Halloween

This is a Halloween I'll always remember! Our family dressed up as the old poem There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.

Sunny was the fly.
Pepper was the spider...a black widow.
Piper was the bird...a pink cockatoo.
Bubbles was the cat.
Snapper was the dog...a pink poodle.
I was the horse...except that I ran out of time to get my fall clothes down from the attic, and the clothes I needed for the horse costume were in the tote. So I wore a ponytail.
Matt was the old lady.

It could not have been any cuter or more fun! I wish I could post photos of all the kids here, but I can't. I can post Matt, Snapper and Pepper, though!

Flying!

Tomorrow I get the privilege of taking my little Piper on her first airplane trip! We're going to California to spend some time with my family--specifically with my Granny, who is turning 95 in December. I have a million little details to take care of today for our early morning flight tomorrow. I can hardly wait!!!!!

A Purpose

Last night Matt found a frog in our garage. He brought it into the back patio for Pepper to see. Pepper loves frogs. He loves to hold them, loves to talk to them, just loves them. Here's a photo of Pepper holding a frog when he was two years old.

Pepper is now 6 and he was delighted with the frog Daddy found for him the other night. He carefully held it for about two minutes. Then he came into the house--frogless--and yelling, "THAT FROG HAD A PURPOSE ON ME!!!" I said, "A purpose?" Without missing a beat he replied, "Yes, he peed in my hands and it wasn't a accident!"

He's right...and the frog's "purpose" accomplished his purpose: it made Pepper drop the frog!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!