We got booed

Monday night we got "Booed."

(no I was not with it enough to take a picture of our basket of goodies- but this picture is a good representation of a Boo)

You likely do this in your neighbourhood, but I hadn't experienced it until we moved here.

The idea is that you create a Halloween treat/basket and leave it on a neighbour's doorstep with a poem instructing them to do the same for 2 other people, ring the bell and hide. In an effort to keep families from being "booed" multiple times, a ghost is placed in your window to let others know you've already been in on the fun.

The kids LOVE doing this! They really think it is such a hoot... and it is.

Funny thing is though, the other night we were out trying to be sneaky and "boo" some friends of ours, only to find that another family was going to the same family at exactly the same time!! So funny! I don't think we were too secret as 6 kids left down the street running into 3 different cars. LOL! Very fun!

If you haven't already, start the tradition in neighbourhood. It is Super fun!!

Here is a cute copy of the poem and a ghost for the door

http://www.teachingheart.net/booednote.pdf

Don't Stop Believin'

Last night's comeback was AMAZING! The Sox were down in the series 3 games to 1, making tonight a must win, or they would lose the series. Having lost miserably the last 2 games when I checked on the game tonight and the sox were down 2-0 in the first inning I didn't even sit down to watch the game. We ate supper, cleaned up, bathed the kids and saw the score was 7-0 in the 7th, then the amazing happened... they came back to win the game!! It was so awesome!!

You likely know I am a huge Jacoby Ellsbury fan, who is unfortunately in a slump right now, and hasn't played the last 2 games, but he has a blog which is fun to follow. He blogs after each game! Check it out!
Any fan of the Red Sox will also appreciate this fun video

You won't want to miss Saturday's game at 5pm PDT!!

8 Things- Tag

8 TV Shows I love to watch:
1. Without A Trace (Eric Close & Enrique Murciano)
2. MLB- Red Sox
3. New Adventures of Old Christine
4. Cold Case
5. American Idol (once their at the top 10)
6. CSI
7. Criminal Minds
8. Good Eats

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Brand 33 (Sisters, OR)
2. Fondue Mentale (Montreal, QC)
3. Mike's Pastry- ok, not a restaurant, but I could make a meal out of it (Boston, MA)
4. (Chez) Cora (Canada)
5. Chez Brenda- wherever Brenda's cooking (usually Attleboro, MA)
6. Outback
7. Toomies (Thai in Bend, OR)
8. Cheesecake Factory

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Took Elise to Rock climbing class
2. Took Sam to Piano flute lessons
3. Picked up Abby and Ethan from Karate class
4. Picked up Elise from rock climbing and dropped her off at piano lessons
5. Took Abby and Ethan to the park
6. Picked up the girls from lessons
7. Bought stuff to go "booing"
8. Went Booing

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. Some time to myself (since I'm supposed to have so much of it now that I have Abby in Kindergarten)
2. My van dying, forcing me to get a new one
3. Not having teenagers
4. Having visitors
5. Another moonlight snowshoe
6. Discovering more cool stuff outside our door
7. Christmas parties
8. Going skiing

8 Things On My WishList:
1. A personal chef
2. My kids to pick up after themselves for the rest of their days
3. My kids to skip over the teenage years
4. A new minivan for the family and a truck for me :D
5. I want to take the family to the Great wolf Lodge
6. My house decorated
7. A 24 hour maid
8. To eat whatever I want and never gain a pound

8 Friends I'm Tagging:
1. Becky
2. Sarah
3. Gabi
4. Britany
5. Christie
6. Kacie
7. Dori
8. SueLynn

Good Question

Ethan asked me a good question the other day as he was getting dressed: If no one sees your underwear why do they put pictures and stuff on them?
Ummmm....
I really didn't have a good answer.
Do you??
:-)

Why so long?

After saying... "I don't have time", "I'll have to book 3 weeks out, and I don't know what I'll be doing in 3 weeks", "I can't- we're going out of town", "I can't- we have company coming to town" etc, etc. You know how it goes. Last Friday I finally got my haircut! It was so embarassing... I hadn't had my hair cut since the beginning of December of last year!! It was looking pretty mangey. I even declined a lunch date with a girl friend because "I have a hair appointment" I NEVER thought I would be one of "those people."

I'm trying out this new look. Why did I wait so long?? So I have vowed to NEVER let this separation from my hair dresser to happen again!
How long do YOU wait between visits to the hairdresser?

Summer Days Drifting Away

Last week the kids ate their supper outside and were running around and screaming around the yard, then all of a sudden it got quiet. I looked outside to see this sweet scene. Aww...how sweet... two siblings chatting quietly enjoying a warm Indian summer night until I realized...

They were really just lying quietly on the blanket to watch a show on Brad's ipod! LOL!
While not quite as sweet as the thought of them sharing a conversation it was still cute to watch them sharing a peaceful sibling moment.

Amphibian Adventures

We have been trying to make it up to Todd Lake since early July, when we couldn't get in because there was still snow and ended up at Sparks... remember that adventure?

We finally made it up there this Saturday and were richly rewarded with a BEAUTIFUL day with tonnes of tadpoles AND frogs. I couldn't believe there were so many tadpoles this late in the year, but considering there was still snow blocking access in July I suppose everything is late this year.

We were watching the Victor girls and everyone had fun foraging for the little guys

Ethan chose to bring home tadpoles, and Abby brought home frogs Brianna and Samantha were "too cool" to dig for frogs and just chatted by the lake

Check out the gazillion tadpoles in the video!!

Star had a great time too enjoying the lack of a leash law now that it is after Sept 15th!

Our cool crew
and YES... I came home with the dog this time!!