Fall in Parksville

It has been a while since our last update .. we have been finding moments of fun amongst the challenge...

The boys were focussed on having a party to celebrate Halloween, they are quite used to being the little entertainers. Makinley did say on the day of the party "are all my friends coming to the party? " When I explained how far away most of his friends were and he said "oh I guess they are busy today." Once the food and fun came out .. the house was full of laughter!




Halloween was a packed full of fun as well. We made the Weeks Halloween Favorite of Witches Brew!! The boys carved a host of pumpkins to adorn Gram Gram's porch.


The boys were also thrilled when Gram Gram pulled out all of her Halloween crafts so that they could decorate the door for the trick or treaters! And finally after all that waiting it was time to put the costumes on and hit the streets!!






The night ended with a bang when Uncle Ron showed up with a few fire crackers!!



The next day fueled by candy power, we raked piles of leaves and ... well who can resist with all those leaves !!!

Thanksgiving

We were blessed this year to spend Thanksgiving with a host of family members ....

Hope everyone had time to celebrate the blessings around them this weekend!

Playin' around

Uploaded with Skitch!

Here we are on a sick day (for mommy) having a little computer fun.

Uploaded with Skitch!

Uploaded with Skitch!

Rockin' roll and bubble baths

As these photos will confirm, location doesn't change some things ... these boys love their music. Today they performed a "show" for me with Tim McGraw's music... Live Like You were Dying being the favorite.






While I was working this evening, I got an enthusiastic call from my three boys to see what was up in the bathroom. Apparently, they had performed an experiment to see what happens when you add bubbles to a jetted tub ... the results speak for themselves..

Soccer and Cathedral Grove

Today was full of adventure. We got a call at 9:15 last night to say Mitchel had his first soccer game in the morning, luckily not until 11:30. We had been waiting to here if he got on the team due to our late arrival, for soccer season that is. In true Mitchel form he was not willing to play but eager to watch and take it all in. To our delight his coach is a woman named Monica who is homeschooling her three children, one of whom is five. It was a perfect match. Mitch enjoyed the game and is looking forward to participating in his upcoming practice ... Sorry forgot the camera so this blog is photoless ... I am hopeful I will get better at including photos!!

As a family, we spent the afternoon adventuring around. First we hit the Goats on the Roof where there were indeed goats, one looking to nibble some of Makinley's ice cream cone! We were able to buy bags of local produce, which made my heart sing. Then we headed up to Cathedral grove where we had a picnic amongst the "giants" as Kin liked to call them. It was refreshing to be surrounded by such raw nature. Puck and I are both loving being back in a place that replenishes our spirits so fully. Again, forgot the camera. However, I did get a shot of the police man dinosaur who stopped by!



The day was so fabulous, weather wise, we decided to visit the beach after dinner. Mitch and I biked through the estuary and Puck and Kin took the road way. The sunset was breathtaking, with the moon rising at the same time. Puck rushed home to set up the telescope, we got a good look at the surface of the moon!

Check out the photos he took at this link http://gallery.mac.com/puckyloucks#100026..

Thanks for reading !!

Munchkinland

We visited Munchkinland today and had a blast, as the picture will show. It is quite possibly the best children's space I have visited. It is free and open to the public three mornings a week. The boys spent time as fire fighters, doctors, chefs and fisher men ... finally found a place the boys might just like more then Gram Gram's daycare!!








After all that fun we started digging our garden out from beneath the overgrown grapevines. Can you find the hidden gnome amongst the vines??

We Made it

Here is a little note to say, we have made it to our new home .. with absolutely no hassles. In fact, we had the best movers and moving experience yet. It pays to have people who love you help you move. We are truly grateful!!

So far we have little to report .. other then, we love our new place and we can't get our boys away from Gram Gram's house. They love it there and are now officially going to daycare one day a week. The only one who had troubles with it was mommy ... I really missed my boys. Though, I was able to use my time well!!

Pictures to follow really soon!!