Once Upon A Time, There Was a Pumpkin & a Flower...........and a Chicken!

Avery & Petros had so much fun on Halloween. As you can see, Avery was a flower. It was one of her first words and now almost everything is a flower (even though she knows many other words) so how appropriate that she dressed up as a flower on Halloween!

Petros was originally caught up between being a telephone (his first fascination in America) and a pumkin. We just happened to find a cute pumkin costume that he really loved so a pumkin he was!

It was so much fun to see them all excited about being in their costumes. Petros practiced saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You" during the week and did a really good job going door to door. Avery was just as excited but probably didn't really understand what was going on anyway. I stayed back at Melissa's house and handed out candy while Dan, Tiffany & Melissa (poor Gavin was working again!) went around Melissa's neighborhood with Petros and Avery. They came back with their buckets full of candy. Since Avery is too little to have most of what she got (but ate the Teddy Grahams) and Petros doesn't like candy (but enjoyed having Tiffany try a little bit of everything), Avery just enjoyed putting her hands into the bucket and throwing the candy out. Petros tasted a few things and finally settled on a lollypop. Next year should be even more fun! We even had a visit from Sofia the Chicken!

Now comes the holiday season...........Woo Hoo!!! I've got to get busy!! Bring on the Christmas music!

Facebook

My whole family now has Facebook accounts! I'm not really sure what started all of this but each day, one more of us joins. We're all connecting with people that we haven't heard from in a long time and we're having some fun with each other too. There are bumper stickers, games, pins and many other activities that keeps it interesting. I guess it's probably just a change of pace. I prefer my good ole blog but it's fun to aggrevate the kids by sending them stickers and other silly things like kidnap requests. I know it drives them nuts so I do it more for fun than anything. If you don't have a Facebook account and you're reading this, get one and look me up!!

Another One:

Happy Birthday To My Favorite HUSBAND!!

My husband turns 47 today!! I cannot believe how quickly time flies…..now we have a 29 year old son, a 27 year old daughter and two grandchildren! The bad part about Dan turning 47 is that my turn is coming up next.
Dan has managed to live a very active life and as you all know, does not know what it’s like to sit still! He’s lived such a full life already. He has been to many places and seen many things in his life. So many in fact, that I don’t think most people would be able to say that they’ve been to as many countries and cities when they are in their 90’s. He’s a great father and a fantastic grandfather. I might also add that he’s aged pretty well! Happy Birthday to the same best friend I’ve had for the last 30 years! I love him!

Happy Birthday To My Favorite Son!!

Guess who turns 29 years old today? I cannot believe it! Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday when I was a very young mother wondering how on earth I was going to be able to raise a child. He has turned out to be everything I could have ever wanted him to be and more. I would describe him as smart, caring, loyal, family oriented, sensitive and loving. All of these are traits that I would admire in any person. I continue to be impressed every day with him when it comes to being a father to Petros. He is the kind of father that I always knew he would be and I could not be prouder of him. I love you honey! Happy Birthday!

Fryeburg Fair & Apple Picking!!

Danny and I had a great weekend with family and friends. We both took Friday off from work. Danny and I took Avery for the day and went and picked up Dan and Petros to head off to the Fryeburg Fair for the day. It didn't take Petros very long at all to catch on to all of the activities! We saw lots of animals and Petros and Avery went on the merry go round and rode ponies. Petros went on some more adventurous rides too and couldn't get enough. Daddy told him one more ride and then we'd have to leave. He tried to bargain with him and get two more rides. Petros won. He got to ride on the bears (which is actually a kid version of a tilt-a-whirl) before we left and had another ride on the merry go round.

Avery was such a good girl that day (she is every day!) and was happy hanging out and watching everybody walking around. She loved riding the pony and loved the doddies (which is doggies......every animal was a dog that day).

On Saturday, we met up with Deidre and Dave along with Nicole, Dan and Callahan and went apple picking. Dan and Tiff led us to this place in Cornish a few years ago and we love it there. They have lots of activities there for kids. They have an apple sling shot. You put the apple into the sling shot and try to aim it across the pond at a target with a hole in it. You'll see Petros doing this in some of the pictures below. They also have an apple crate maze that Petros and Tiffany went into. Melissa and Tiffany discovered a shed that held a bale of hay, scissors, string and lots of clothing where you can make your own scarecrow. I think Melissa and Tiffany were more excited than the kids to make the scarecrow. We ended up getting him a pumpkin head that Petros, Dan and Tiffany will make a face for and put on their front steps.

On Sunday, Melissa and I took Sofia for the day and went out to lunch and then went shopping. It helped to remind me of how young I was when I had my kids!! I was exhausted and didn't manage to get many of my errands done this weekend.

Life is......crazy.....insane......tiring.......exhausting & busy these days...........BUT..............I LOVE IT!!!!