Then you can monster mash

Harry's pal Sarah and her family had a party this afternoon and invited us all. The boys had a great time playing at their old preschool playground with lots of friends, getting their faces painted, and I had a great time visiting with friends and tasting all the great eats. Thank you Sandy and friends!

Checking themselves out in the car mirror...silly boys!

Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Monster Mash

Anticipation...

These are some fine days. We are getting set to move into our new home, and the yard is just on the verge of changing into her fall wear.....

I could never get their reflections right with the camera, so I'll have to trust my mind's eye :click:

One of my favorite bushes has purpled up its berries

and my view out the window over my sink is turning - this tree will be a beautiful red soon if all this summer's rain is going to pay off prettily
I could spend a few hours in a hammock looking up at this today

Most of the trees look like this - a few pretty colors mixed in with the green that's not quite ready, but there are a lot of cold nites predicted this week

Turn, turn, turn

Enjoy Fall, Y'all!

Carly Simon

Gettin' down on the farm

The boys' preschool went to a local pumpkin farm this morning, and it was a blast! They each went with their class, so I went with Harry and their friend Sam's parents helped keep Jack in line (thanx, Carol and Allen!). They got to take a hayride out to the patch, choose their own pumpkin, play in a sorgum maze, have a sweet snack of pumpkin cookies and hot chocolate. The owner even gave them little painted pumpkins. It was a perfect fall day :-)

Harry's class

Jack and his pumpkin
Harry and his pumpkin

Harry and friends hitting the maze

Harry posing for a picture with his painted pumpkin

one of the cool barns

One of my favorite pix from the day

Tim McGraw

Four Little Pumpkins

After the pizza tour, we met up with their friends, Zach and Carter for a trip to a pumpkin patch. Jack was 'this hungry' after the pizza-palooza

and Harry was 'Coach!' using his Pumpkin bag just like Daddy wears his whistle for soccer
Zach, Harry, Carter an Jack - Farm Heads
Farmer Jack
Farmer Harry
The duck race heating up - Zach, Ms Christina, Jack, Carter and Harry use the old-fashioned water pumps to help their ducks win
Harry takes a lead in one of the races
Jack plays it cool in the Corn Pit
...then gets buried by his buddies Carter and Zach

Harry has his turn
Harry and Zach chillin on the tractor train ride
And the reason for our visit - pumpkins in an idyllic setting
Four Little Monkeys Bouncing

It was a great fall day (despite the HEAT) - thanx, friends!

Boo to you too

The boys have been talking about inviting their friends for Halloween ever since school started, so I thought a few decorations might help....um, think much? I spent a fair amount of the afternoon consoling Distraught Harry, who thought they'd be coming over as soon as the decorations went up....argh

Jack getting the banners out

Out with the old, in with the Boo

Harry's practicing to be a Ghost Pumpkin

or is he just practicing for the lampshades I see in his future?

Gettin' their BOO on - do you see those gloves? Seriously, the best $1x2 I ever spent...you'll see

Jack going eye to eye with Frank - you want some of this, sucka?!?

Harry was completely jazzed about this sign - one of his favorite words of the moment
And here comes the Joy of Gloves....somehow Fosse has taken up residence in our family
This is Harry's slow-mo version....
....and Jack speeds it up to FosseFosseFosse

Nick Mason

Falling, falling

Saturday was filled with more fall fun, with a festival we've visited the last two years. They have a hay maze (tho it was only one bale high in most places - don't panic if you're comparing old pix...they haven't gotten THAT big). Here they are two years ago....Jack is his 'cool' phase

And Harry all countrified and cute

I thought this picture from Saturday was kinda cool, with Jack ready to climb under the bale and Harry visible above it

And Harry emerging, all smiles
Somehow I ended up with several shots of them semi-airborne - Harry apparently getting his groove on
and Jack aloft

then trying to get his own groove onSliding with their buddy Gavin (Harry running, Jack climbing behind Gavin)

And they may just love buildings as much as they love pirates
Happy Fall, Y'all!

U2's Fire