Halloween Parade at Hance

Connor had his Halloween parade at school today. He and daddy worked hard the other day to make the costume using two cardboard boxes and some old heating ducts we had lying around after some renovations last year. All the kids seemed to love his costume. I was told he was a hit every room he visited during their parade this morning. He even did his cute little robot walk. He's excited to go trick or treating on Sunday night with daddy.

Fall fun!

It's a bird......it's a plane........it's.........it's.............

Legs? Coming out of a leaf bag? Did the leaves grow legs?

Nah. It was just Connor......having some fun in the leaf bag. :)

Who needs to go to the woods.......

.......when this is in your own back yard?

Tables and cats

It's been awhile since I blogged -- I know. Been busy. OK, been so busy I don't know what day it is.....but anyway.......


Yesterday, we got a new diningroom table and chairs. They belonged to my mom and dad. They were downsizing, so they offered them to us. They are magnificent! We've had problems with finding a nice table for our diningroom ever since we moved here. This table is not only large enough to fill the space properly, but it has chairs that don't break when we sit down on them! That was a huge issue with our last table set. Thanks mom and dad! We're excited to have this set!


And yesterday afternoon, I found the cats.....snuggling on the dryer. Now, to know why this is funny, you have to understand that my one cat, Zorro (all black in front), is a formerly feral kitty we rescued last year. He's geared to be wild, and as a result, often ends up kerfluffling with Gabriel. Sometimes, he's just playing. But most of the time, he's asserting himself. It often ends with me pulling them apart and giving Zorro a cat time out. LOL. So to find them napping together in such a peaceful way blew my socks off. It definitely was a rare moment.

Homecoming!

My niece Melina and her friend, Dom, went to Homecoming yesterday. My niece was so excited, because this is the first time she's gone to a formal event at the school. She's a homeschooler, but technically a "junior" in high school. It's hard for me when I look at her all grown up, because it seems like just yesterday when she was 4 and following me around everywhere, wanting to "dance" to music.

Earlier this week, she sprained her knee badly in a soccer match. She is supposed to be wearing a knee brace, but the doctor said she could take it off for Homecoming. I told her we could paint it blue to match her dress, but she didn't think that would go over so well. LOL! :)

Hope Melina and Dom had a great time last night!

The Two Kings of Berg Manor

I went out to the kitchen a few minutes ago to get a drink, and this is what I saw. I was tempted to call them "nappy" and "nappier," but then it occurred to me that they each have their own little "throne," so they instead have been dubbed the Two Kings of Berg Manor. Neither of their royal highnesses are supposed to be sitting on the furniture -- let alone taking a nap on it -- but apparently, they didn't get that memo.

Connor's New Friend

Connor made a new friend yesterday at McDonald's. We decided to go out for lunch after I picked him up at school. Despite the fact it was windy, we sat outside and soon were joined by another little boy and his mom. His name was Travis. They played really well together for over an hour. Both Travis' mom and I had trouble getting them to leave. We exchanged numbers and agreed to have a playdate soon since the boys got along so well.

This morning, Connor brought me in a picture he had drawn for Travis, and told me he wanted to send it to him "online." He didn't understand that I couldn't just send it online without an email address. :) So I scanned it in and told him I'd post it on my blog and Travis might see it that way. That seemed to make him happy. I was astounded at what he had drawn in his note. Connor is starting to spell words all by himself and rarely asks for my help anymore. It's exciting. I sure do have a smart cookie for a kid. I guess he gets that from his dad!