More Fall Photos...

Still catching up on the blog! More photos...

Enjoying the Weather with the Cool Cousins!

Thanks for letting us enjoy your kids for a few days, Tim and Suzy!  It went much too quickly but we all had a lot of fun!

Aidan has a Job

Aidan has been a little busy this fall.  We have ACORNS like you wouldn't believe here!  (Ahem, he works for the real acorns, not that ACORN lol).  Lots and lots of acorns.  By gathering them, he earns 25 cents per pound.  Here's his latest stash...

This load weighed exactly 8 lbs 6 oz.  (Of course with that weight my brain automatically thinks of Eileen who weighed that same amount at birth).  So, he earned some loot.  I wonder if we should've given him overtime pay when he spilled the entire bag on our bathroom floor and had to gather them all up again? 

Fall Pictures

Merry Christmas to me, two months early. I had been wanting a new camera since my old one is on its last leg. And since I came across a really good deal (Canon has a great Loyalty Program, FYI, allowing you to give back your old broken camera, or film camera that you don't use, in exchange for a highly discounted refurbished new camera. Very good deals. Check it out if you have an old Canon. Since the deals vary, depending on what they have available each month, it may not be a good fit, but it was for me. Anyway.....)

So, of course, I needed some guinea pigs to test out my new camera.


This little piggy was very cooperative. Like his cousin, Owen, he often has a perpetual surprised look, as is seen in the second picture. Take that look, exaggerate it by about 10 times, and you'll have Owen (as a baby, that is :). Seamus is also quick to smile.


Bridget was a great guinea pig too! Thanks Bridge.
Here's Teresa, wishing I would be done with the pictures so she could quickly get back to her play...


Seamus, squeaky clean after his bath...

And then there's Erin. We finally got a break from the continuous rain, so I dressed her in her cute Halloween outfit (thanks Godparents!!!) and took her outside to get some pictures. Taking her picture is an experience. She really cracks me up! She has so many unpredictable expressions, and yet she is always game for more.

Distraction technique....she is a master at this.
This one would have been perfect! She was signing "leaf", but I cut it off...
The pondering look....
When I say, "say cheese", this is what I get...(if you had sound effects, you'd hear an exaggerated "cheeeeeeese"...)
She found the wet leaves at her feet much more interesting...
More distraction...."look a deer!". LOL...
Signing "tree"...
And after all that.....here are my two favorites! (the first one is the end of "peek a boo" and in the second one she is signing "leaf")

A Walk in the Park

I think this must have been peak day for fall color. We took the kids to the park on this beautiful day, but of course the pictures don't do justice, as usual. I think you have to have a fancy camera to capture the color as it really is.