Go Time

It's time for Halloween proper and we are excited!

Putting up the final Halloween decorations.

Mail carrier is here.

Myrtle is ready.

Dex and his friend.

Daddy is ready for baseball.

Ready to go.

Friends arrive.

Witch sisters or at least witches with the same fashion sense.

With our less coordinated witch friend.

Kids unaware of scary scarecrow sneaking into the shot.

School Halloween

Halloween is on Saturday this year, so Maya had her school Halloween celebration on Friday.  

 Getting ready to become a character from Harry Potter.

Soon to be...Moaning Myrtle.

There she is.

It's tough to be Myrtle.

Maya's friend Roman as an anemone.

Halloween parade.

Maya's class in costume.

The parade watchers.

Our little guy.

Playground!

Stuff We Do

Here are a few shots of stuff that happens.

 The Y Chromosomes.

The kids being useful.

Now in action.

Stand up peeing is just a cool thing to do.

Mama trying to make dinner a bit less unhappy.

Sock Hop

Maya and Mama head off to the Girl Scout Sock Hop for our area troops.

 Ready for sock hopping.

Yay!

Maya with two of her favorite pals.

Girl insanity.

Yay!

More fun.

Maya's troop!

Getting excited!

More fun with her pals.

Very large friendship circle at the end.

Halloween Gets Serious

Our neighborhood's truly scary Halloween house...  

This house is not even fully complete and it's still the scariest house in the neighborhood.

Michael Myers says hello.

Preparations Begin...

...for Halloween of course.

 Spiderweb attached.

Scary tree dude in tree.

Maya approves.

Maya is a little excited about her favorite holiday ever.

Look, skull!!

Dex observes.

Counting pumpkins.

Pa and Ma.

Pumpkin Patch with Lulu and Pop

It's that time of year again.  Time for the trip to the pumpkin patch!

 Maya rides a big tractor...

...and a little one.

Dex on deck.

Families that tractor together, stay together.

Cowkids.

A serious match of giant Jenga.

The end of the game...

...in motion.

Oh yeah, time to find the pumpkins. 

Maya's latest reading buddy.

Lulu and Pop and a hike on their last morning here.

Dexter and a rock.