A Christmas Parade

This past Saturday, the girl and her Brownie troop were in a local Christmas parade. Since they had to be there 3 hours early, it turned into a whole day event. None of the girls complained. They all had fun. It was easy to spot them, as they were walking behind the giant silver duck.

Christmas Decorations

The girl and her Browne troop decorated a tree in a downtown park today. They made the ornaments last week. They had sequined balls and colored bells. I would have taken a picture of the finished tree, but my battery died. It was really cute.

Next week, her troop walks in a local Christmas parade.

Play Offs

The boy played his flag football play off games last Sunday. It was pouring down rain. The kids were troopers. They played for over three hours in the rain. Though, if I am being honest I think the parents and siblings were a lot more miserable than the players. They had fun. Luckily, we had a brought a beach umbrella for them to huddle under between plays. I didn't get any action shots, as I didn't want the camera to get wet.

This is the boy a little after 7:00 that night. He was wiped out! Though, even in his sleep he doesn't let go of his favorite book series. We just picked the last books in the series up today from the library. We will have to find a new series soon. Maybe he will revisit the 'Magic Tree House' series. I really like those books.

Advent Wreath

It has been busy and I have been lax in my blog posts. So, in my normal style I am going to inundate you with a bunch of random things that have been going on lately. If your lucky, I might even throw in a comma or two in my run on sentences!

The girl and I went to the advent wreath making class at church with some friends. It was fun and the girls made the wreaths for their families. I think the girl did a pretty good job. Note to self, put away the Thanksgiving decorations.

Girl Scout Tea

The girl and I went to a Girl Scout tea. It was very cute. They put on a nice event and the girl and her friends had fun.

The Pumpkin Patch

A friend called us this week and asked if we wanted to go to a local pumpkin patch. This particular patch has a cannon that shoots pumpkins. Well, since hubby is all boy, the answer was "YES".

Here are pics of the boy and girl shooting pumpkins. It was louder than I expected. This is the field they shot at. If you look closely you can see a couple of targets. The most exciting one being the old truck in the background. The boy hit it several times, including making it in the open door. The girl also hit the targets/truck several times

After the pumpkin cannon, we went on a hayride through the corn fields. It was cute, there were creatures everywhere. Including the Mum Butterfly garden. We all had a great time. Though, it did make us miss the annual hayride on Aunt M's farm.

The Last Week

I realized today that we haven't blogged with updates on what the kids are doing. It has been a busy couple of weeks. Our Sundays start fairly early. The boy had football from 9-11 in the morning. He is on the Patriots this season. One season, he hopes to be on the Steelers.

Pre game practice.

Yesterday, I took the kids to a pumpkin patch about a mile from our house that had a bunch of inflatable jumpers. They had a good time.

Later that day, the girl had a brownie meeting with some sorority sisters at a local university. It was a good fit, the college girls talked about bullying and peer pressure. The little girls were very engaged with the sorority sisters.


Last Saturday, we took the kids to the beach, since it was in the high 80's at our house. You can see they had to wear jackets, as the temperature was in the low fifties at the beach. Once the marine layer burned off, it was gorgeous. they got in the water. The girl boogie boarded (big surprise) and the boy played with a friend he made at the beach. If you look closely, you can see the boat race the kids are watching. Soon after the kids got in the water a pod of dolphins came by.

This is the kids before we went to the beach. As you can see by the boy's lack of attire, it was a warm morning.

After lunch, we hung out by the marina and watched the boats. They had a regalia race. The spinnakers were so pretty. They all had different colors.