we're off.......

to trick or treat!!!


booooooo! yaaaaaa!

oops! C D B refuses to wear his costume ~ he's going as his cute self :)
ummm he's also treating himself to Mamere's candy!

arghhhhhhhhhh matie!!


beeeeeeeeee buh....ack soon!

swang'en

hope your wed nes day is just as fun!

surprise!

yesterday.......

i received a fabulous package!

when husbeast (ha!) brought me a box that said "thank you for your order" it was a bit concerning!

he thinks i buy MORE yarny stuff now than before i retired ~ nope actually ~ it's less!

plus i couldn't remember just what i might have purchased ~ i told him i was getting this and this

it's my Dishcloth Swap package!!!

woot! lots of loot! from cindy v

thanks so much!!! i love it all!!

the mouse is too adorable! ..................... !! LOL :)

one more..

CLOTH!!!

my pal's package goes out today & should arrive by saturday

~ but i'm sure i'll still bore you with cloths!!!!

oh......i made the pattern up, welp, really it's not a pattern, just notes jotted ~ #2 son says i should have knit earlier with the white!!

b-day: scene 2

wanna see??









what's in there??




web*kin* bat!!


say it together now......awwwwwhhhh!!!

she also got: moola, moola, moola (sing! it) ~ she has her eye on an ipod.

oh and in the pic with the bat ~ S wins the poinsetta contest ~ that is hers in top right corner from last Christmas! Grandma W & i - ours died months, months ago :P we kinda do this every year to see which one makes it ~ now to see if it will turn red!

eleven plus one to grow on!

bummed Socks!

i think the car accident has messed up my knitting gauge!!

the candy corn socks and the alpaca sox socks are SOoooooooo tight i couldn't get them over my heel!

RIP! RIP! RIP!

it's ok tho, let's me knit more!!

see!! NEW candy corn socks!

and i still have 10 days til Halloween ~ the NEW candy corn socks'll get done :)

living with.......

husbeast (ha!) our lovely hallway :)

please feel free to enter the kitchen! one of the cats actually uses the 'plank'

the disarray is.......ummmmmmm........starting to bug me!see the nice film on the table top?? be sure to write your name ;P

even the poor plant has it and this plant has been around! it's one S's parents left years ago (13?)!

and with the holidays approaching, i need a PLAN! uhhhh..one that does not include blue tape!

candy corn Socks!

new socks are moving right along!!

cuz ya know i gotta wear these soon!

the Sockamania socks are progressing too!

warning! warning! someone is turning 11!!

and i have been 'made responsible' for posting b-day pics! you should know that our family is fairly large (last time L B and i counted ~ about 120 ~ parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, g-parents) so there are several b-days each month ~ no month is empty!

weekend frolic

this weekend seems to have flown by ~ yep! i know that it's only sunday morning but i gotta work tomorrow and ...........this weekend has flown by!!

even yesterday went fast - of course maybe because - i had the sweet cutie pies! and we were having FUN ~ even tho husbeast (ha!) was sanding the floors.

i forgot to get pics of them jumping rope~~ maybe next time! i can't wait for my ankle to support me jumping rope ~ to "double dutch" !!!!

meanwhile L B and L J have figured out their own rhythm to jumping and even C D B got in on it! he was able to run through without getting caught on the rope :)

then we did a version of limbo, with L B doing this crazy 'walk under' that landed her on her back!! geez, i wish i had the camera out, we laughed forever!

honk! honk!

and then L J did some high jumps over the rope with advice from Poppy on how far/quick he needed to run to make it over! i need to strap the camera to my forehead

L B got some time on Mamere's beach cruiser bike!! a few more inches and she wont' have any problem.

L J also figured out how to ride it, he had to "stand" and peddle all the time & rode mostly in the grass ~ sorry no pics of that, i.............welp, he was giving me the creeps......so didn't ride it long!

C D B brought his bike and while he CAN peddle, prefers to and moves faster when pushing with his feet (kinda like crawling is quicker than walking in the beginning!)

t'was a great day ~~~ before we knew it J & S were there to get them! the only down side of the day was hearing the ice cream man's 'jingle' and having him skip our street :(

hey! come!! back!!!

p.s. yes, i know she wasn't wearing a helmet, they DO wear helmets when riding, i was nervous and pacing and watching while she navigated the street. BUT also remember ~ we made it through life without helmets, without seat belts etc...........yes they are fantastic items and have saved many lives and a second set will be purchased to have at Mamere's!