Money chain

Shawn took a trip to D.C. this week. It was very upsetting to Lily. She started to pack her own things in his suitcase. She packed clothes, P.J.s, her toothbrush and a pillow. When Shawn explained that he didn't have a ticket for her, she got out her piggy bank and showed him all of her money and told him she would buy her own. When I told her that I would miss her and needed her to stay with me and go to preschool, she told me that I had Emily and I could go to preschool by myself. Luckily, Shawn left early Monday morning when Lily was to tired to do more than give him a big hug. She has been fine without him, but we're glad he's on his way back.

Cyber stalking

Okay, I admit to being a blog stalker. I totally read blogs that I never comment on. Mostly, I follow the blogs of my friends (and very distant family) Lisa and Nessa. We try and walk several times a week and I read their family's blogs so that I don't spend all my time asking who's pregnant and who's kids did what. So, I just read one of lisa's sil's blogs. She has fabulous Halloween murals that she's painted on her windows. I want to say, "Hey, those are fabulous!!!" But then I'm afraid that she say, "Who is this crazy lady posting?" So I have no idea what to do. And, now I'm curious- is anyone stalking my blog? I have an idea that one person might be, but really if you're stalking let me know...........

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to our favorite pumpkin patch over the weekend. We had a great time with all of the activities- we went through the color maze, panned for gems, slid down an 80 foot slide, (well, Shawn and the kids did- I took pics from the bottom), dug for dinosaur bones, climbed a dinosaur, were human gerbils , went to the Enchanted Forest, played in harvest town(where after 15 years together Shawn finally beat me at checkers. I was distracted watching Lily dart in and out of the little buildings though). Eventually, we even took a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch and picked out pumpkins. This year, we skipped Dodge Town (old west), all of the shows, and the corn maze, after almost 4 hours we were exhausted and wanted to get a late lunch. If you're in Minnesota, you should try Tweite's Pumpkin Patch- it's definitely worth the drive!!!

Sampson and a pretty girl

Shawn hasn't cut his hair beyond a basic trim in months. He was seriously thinking about growing it out for locks of love. He finally decided that it just wasn't going to happen when he really looked at the hair of a great friend. She lost her hair because of chemo about 9 months ago- when Shawn started growing his out. Her's a quite a bit longer than Shawn's who had a head start of a couple of inches. So, with a trip to a warmer, more humid climate next week, Shawn cut off his fabulous locks. Along the way he shared what he learned- that he has curly hair- he never had hair long enough to know, that conditioner is actually an important step, that you really can't ever skip a shower, that product can be very helpful/important.

Lily learned something today. It's not a lesson that I really think she needed to learn, but it's been taught to her several times already. Pretty people get a lot of free things. As we waited for Shawn/ took his pictures, one of the stylists asked if she could curl Lily's hair. She went on and on about how sweet, smart and pretty Lily was and then curled all of her hair at no charge. She insisted that she loves to curl hair and told Lily she should never cut her beautiful hair. Lily just kept smiling.

Almost Home

There are things that are frozen permanently in your mind. Snap shots of how things looked, felt, tasted or smelt. The Sights, tastes, smells, and the feel of the warm sky that shouts New England October were all here on Wednesday. I might as well have been 8. The pictures can't do justice, but here is how our front yard looked yesterday. (BTW, if you look at the pics from the parade, this is the same tree) I hope that your October is going as well as ours!

What do you think?

Here are topics being discussed in our home. Tell me what you think.
Is the bailout needed to save our economy or a horrible way to let banks off the hook?
Are you going to vote for someone who voted against your view of the bail out?
When you vote for President, is your vote for someone or is it really a vote against the other canidate?
When someone really ticks you off, do you tell them or just complain to your spouse/friends? Is one option better than the others?
When someone has had an event and hasn't invited you and then mentions it accidently and you either don't care or are actually happy that you weren't invited, is it better to ignore it or tell them that you weren't offended/didn't want to go?

Life in a northern town

Okay, so I have that song running through my head. Still, it's great to live in a small town. One of the great things about our small town is the Homecoming parade every year. It goes right doown our street and is a ton of fun The kids catch candy and the moms hang out chatting-abd there are always a lot of dada as well. This year I got some great advice from Vanessa and left one of our cars parked on the road until right before the parade started. We had great seats and a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who came. Now if only I could get the 4th of July parade to go down our street......