Our little monkey

Hope ya'll had a fun and Happy Halloween.  Just had to share our little monkey with you!  

Happy Halloween

This morning after a fiasco with the carseat being in the wrong car that I won't even go into,  (Michael's on call until tomorrow am) I took Luke to get a Halloween donut at Krispy Kreme.   Here's what he thought of it:  

Don't blink- second edition

Remember this?

Nine days later it's bald.  

It is a sure sign that winter's right around the corner and that it's time for us to break out our rakes.  :)  I'm sure we'll get used to this after we've been here a little while, but a true Fall is such a novelty to us.   I've been in denial about the snow until recently. Not so much anymore.  

A Halloween Surprise

I think I have failed to mention on here that our son has a slight (errr....more than slight) obsession with Mickey Mouse, whom we lovingly call Mic Mou.  It all started back when we first let him watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (a cartoon on Disney for those that don't know) and it has progressed into a love of all things Mickey.  

DeeDee (my Mom) knew exactly what would make this boy go wild when she surprised us with a Mickey Mouse Halloween cookie bouquet today.  It came while Luke was napping, but as soon as he woke up we started talking about cookies and Mickey Mouse and you would have thought he was going to pop with excitement.  :)    Little holidays like these (or all holidays for that matter) are going to be so fun now that he's getting a little older.  

Just had to share.  It was a fun day.   

You can't see the excitement here but believe me, he LOVED it.  

More Fall Fun

Luke making corn angels in the corn box.

We took advantage of Michael having the weekend off and had lots of fun with him.  Last night the two of us went to see David Crowder play with some friends and had a great time.  I felt pretty old at the end of the concert when all I could think about was sitting down because my "dogs were barking" so bad.  Oh well.  

Today we went to another orchard/pumpkin patch/country basket that was smaller than the other ones we've been to but had lots of fun kids stuff.  Luke loved the corn box and all of the goats.  He would have been happy to stay there all day, but good thing we didn't.  He was asleep within 30 seconds of leaving the parking lot.  :)  Hope ya'll had a happy weekend too.  

don't blink

I know I keep talking about the leaves changing around here, but this is all so new to me.  So sorry if it's getting old, but these bush-trees (not sure what they are really) made this drastic change in a matter of three weeks.   It's been awesome to watch it right outside our back door.   I wonder what another three weeks will bring.  I hope they aren't covered in the white stuff by then.   

It's a toss up..

Not sure who loved having DeeDee here more, me or Luke, but either way it was just awesome having her here.  Michael was on call both Friday and Sunday so it was a treat having my mom here to play on a weekend that otherwise would have been pretty long and lonely.  We always manage to pack a lot of fun into our time together, so this visit was no exception.  

Here's a quick recap of some of the fun we had:  we went apple and pumpkin picking, went out to dinner a couple of times, she taught me to sew (err...she sewed while Luke and I distracted her) a window treatment and closet drape to go in Luke's big boy room.  Today she helped me make homemade applesauce and my first ever homemade apple pie with the plethora of apples we have from our trips to the orchards lately.  I channeled my inner "suzie-home-maker" and felt quite proud of how all of that turned out.   (Of course we taste tested.)  

I have to say we have been spoiled with visitors this month.  It makes it seem like we aren't so far away from family when they can and do just hop on a plane to come see us.  Thanks for coming Mom.  It was such a treat. 

The trees keep getting better.

Luke wasn't sure about the hay ride.  It was COLD. 

Cider donuts are so yumm.  

Dork...I know.