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Lobster-boy and Super-girl.



















Or a Pumpkin.



















Or Spiderman.



















Who knows what Halloween will bring?!

Talk to you soon.

To puff? Or not to puff?

That is the question in our house these days.

Not in reference to cigarettes or anything else that one might smoke. But rather, in reference to administering an inhaler to our asthmatic cat. 1% of all adult cats develop asthma. I always said that Mook is special.

We use an aerochamber similar to the ones that children use. Mookie, as always, doesn't mind. He is forever patient in his and our quest to have him operating at full kitty capacity. He's such a great cat now, who knows what he'd be like healthy???

Talk to you soon.

the Great Pumpkin

There really is something quite lovely about doing simple things.
















Like going to a pumpkin patch to get pumpkins, rather than driving to Loblaws to get one.

Pete's-U-Pick Pumpkins has become a tradition in our family... 3 years and counting!! Come to think of it, it may be our only tradition!!!

Every year it rains. Every year we get cold and wet. Every year we go to Tim Horton's for coffee first, and then McDonald's for lunch afterwards. Every year we buy more pumpkins than our family will carve, and every year Dan carves at least two of them.

Every year. How nice those words sound together.

Talk to you soon.

making beautiful music together

I am fortunate in that about 85% of the time my kids are each other's best friend. The other 15% of the time isn't so fun. Problem solving with a 4-year old and a 2 1/2-year old is challenging to say the least. He said, she said, and chances are they are both making up some of the details. Or leaving some of the details out altogether.



One of the good moments happened this weekend. They were playing down in the basement at Grandma's when I snapped this picture... Max singing "Bob the Builder" and Abby singing "Twinkle Twinkle" - it was perfect harmony, despite the tone issues!

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Kerplunk

Now that my kids are getting bigger and increasingly interactive, much fun can be had with treasures from the toy shelf at Grandma's house. My mother-in-law kept all her kids toys, and some of it is vintage cool. She has that Fisher Price record player in the built in brown plastic carrying case, that plays the small coloured plastic "records" after you wind it up... And the Fisher Price cash register that took 5, 10, and 25 cent pieces, from which you could either make change, or put into the cash drawer for safe keeping. I have a picture of me at about 3 playing with ours on Christmas morning.


Games and puzzles are all the rage in our world these days. After investigating and dismantling the toys shelf this weekend, we found "Kerplunk" - in it's original box and everything. And it was every bit as fun as I remember. Not all good things are new things.


Talk to you soon.