. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED them. Couldn't read the books fast enough. Couldn't watch the movie enough times. AND COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TICKETS FOR NEW MOON so Sara got presale tickets already. Girls night out on opening night -- November 20!!!! WOO HOO!!!

{mother/son dance}

I had the most handsome date for the mother/son dance tonight. He's got a lot to learn before he takes a "real" girl to a dance, but we both had a nice time. Of course, it did remind me a little of those old school dances -- girls wanting to dance to the slow songs and the boys just acting goofy. Only one of Gerard's friends was there -- a boy from his class and his Cub Scout den -- but he didn't seem to mind.




We went out to dinner first (taken with my cell phone):


At the dance:








He may not be Fred Astaire, but I love him anyway. He always makes me laugh!

{cell phone pics}

I have a fabulous DSLR camera that I LOVE. I also have a great point and shoot that fits nicely in my purse or diaper bag so I can have it anywhere, anytime. Yet for some reason I feel the need to take pictures with my crappy cell phone camera. What the heck?! So, since I take the pictures I might as well share them. Beware... the quality is pretty poor, and some of these pictures are a few months old:

Morgan enjoying one of our last nice days:

Gerard, Morgan, Maddie, Abby and Savannah looking for bugs:

Both my children inherited the "stick-your-tongue-out-while-concentrating" gene:
I just love little girl clothes that aren't pink and purple!

This picture was taken after Morgan had colored all over her face with a pen at the grocery store. We got several comments on her cat whiskers and mustache. She wasn't too happy when I had to scrub it off.

One of our local big box home improvement stores has an indoor playground for the kids. They love it. Gerard does too, since he can shop in peace while I watch the kids play. Morgan loves the big girl swings but can't quite keep up with Gerard.

Gerard doing his first homework assignment of 1st grade. They get homework on Monday and it's due on Thursday. This particular assignment took him all of 6 minutes to complete. Life is rough!

Walking home from the bus stop in the rain:

Morgan playing with her purse that Grandma Andrea made her:

Who said umbrellas were only for the rain:

Here we go Steelers. Here we go!

I made some portable file folder games that we take with us when we go places. Here Morgan is enjoying them at home:

Yeeee Haawww!

Morgan is jealous of all the big kids who go to school. Here she is all ready to go.

Gerard got called in to the mill this morning, so I'm taking both kids to hockey in a little while. Wish Gerard luck on his first practice with his mini-mites team! And wish me luck getting Gerard all suited up while Morgan ransacks the locker room!

{fire prevention month}

FINALLY I CAN UPLOAD PICTURES! It's late and I'm tired, so I'll keep this short. Here are some pictures from last weekend's cub scout trip to the fire department for fire prevention month.