Father/Daughter Dance

Our church had a Father/Daughter dance recently. Meghan took her dad. She looked WAY too grown up. But they had a nice time. Terry got her a corsage and she taught him the Macarena. Is that spelled right?

Halloween 2008

This was Andrew's Halloween parade.

A strange crowd of aliens. I don't know how they got on my camera.

Meghan was Peter pan. (Be kind, I made the costume.) Andrew was Ben 10. Look at all our great pumpkins!

This is Abigail and illustrates the dangers of donut bobbing.

We had a fairly cold Halloween. The kids had to definitely wear coats on the trick or treat night. They call it Beggar's Night here because you don't always trick or treat on Halloween. The city decides when it will be. This year since Halloween fell on a Friday, we went trick or treating on Thursday. About the donut bobbing, Andrew lost his first tooth at his class party by donut bobbing.

The First Day of School 2008

School this year started very smoothly. It was warm and the kids were so excited. Meghan got on the bus in the morning with the Burnside Lane crowd. Andrew is in afternoon kindergarten so he had to get on the bus all alone. He looked like I was sending him off to prison at first. He was scared to get on the bus by himself but he got off in the afternoon all happy. He has been a pro ever since.

Looking Back at September

There's a dog going for Sadie's ball. Swim Sadie, swim!

Well, this is pretty pathetic that I am so far behind. We have had a good fall and start to winter so far. In September, just after Labor Day, our city pool had a Pooch in the Pond day. Dogs were allowed into the pool for an hour. They made the most of that hour for sure. It was the funniest thing I have seen in a while. There were dogs everywhere. They were jumping over each other, stealing toys from each other. Sadie had not been swimming before I think and we took her to see how she'd react. At first she looked at me like I was nuts but she got the hang of swimming and had a ball! People were allowed to enter the pool up to our knees. Needless to say we were still soaked. Meghan went in with me. I was surprised that Sadie wasn't worn out after we got home. She wanted to keep playing ball.