Round Up

With Jack'o Lanterns come pumpkin seeds.  First I boil them in salted water to cook them through.  And then I try the off and roast them until toasted.  Delicious!  

So while I was roasting pumpkin seeds, Roxie decided to also add her chew marks to the molding at the top of the stairs.  

Jake has taken to standing on the side table, I guess the views are better.  

I like to text the neighbors when Jake is on patrol.  

Good Morning.  There is something about Fall that brings out beautiful sun rises.  

And the leaves are finally changing.  It has been a slow start for them to change but it really has not been very cold yet.  

The evening sky is so lovely, bright, and beautiful.  

I took the dogs for a walk on this lovely evening and then remembered why I don't take the dogs for walks.  Jake wants to run off first and is pulling me.  Roxie is afraid of everything and gets under foot.  They enjoyed it but I did not.  

I much rather watch her stalk Jake in the back yard.  Which she does with delight.  

There is a slight change in the leaves everyday.  I love watching it happen.  

The dogs were the only ones to dress up on Halloween. I tried some head bands but the scarves work best for them.  

I even made Grimm participate.  

The Day of the Dead is a special day and I always light the candles.  I light the candle here a lot of the time but I make sure on November 1st and 2nd I have it lit for our loved ones to know we remember them and miss them.  

A little bit different today. 

Jake took over the dog bed and Roxie stayed at my feet making sure he was not coming after her. 

A little more red today 

Aldi had pantry storage containers so I bought a whole bunch and started to fill up the cabinet with what was left.  I have the sticky traps up for any left over moths but it is nice having it back in the kitchen instead of tubs in the dining room.  

Even more red today. And a beautiful blue sky!! 

Megan hosted a Pallet Painting Party and I brought my own wood.  One of the girls took one of my pieces while I was building signs for Megan so I had to change my original plan. I did not get mine finished while I was there but I had a good start on it.  I took it home and will finish it there.  

Round Up

Lovely full moon on the way to swimming classes.  

He is not really enjoying classes but he is doing really well.  He does not want to be on a swim team though he loves the water.  He is just not interested in learning the more advanced swimming strokes.  

Several weeks ago I noticed little moths flying out of the pantry when I opened the doors.  After they keep coming out I did a little research and discovered I was infested with pantry moths.  And since it has been going on a while until I figured out what was going on, everything that was not in a can or jar was thrown away.  Bags and Bags off pasta, rice, grains, baking items, chocolate, etc.  I bought moth traps to monitor them and even after the pantry was empty and cleaned, they kept showing up.  I have to keep it empty for several weeks because the eggs can hatch many weeks after they are laid.  So frustrating!!  

Me and my son shine enjoying the sun rise. 

Roxie is a lucky girl, she has a sock!  

For Halloween Baylor wanted to be Drift, Stage 4, from Fortnight.  Of course I had no idea what that was before having to create the costume but thankfully he was happy with what I was able to do with a few thrift store items, gold tape and a felt mask.  He was happy with the outcome.  

Good Morning Moon!  

The Harvest Party at school was a lot of fun.  I provided two pumpkin relays: one where they had to hand a foam pumpkin over and under down and back the line and the second where they had to push a mini pumpkin down to a goal and come back with it, no kicking. 

Then the kids did a bead pumpkin craft.  Each parent assisted a table group of kids and it turned out well.  

The full mask arrived the night of Trick or Treat and we bought and painted the scythe the night before.  The mask was hot, and hard to breathe and see out of.  But it completed his costume so he was happy with it.  

We went with Ryder who was Boss Burger and Landon who was from Halo.  

They enjoyed trick or treating, stopped for a piece of candy and pizza at the fire truck and then played around in the yard for as long as we let them.  

Roxie has a candy corn colored sock.  

I harvested the parsley before we a killing frost could get it.  There was quite a lot out there.  

Gloria bought Baylor a new robe and he loves it.  

Roxie and Jake are tugging with a sock.  These two are nuts!  And someone is going to be down another sock.  

Even though we had TOT, it was still not Halloween so we still carved the pumpkins.  We had three to do this year and I love our work!  

Baylor's looks like it is being sick.  But as a good Mom, I cleaned him up.  

I did the middle one and Baylor did the other two.  

Posing with his posy.