Thanksgiving catch-up....

 ....with some of my most-favorite former students/babysitters/house-sitters/dog-sitters.  I miss them and, like my own children, they are growing up too fast!

Off to Thanksgiving with the family!

Random Photos

 Quincy's class Thanksgiving play was last week.  She was a Native American Indian with a papoose on her back (which, of course --in my biased thinking--, was totally cute!).

 What was she thankful for?  Her family.  But she "ran out of room and couldn't fit Otis or Tink on the paper".  I love her.

She's tall.

 

Rare photo of me.  I need a hair cut.

Their new favorite game is scrabble (we let them use their dictionaries).  Another of their current favorites is Rummikub.  It's weird to think that just a couple of years ago Candyland and Mousetrap were their favorites.  They are growing up too fast...*sob*.

 ...and the Big Bouncy Thing is STILL being used.  That purchase close to four years ago was worth every penny.

Fall...

....where'd it go?

 Ellie's last soccer game was last weekend.  She had a great (great!) season!  At the end-of-season awards ceremony (which was just donuts after the last game), Ellie's coach had this to say about her:  She sure doesn't say a lot but she sure is a firecracker on the field.  Yep, she definitely knows Ellie!

 

 

 

 Quincy usually sits on the sidelines reading and occasionally moaning, "This is taking a long time."  

 

Uncle's Mike and Eric came to Ellie's last game (which thrilled her completely!).  We're still hoping they will migrate out to the suburbs with us....

Right after Ellie's last game we headed north to Cagle's Dairy.  This was the last weekend their corn maze and hay-ride was open for the Fall and it also so happened to be the only day we could have made it this entire season (our weekends have been c.r.a.z.y. and crammed with wayyyy too many activities...).  We totally lucked out that the weather was perfect!

 

 

 

 

Into the maze...

 ...checking the clue to see which direction to go...

 

 ...and out of the maze.

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween 2012

The girls were super excited to be able to have their piano lessons in their Super Hero costumes!  

Haemi was just as excited to get to see them in their costumes...

 .....exhibiting their Super Hero strength.

The hour has finally arrived.

Their first stop brought in three pieces of candy each!

Those crazy Crowleys...they turned a wagon into a goolish hearse for the two little ones to travel in.  It even had lights.  Pretty creative....

Tim had the entertainment cart.

Same werewolf, different year...

At the end of the evening, the moms carried the little ones and the big girls hopped in the hearse for the trek home.

Another good Halloween...

See ya' later five!

Quincy wanted a butterfly cake this year made out of pink and red hearts (?????).   I did it... but I'm mixed about how it turned out.

 

 Uncle Mike tuned 25 again this year---for the 24th time. 

 Uncle Dave, Aunt Cathy, and 2/3rds of their girls joined us for awhile.

 What would a birthday be without your best friends with you?

Quincy was totally excited for these two books---these are the last two of the Beezus and Ramona series that she hasn't read.

Aunt Cathy gave her a book that comes highly recommended by Meagan, her youngest.  From the looks of it, it sounds like it's right up Quincy's alley.

Uncle's Mike and Eric gave Quincy a new Brain Quest series and a World Atlas---she is totally into/loves Geography right now (hence why she is hugging the atlas!).

Just a great pix of Jen and Otis...

...and a great pix of Remi and Tink.

...and a great pix of Julie (which she is going to be angry at me for!).