Camping and Halloween Prep

It is a busy time of year around here. So many things to do, pumpkins to buy, costumes to finalize, birthdays to celebrate (Natalie, Jim, Helen...).

Our neighborhood had a camp-out this weekend. We were all supposed to pitch tents in our front yard and sleep outside for the night. We ordered pizza and had a bit of a street party (despite the fact that our street is used for what appears to be drag racing at all times of the evening and night - dang people drive fast down this street!). Jim dutifully pitched the tent, but I didn't really think many, if any, of us (in particular the females of us) would sleep in the tent. Then, as the partying continued...Natalie was like the little Energizer bunny, wired up and chattering non-stop. Tigger got out of the house (kids opening the door...and he was waiting like he does, to make his dash), so Natalie and I walked the neighborhood with a flashlight. It almost made me sad that he was gone, as she kept repeating "Tigger is lost...forever and ever and ever...trying to eat bunnies...and then he'll burp and say excuse me...forever and ever and ever." Anyway, the point is that she was wired. So we stayed up late and then decided to sleep in the tent. We piled in blankets and all snuggled together. It was FUN. Then at some point probably around 2...we hear "Meow, meow" outside the tent. He found us. So I put the cat inside the house while we stayed outside. Didn't notice the feathers and carcass on the front porch until the next day (after finding the vomit trial inside the house). He does make it hard to miss him.

We made it out there until 4:30am, at which point the cold, hard ground was making it extremely hard for me to sleep. So we carried the kids inside and finished out the night in our bed.

We also have some shots of our pumpkin buying excursion. It wasn't a big pumpkin place, but it was big enough. The kids loved the hay maze. We have some big ideas for pumpkins this year...I won't give it away, but let's just say Star Wars and Disney Princesses may be involved.