Last night...what a dinner!

Last night we went to the mall and had our favorite dinner: Auntie Anne's pretzel dogs. Oh my are they good. If you've never had one, they are definitely worth the 2/$5.50 price (at least here they're that price). George and I are hooked.

Happy Halloween! A week and a day in review

My goodness what a busy week! Here's a recap, because I can't possibly tell you all that we did. Between projects and Halloween activities, our house was rockin!

The first activity was our project to finish putting together Danny's new "little boy's room." We acquired his furniture from Target and his bed from Sams. George and I spent a week putting everything together, and we put the finishing touches on it last weekend. Harley felt immediately at home on his bed.


My bed! Grrrrrrrrr!

Last Sunday, we went for ice cream and pumpkin hunting. George got some great pics, didn't he? Megan and Danny both chose "Ghosts and Goblins" as their flavor.

This last week was spirit week at the kids' school. Friday was "Book Character Day," on which the kids could dress as their favorite book character. As you can see below, Megan was Nancy Drew and Danny was his namesake from Danny the Champion of the World. They were so cute.

Saturday, we had a small party and the kids got to trick-or-treat with a group this time. Danny was the cutest cowboy ever, Megan was a sixties Diva, and Zachary (or "Cushie" as Megan's friend Perry called him) was a Whoopie Cushion. They had a wonderful time!

Finally, today's project and the end of a long week. We bought new lighting fixtures for the dining room, and my handy man installed them. They look great, and I am so happy with them.

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!!!! We sure did. Going to bed now, as I am so tired I can barely type.

Finally, some cooler weather...

Just to let you know that we haven't fallen off the face of the planet, I am going to give a general update. Zachary has been driving our van regularly for the last few days, and I will have to say he's doing pretty well. Megan recently became hooked on Dr. Who (yes we screen for the scary and inappropriate ones), and put this picture on her wall. I hope it doesn't detract from her studies!

Danny is getting some new furniture in his room, so George and I have been cleaning out (me) and putting together (George) various parts of Danny's room. We, however, have both hurt ourselves over the last couple of weeks, so we are a sad-looking couple at the end of the day. Between my limping and his back-holding, I don't know which of us looks worse. I know Danny will appreciate all of the hard work we're doing for him (not!).

Last Friday, we went to the fall festival at Megan and Danny's school, and they had a great time. Megan and Zachary's friend, Clarence, spent the entire fall festival in the cake walk line, and she finally won on the next to last round. That was an expensive cake, let me tell you! Zachary volunteered at the snow cone machine for me, and other than exploding flavor syrup and an intricately dyed right hand, he had few mishaps. Danny decided that friends are more important than his mom (aka "chopped liver") and spent the whole time trying to convince me to leave him with his friends for the rest of the evening. Sure, that's going to happen.

I can't possibly tell everything that we've done because the list would be endless. It seems like October exploded with engagements, illnesses, and general plans. I hope November is a little more calm.

Our favorite cookbook

Lately, we've been experimenting with the children's cookbook from Disney's Ratatouille. I must say that this is not necessarily a children's cookbook, it just has simple recipes that a child could follow. The flavors are mature, and we cook something from it once a week. Our favorites? Ooh la la French Toast, Croque Monsieur, and Ratatouille (I added fresh lavendar along with the basil, and it gave a very "herbs de provence" flavor - very fitting). Definitely worth the money we spent.

Danny lost his first tooth!

Actually, Danny pulled and twisted his first tooth out tonight as Megan and I stood and watched. He was so excited that he let out his "Oh yeah, Baby" immediately and pumped his arm. Tough guy, just like his daddy. He can't wait to tell all of his friends.