Happy Halloween

Two ghouls, one skeleton and a little cow!

Ryan took them out while I was passing out candy to the 135 kids that came to our door.  Syd gave up first, so she helped me hand out candy too.  Ethan finished next...then finally Cody, Mia and Lewis came home for the night.  Everyone had fun and we have enough candy to last us until Easter!

Cody was thinking that this is his last year for Trick or Treating...but I guess we'll have to see what the next year brings.  If he's taller then me by next year, I think he'll have to be done...if not, I don't see what another year would hurt!

Last Hurrah!

We decided to head up to Grand Bend this weekend so some end of summer swimming.  The weather and water were cold and the wind was really blowing, but we went in anyway!

Well, that's technically only a picture of Ryan and the three big ones, but Sydney and I went in too...well, I went in...Syd mostly played with rocks on the shore!

We had fun though, especially when the sun finally came back out.  I hope we can go up again next year when it's warmer...maybe Syd will even come in the water!

Fresh From Garden

We planted a garden this year and we finally got something good from it!

You see, in May and June, we got so much rain that half of the plants and seeds drowned.  Then we got the heat wave, and the things that survived the rainy season, fried in the heat.  My cucumbers and peas never were any good.

I did get 2 nice cauliflowers! One I gave to my Grandma and the other one to Cindy.  I also have Kale, TONS of Kale.  We like it cooked slightly and mixed in with mashed potatoes and sausage in a Dutch food that I can't spell, but love to eat.  I have so much that I think I'm going to start blanching it and freezing it for the winter time.

I also have some broccoli still growing and some carrots that I think are still growing.

But today I got my first pepper!  It was just a little guy, but it tasted really good!

I will definately plant another garden next year, but I've learned from this year.  I won't plant nearly as much kale and more peppers.  I will NOT plant any lettuce.

Happy harvesting!

A Boy and A Dog

I haven't posted any pictures of Lewis lately, so I thought I'd show him off.

He's definitely outgrowing his crazy puppiness and calming down a little, but he's really not growing into his ears!  I never realized how camera shy he is either! It took me 6 tries to get this picture of him...he wouldn't look at the camera!

Now, I have to say, I think Lewis is the only living creature that is going to be sad to see the snow finally melt for good!

We use the extend-a-leash and hook him onto the banister of the front bridge so he can't get away, but he can still jump and flop around in the snow we throw at him.  I just wish he loved the water as much as the snow!

And finally, I always love a good kid/dog picture.  Almost every night, Ethan and Lewis snuggle on the couch until one or both of them, fall asleep.

Awwww, isn't that sweet?

Visiting the Polar Bears

Most of you know that we're members of the Toronto Zoo so we like to go down about once a month.  Well, we headed out there this past Sunday.  It was wonderful, there were hardly any people so we could go as fast and slow as we wanted.

Sydney and Ethan rode in the double jogger stroller.  The bear that Ethan is holding is Addison.  He's a school project!

Ethan has his head inside a terrarium.  It's really neat actually.  I took my turn after him and it's really quite interesting.

A little froggy inside the terrarium

The two polar bears were napping when we got to their area.  They were so cute all snuggled up together like that.

Overall it was a fun day and we will definitely go out in the winter time again.