Happy Halloween!!

Mama, I don't wanna be a frog!!

This costume? Is the one he wore last year. This costume? is sized 2 - 4 (huge on him last year) This costume? Is so tight in the crotch, that my size 12 - 18 month old can't walk it in.
sigh.

So much for buying a too big costume last year to re-use this year.


Instead, he's going to be a lion.

Air cast

Chuckles received an "air cast" yesterday. Remember the 'Nike Pumps' from sometime in the nineties? it's similar to that.

She's allowed to take it off for baths & sleeping, but still needs to use crutches to walk.

So she has a bit more freedom, but stil can't put weight on it.

Next appointment, six weeks. HOPEFULLY that's where she looses it ALL and can walk again!

Let's Hope...

That this week the doctor has good news for us.

Chuck goes in to get her leg looked at on Thursday. If it's healing well, she *may* get a walking cast.

If she gets a walking cast, she can go trick or treating.

To a 12 year old, that is EXCITING STUFF!!!

She is planning on going out as a pirate with a peg leg. She already has the limp down I guess!!

Deck & Daddy's helper

We now have stairs and railings all the way around!!

We still need a railing for the stairs, and to bolt the stairs in a bit better.

The board on top of the railing is a 2 x 6, so that it is wide enough to set a drink on.

Buddy enjoyed being outside watching Daddy work!! (Mommy took a nap!  Lucky Mommy!)

Still taking after his Mama...

Just like this picture.

Poor Lonely Iris

The fenders are totally so the she dosen't hit all the OTHER boats parked in the backyard.

Pathfinder Enrollment

Wasn't it just yesterday that we attended her Spark enrollment?

When she was in Sparks, I was a Pathfinder leader

When she was in Brownies, I enrolled her

When she was in Guides, I enrolled her

Now she's in Pathfinders, and I'm still a Guide leader

And the other night, she asked how come I didn't go to Pathfinders with her.