The WeeKnights: October 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

See You Real Soon...

It's the eve of Something Very Special Eve...some have guessed, we are going to Disney World! This will be my 8th? trip, the first of which (when I was 4) is documented below. My Dad pointed out that Snow and Cindy are probably about 50 years old by now, thank goodness for fairy dust!

"Mommy, I have hearts in my eyes!"

Told her I wanted her job...when I saw her last in 2005.

Me and the Mouse

From 2005 visit with Eric and Melissa. See, I'm not the only one excited to go. I don't own mouse ears...just sayin.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Full Moon-Shiner

Daddy night at preschool and she comes home with this. A kid in her class knocked her down while they were all running around like a pack of wild beasties. Who gets a black eye from a rug burn? Honestly. The photo actually doesn't do much in the way of playing up this little shiner. Looks more like she needs a nap.

Bill took Reina out to eat before their pumpkin carving night...she told the lady at the wings place it was a "Daddy Daughter Dinner Date." Woo, big spender!

Seizure inducing carpet and their co-designed girl pumpkin. A fun night for both...and that's the pumpkin princess's tongue. Not something to be smoked, as was asked by multiple of the other dads apparently.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Poetry

Just in case anyone thought I was particularly poetic, my mom, the English major, has this for you.

Keepin' me honest.

October's Bright Blue Weather

O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather;

When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless vagrant,
And goldenrod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;

When gentians roll their fingers tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;

When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;

When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing;

When springs run low, and on the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
Of woods, for winter waiting;

When comrades seek sweet country haunts,
By twos and twos together,
And count like misers, hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.

O sun and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
Helen Hunt Jackson

Monday, October 18, 2010

October's Bright Blue Weather

Is there a better way to start the weekend than with a chocolate chip storm trooper pancake?

We spent yet another beautiful Fall weekend NOT working and with grandparents, this time at Nana and PGa's place, where on the plus side I cooked no meals, the down side...we brought our bad sports luck with us. Ah well. We had a laid back time, which was preferred and intended, taking a small hike through a local park and increasing Reina's Fall collection. Since both kids began getting symptoms of the respiratory crud that's about where our ambitions ended. Liam's verbal growth spurt now includes (with some encouragement) "Nana", "PGa", "boo!" and "baby". He and Reina had a blast playing with all of Nana's old preschool teacher gear and teacher Reina even assigned me clean up bell! Woo hoo!

Reina was very sad to leave Sunday...but is better today. I guess a few more frequent visits are in order. Little does she know she has only one more week of school before Something Very Special happens...

Baking Apple Crisp with Nana

Which one is the scarecrow?

13 years this weekend since our 1st date at UD. xoxo.

Typical. I've been called the "voice of reason in a house of chaos".

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Fall Festibles

We spent the weekend hosting Gram and got our fill of Fall "Festibles" and brisk weather. I fear it may have even been too cold for Gram's Texan blood, but we enjoyed each others' company as well as some hot chocolate. Reina became a "World Famous Cowgirl Riding in a Rodeo" and Liam was an awesome chill little dude, no complaints from stroller, car seat or backpack. He seems to be going through a verbal growth spurt and is trying very hard to repeat words and communicate. Bill actually had the entire weekend off, and with all the travel he's done lately we really needed some good family time. Happy the fall weather is here at last. It gives me the opportunity to break out the sweaters and crock pot...I do love my coze.