camping + trick-or-treating=tired mom and dad!

We spent the weekend at Yankee Springs State Campgound. It was their "Halloween" weekend! The kids got to paint pumpkins, meet Smokey the Bear, play "carnival" games, there were also crafts and a scavenger hunt. But the biggest event was the trick-or-treating! Many of the campsites went all out with decorations! Lights! Inflatables! Spooky music! Fog Machines! There were even a few Haunted Houses (tents)! We put lights and cobwebs on our awning and decorated this fence that was on our site.
The kids had a blast and got so much candy that I've had to help them eat some! In case your wondering, that's Evie as a winged pony ( not wearing the horse head hood), Riley as Sonic the Hedgehog, and Logan as, none other than Davy! Davy Crockett, King of the front wood tier! (His version of the song is better than the original!)

patchy pants and owl

I embellished this outfit for Evie. The fabric was left over from a pair of smocks I made for a pair of sisters.
The owl is appliqued onto a shirt from Target, and the pants she had. I used this to make the "patchy" bottoms.

Where do you learn to walk in a line??

Preschool, of course. Here is Logan, ready for his first day.

1st day of 2nd grade

Riley was out the door at 8:30 this morning. Time to start a new school year! We all went to the bus stop to wave good bye and take his picture.

He was really excited to start school.
We went shopping for school supplies last week.
The list from his teacher had a few odd items on it, like dry erase markers, and post-it notes. Sounds more like office supplies to me!
Logan will start preschool tomorrow!

popcicles and baseball

We went to see the Whitecaps play.

Two Years Ago, Today

Today is Evie's 2nd birthday.
She is a constant joy and inspiration to me. We all love her dearly.
Life is much sweeter now that she is in it!

rainy day

The summer of 2008 is quickly coming to an end. Our list of things we want to do yet is longer than it should be. There are things on that list we won't get to this year, but here are a few pictures of one of the things we did cross of the list.
Playing in the warm summertime rain.

a few of the things we did this summer:

1. camping at Gun Lake
   
2. rides in dads new boat
   
3. Michigan Adventure
4. a day spent at Lake Michigan
5. swimming with cousins
6. summer reading program at the library
7. stopped at garage sales
8. Vacation Bible School
9. bike rides
   
10. fireworks
11. sweet corn
12. picking wild blackberries

We have about three weeks to finish out summer. School will start the day after Labor day.
We have a lot of fun to pack in still. Summer never last long enough.
But, soon we will be starting to make our list of things to do this fall. I can think of a few already...