Pumpkin painting is serious business!
Colter has been wearing his Clone Trooper costume from the moment he took it off the shelf. He is very excited about Star Wars and the entire neighborhood of boys gets together to play Star Wars and also street hockey- more on that later. Cute pic in the park.
A bit cold out and these two bust out the ski goggles and gloves. "I a knight Mommy!", "On guard"
Giant leaf piles at Modee and Pappy's provide hours of fun!
We squeezed in as many beautiful fall hikes as we could. This one was up Bear Creek and it was a great day!
I can't believe another month has gone by. We have been outside playing and enjoying the last few warm days of fall. Every afternoon when the neighborhood gets home from school the streets come alive with games and activity. The new game is street hockey as most of the boys will be playing ice hockey soon. They get all dressed up in their pads and wack the ball around--very cute. Before that it was Star Wars and trampoline time and tag...... these kids have a great time together. More on the Star Wars stuff after Halloween. The boys started school a couple days a week last week and so far, so good. I miss them, but am happy to have even a few hours to get my work done. It makes it easier to focus on the boys and not be so distracted when they are home. Colter is so social, he loves to be around his friends and loves his preschool. We are looking forward to a great winter there. Dylan is a bit unsure about the whole idea and we are helping him adjust very slowly. He enjoys playing for a while and loves to see Colter when he is playing outside. He stayed for a few hours today and told me he had fun, so that was a good sign. We have been busy rebuilding the intake system at the hydroelectric plant and as usual it has consumed all of our free time. The new system is operating at a very minimal level, but it is working. One more weekend and we should be cruising for the winter. Dylan is rattling off sentences and words like crazy. He is starting to sing songs and loves to dance and play his "mumic" on the CD player. He continues to be Captain Busy Hands and is making us laugh every day. How did we get so lucky as to have two active, funny, smart and physically coordinated boys who love adventures? I love them so much! One day last week the boys and I hiked from the hydro intake back to Modee and Pappy's (Dylan hiked the whole way) then Colter got on his bike and we walked/rode another 2 1/2 miles to Orvis to soak in the hot springs.
Part of the series of questions tonight at bedtime started with us listening to R. Carlos Nakai (a native american flutist)
"Mom, will I ever be as good as he is?" "Sure honey, it took him years of practice, but no problem, you can do whatever you want to" "Can I have guitar and flute lessons everyday?"
"Mom, can we go to the red rock canyons where he plays and listen to him sometime?""Sure honey, that sounds like fun"
"Mom, do you think he wears lots of feathers on his headdress or just one in the front?" "Not sure honey, we can look up his picture tomorrow."
"Mom, pickles and cucumbers really look alot alike, are they related?" "Yes dear, good night."
Yup, never a dull moment. We should have invested in Google years ago, I end up using it almost everyday to find answers to Colter's questions. When I don't have a quick answer for him, he says "Let's look it up, what .com do you think it will be on?"
We will post some pics after Halloween- should be a good one this year. Star Wars for the entire family!
