Happy Halloween

Aspen came down with strep throat this morning so she didn't get to go trick or treating. Instead she stayed home to answer the door while she watched Ichabod and Mr Toad. I forgot to dress up Hazel and so faked it the next morning. Nate is King Arthur. (Aspen was supposed to be his servant, Patsy, with 2 coconuts.) Isaac is a ninja because he wanted 2 swords and Toby was the Grim Reaper, complete with flowing blood.

more hiking photos

Finally I'm getting around to fixing my blog.

A-hiking we will go...

We were going to go camping tlast weekend. But all the camp sites were full (as it is now outdoors season here in Texas-read: no longer 100 degrees). So we just went hiking instead. We did about 5 or 5 1/2 miles. (And my body is feeling it after carrying Hazel 5 miles up and down hills.) But the kids did GREAT. I wanted to post more pictures but apparently I have filled up my memory storage again and need to do some swapping to be able to post more; which won't happen until after Halloween when we return from vacation.
Hazel was great too; she really enjoyed herself. And the kids got to throw rocks and sticks in the pond and drink lots of Gatorade - it doesn't get better than that according to Isaac.

Toby wanted me to post this pic. He wanted to know if anyone can identify this skeleton. We never did find the skull.

Locks of Love

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Aspen decided to go short and donated her hair to Locks of Love (you can click on the title for a link to their site). She never wanted to cut her hair until I mentioned that she could donate it if it was long enough. She has a 12 inch braid to send to them. I am very proud of her. She loves her new hair cut. I think it is very cute. But then, I have been trying to get her to cut her hair for months.

SHOCKING!!!

Aspen had a run-in with the net on the trampoline! She was carrying around so much static electricity that when she walked by me all the hair on my arm would stand up. The boys did their hair too. Not as noticeable as their hair is only a couple inches tall.

Campout

The kids had a long weekend and were off school on Friday and Monday. So we decided to have a campout. It was the first cool night since May and so we pitched the tent in the back yard and made smores over candles in the kitchen (they don't work as well as a real fire). I of course didn't get any sleep. The wind was kind of strong and noisy and so at 5am when Hazel woke up I moved everyone inside so I could get a couple hours of decent sleep. But everyone had lots of fun. The other boy in the photo is Caleb who lives down the street. He wanted to make smores too.

MMMMM.....Carrots

So Hazel had her first tast of 'real' food. She loved it. She has been intently watching us during dinner and decided she wanted to try it out. Still trying to get the hang of actually swallowing the food though.