A photo combining my three great, non-person, loves: the beach, knitting, and obnoxious socks.

Happy Tuesday to me!

Because sometimes it is what you want to do.

The equations might be a wee bit incorrect, but the message is coming through loud and clear: Buy more bread and ice cream cones than originally planned.

Esme, her new cheese headed friends and her massive chocolate prize.

These new neighbors were overjoyed when we walked up, their first visitors of the night, on their first Halloween in Salem. We had a nice chat, Esme posed for a photo, and Peter was the lucky one who got to carry the thing home! It was a fun little surprise during a lovely night of trick or treating!

I imagine we’ll be pulling this painting out to decorate for many Octobers to come!

With a song from Kristoff and lots of thrown snowballs we can count another Trunk or Treat under our belts.

There is always a flurry of activity in the week before (pun intended!) but I do love the challenge of coming up with a fun theme, coordinating game, and clever costumes- all on a very small budget. Everything always comes together in the end, though, and we always have fun!

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The young artists and I were successful today in creating our Trunk or Treat backdrop. It was a group effort from concept to design to execution. They were awesome with their ideas, their willingness to try, their compromising and their perseverance.

What do you think, would Elsa feel at home here?

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“For some reason, wearing these clothes and this tie from the John Henric tie collection, I feel older and taller. Did you ever feel that way, Mama, when you were nine?”

A humble look at the evening of our thirteenth wedding anniversary. Robin Hood on tv for me, Legos and a 9 year old’s art strewn about, and Peter working on a fussy soldering project in the dining room. It is not a year of extravagant celebrations this year, and that is perfectly okay with us.

Building friendships, one see saw at a time.