dinner delicious

flakes

And so it begins.  First snow.  

chores

I found these two hard at work in the street a few days ago.  (Important info...Walter ripped up some strands of our sisal carpet while in time out a few weeks ago.  He got in huge trouble, so it is now a point of reference.)  They told me "We are working hard to help Daddy to pay for new carpet."  

bribery

archery pretend

The boy's are having the most remarkable conversation right now in the other room.  They are playing pretend with their new archery sets.  In this very elaborate pretend scenario they are college student Indians.  They are hunting for deer.  Part of the way through the story they decided to upgrade from teepees to yurts.  The game of pretend ended in a fight over whether they ought to have a million guest yurts or a gazillion.  Serious stuff.

Wally:  "Fritz; on this cold, miserable winter day you need to go out hunting for our guests."
Fritz:  "I shot ten deer for our guests.  Deer are really good to eat.  We will cook them.  Our friends Vivie and Jack are coming.  Next to our teepee we should have a guest teepee for our cousins to stay in."

breakfast

Fritz: "Eggs are super yucky.  They taste like garbage!! I only like Cheesy Eggs!"

That's right, folks, CHEESY EGGS.  The All American (gosh darn it!) dish consisting of scrambled eggs and American cheese made in the microwave.

oh dear...

{photo shoot @ the old mill}

end of summer splendor

long awaited

New school shoes are finally here.  And we did come to a consensus on these cute ones.  Hooray!  

chillin' out

Look at that gorgeous boy.  

down time = finding fun

snapshot of a cut

@ the Bond Street Barbershop.  

take that TARP

Don't mess with Banner Bank!

shevlin in the fall

snapshot of hallelujah!

@ our laundry room. Brand new ***TOP*** loading washer and dryer. 

sweet visitors

Susan and Sammy came for a long weekend visit.  And it was great fun.  Old friends can't be beat.