“The cousins at Surftides” Todd holding Andrew, me with Matthew, Brittany and Nathan obviously not wanting to participate in the group photo.
Blast from the Past
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Oh What a Night!
Our Halloween party went off without a hitch! Even in our small house, everyone seemed to be able to move around and chat and have a good time. A few were dressed up, Mary gave me a wicked mohawk to go along with the “punk” look and Dee wore her glowing skeleton hands and face out in the field for our scavenger hunt. The kids couldn’t believe that they were going to go outside in the dark to search for treasure. Trey got the 1st place trophy (with some help from his friend, Joe, who totally got the hunt and quickly found all the little toys out in the field) and couldn’t have been more proud. We are beat but the house is clean, the boys are sleeping and we are happy it all went so well. Good friends, good times!
Levi, Carlos and Yert
We carved pumpkins last night, a love/hate thing with our boys at this point. We always have the boys names on their little pumpkins and this year I thought we’d have them write their names on a piece of paper and I’d transfer it to the pumpkin. They turned out fabulous! Levi and Carlos have their names fairly legible…Trey’s in backwards. So, our pumpkins read “Levi, Carlos and Yert” Gotta love it.
Fall Portraits
Grabbed the camera when we went outside to play yesterday and got some great shots. There’s just something about Fall and being out in the crisp air that I love.
It didn’t take long for Carlos to find raspberries and share with the group. It was also a highlight for the kids to find worms!
Carlos joined me in meeting another islandmom blogger (http://supergluericekrispies.blogspot.com/) for coffee this morning. What a treat for me to have an actual conversation with another mom. To keep himself busy he pulled out his notebook and wrote down names of our family. Mama K, Dee, Mary (backwards), Levi, Carlos, Alice, Trey, Abbie and Jack. I was impressed! He loves to write letters and now words, it’s cool.
End of the Weekend
Whew, it’s been a long weekend…Trey crashed before dinner tonight, I mean really crashed. This might be one for the yearbooks!
Diggin In the Dirt
At halftime the boys found a huge pile of sand to play on. That kept them busy for the entire second half of the game. Amazing how boys and dirt go hand in hand. We got some fun shots, though…Levi pulling Trey’s head out of the sand was my favorite!
Go Charlie!
Went out to coffee this morning with Margaret and Olivia and that’s always a treat. Stopped off at home to do some tidying up (the place was a nightmare) then met Godma Ann for lunch at Isla Bonita. I love how they see us and always put us in the back of the restaurant away from all the rest of the people. Little do they know…our boys know how to behave in a restaurant!
After lunch we headed to Sands field to watch Charlie (Ann’s son and someone the boys idolize) play soccer. Ann had left lunch a little before us, as to not miss any of the game and when they saw her at the field the ran as fast as they could into her open arms. It’s a wonder they didn’t knock her over. Anyhow, Charlie’s a great soccer player and the game was fun to watch. I got a few good pics of the action but it’s tough to be a sports photographer while you’re trying to keep track of 3 active preschoolers. Nothing like a roll down a grassy hill to end an afternoon at the soccer field.
Is It Really Happening?
We’ve been anticipating our septic system being replaced now since the beginning of July, always being postponed for one reason or another. Work began this weekend, WOO HOO! Hoping it goes quickly…not quite sure how it’s all going to work but we’ll find out soon.
The boys are thinking that the digger in the yard is about the coolest thing ever. It’s tough to keep them from climbing on it, but we did get a couple photos and let them touch it. If only the guy left the key….
Grrrrrrr
Lunch yesterday was spent with the boys practicing their spookiest Halloween face for the camera. I was at a Mom’s sale all morning and then again in the afternoon but it was nice to come home for a short while to visit with Dee and the boys. I think I made quite a bit of money, I’m hoping, but I was really glad to go from having 8 bins of boy’s clothes down to 3 bins.
Three Scurvy Dogs a Wee Lass (and their Mamas) 
