Halloween

It's that time of year again. Here are the obligatory Halloween Photos.

The first one is Jake the fireman and Shannon the flapper. They were so cute, although Jake wasn't into it as much as he could have been.














This is a good one of Sean. He had a two tier costume. The plan was this: hit the neighborhood houses in this mask and shirt. Then, remove mask number 1 to reveal mask number 2, which was hidden underneath, as well as, a different shirt. Then, hit the houses again and no one is the wiser.














Here you see Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs. We were pretty busy at work today so it's a good thing we posed for this picture early in the morning. The costumes were slowly dismantled little by little throughout the day.

Have a Happy Day!

Busch Gardens

Sean Jeff and Amy had a great day at Busch Gardens. We saw some beautiful grey wolves in their conservation area. Here is a photo of one of them, she posed so nicely.









Here is another grey wolf, this one wasn't as friendly.















Ghosts in the trees - spooky.


















They had fabulous Halloween decorations all over, here Sean is showing you the sketeton pirates.










Here is a beautiful, but deadly owl. Everytime we walked by this lady, she had a different bird on display. One of them was a hawk. She explained that the hawk's talons could exert 300 pounds of pressure, versus a human hand which can exert only 70 pounds of pressure. She told us these birds can and do eat cats.

Sad..................

Jamestown, VA

Jeff, Sean and I took a long weekend to Virginia and one of the places we visited was Jamestown Settlement.

These pics are from the Native American "village". The colonist's part of town wasn't all that interesting to me, I don't think I took one photo of that. Anyway, here is Sean in one of the wigwams holding part of a dead bird.













Sean standing by an animal skin stretcher thing.















A view of the village.















Here is the inside of one of the wigwams. It was pretty nice. Of course, all the people back then stank to high heaven, however, the museum curators choose not to recreate that part of the experience.















I believe this is a dead wolf with his insides pulled out. His nose and claws are still intact and he is so incredibly soft.

Well, I learned that the Native Americans had more wall art than I do. And, they were polygamists who ate a lot of maize. I also enjoy the maize, but not the polygamy.

ta-ta
Amy

Coffee fiend

Sean and I did some errand running on Sunday, and stopped into Starbucks for his first coffee. We both got Tall Mocha Lattes, skim, decaf his with whip, mine without. Now he's savy to the whole coffee scene. All he needs is some dark glasses and bongos.

You can't see in the picture, but we were sitting in front of the fireplace. It was 90 degrees outside, but that didn't stop us.

Fall activities

We took a trip to the corn maze a week or so ago, and it was pretty fun. There is Sean, Jeff and Alex posing for me.














A deserted corn trail.















Alex really liked finding the ears of corn. I asked him to pretend to eat it and he was a good sport. Sean looks on.














This is the view from the "Tower", which was a ramshackle platform in the center of the maze.














Here is Sean running on the haybales. I tried to get them both in the picture, but Alex was too fast. Don't know who the red-shirted kid is. Looks like he threw out his back and is walking with a cane.

Afterward we went to the Haunted Barn. Sorry - no pics, it would have scared you all too much.

Some People Just Know How to Laugh

Sean's 7th grade pic

Here is Sean's 7th grade school picture. I can't believe how grown up he's starting to look. I wish his tee shirt had been smoothed out, but that does not detract from his handsomeness.

Annapolis

Jeff, Sean and I walked around downtown Annapolis last weekend (pre-boat show, thank goodness). Anyway, we ate at Chick & Ruth's Delly. Sean ordered an ice cream sundae as his lunch, since he had a slice of pizza at the Market House. The waitress accused us of being his aunt and uncle because "parents would not allow their children to eat a sundae for lunch". Whatever!!!!!!!!!!

I don't want to go on a tirade about parents who micro-manage every mouthful of food their kids eat. I seriously push the healthy eating at our house, but people - ask yourselves this: when your child is grown do you want his/her main memory to be unpleasant mealtimes. Land Sakes, if you want a power struggle with your kids, choose something more dramatic than food. I am SO grateful my family never pulled that "finish your plate" stuff. Or made us eat things that tasted like crap. Food should be enjoyed, not forced down your throat.

Sorry, but that just really bugs me - I'm over it now. Have a great weekend.

posted by: Amy