Trimming the Tree

This weekend finds us finding, gathering, and trimming the tree at my dad's house. I'm sure it will be nothing like this! ;D

See you soon!

It's a Wonderful Life, Menagerie Style

Happy Thanksgiving

It's late November and that means Thanksgiving is right around the corner (actually two days from now) and although the implications of our people coming to the New World were not very good for our native brethren, my family takes this time not to celebrate the horros of the past but to gather together and give thanks for the things that have gone right over the years and to look toward a better future.


On that note, enjoy!

Hey, Mae!

The weekly segment where Mae tells us a joke (with a varying degree of success) and we laugh (sometimes inappropriately).

Episode 1: Cleanly Rabbits

Girl Scouts... On Ice!

 

The girls participated in this year's Girl Scout Ice Skating Party at Line Creek Skate Center with their regional council and several girls from their troop. All seemed to have fun and really clean up their skating skills a lot since the last time they went.

 

Waiting for the Bus

Jas with Autumn Foliage

Trick or Treat

 

Halloween was busy this year! The girls each had tutoring that afternoon, so I picked them up, ran them home, placed pumpkins, fixed their make-up, got them in costume and all of this before Jas got home from work!

Each girl picked her own costume this year. Mae wavered between "Monster Bride" and "Dead Alice in Dead Wonderland" most of the night, while Miranda pretty much stayed with "Demon/Devil Princess." We spent the evening in their old neighborhood and ran across friends that they hadn't seen since school ended last May. Both had a great time and made away with tons of candy!

When we returned to the Poisoned Waterhole, we noted there was a haunted house being held around the corner, so Jas and Miranda went to investigate while Mae and I got her cleaned up and ready for bed. By the time they got home, Mae and I had read a book and were hunkered down in bed! Miranda says she wished she hadn't gone. Although it was fun, she'd fallen and skinned her knee at the end and got tired of people jumping out at her. Mae wishes she had gone and promises to try it out next year!

The Daring Duo

Somewhere between Nightmare before Christmas
& Alice in Wonderland with a pinch of Bride of Frankenstein...

Oh those eyes...