Halloween 2008

Halloween was so fun this year because:

a) Jackson is another year older and was SO into it.

b) I dressed up and trick-or-treated with him.

(Note: that is a drawn on "pilot" mustache 

in the picture; I don't need an upper lip waxing...)

Also, Nana Janet came down for the night's 

festivities since Bill was traveling. We trick-or-

treated early with our neighbors and then headed 

home for dinner and to answer the door.

This morning we went to the local Farmer's Market and then 

on a fall hike as it was in the low 60's. It was a great

time but of course WE MISSED YOU DADDY!

Fall Hike

Considering its in the 30's today and we have a

rain-snow mix, I figured I should post some

"last of Fall" pictures. Here we are on a pretty hike!

Kent Falls, CT

The annual family picnic at Kent Falls was so

fun this year. We missed Daddy, but had fun

with the rest of the family enjoying the fall colors, 

playing T-Ball, hiking the falls, eating chili dogs 

and drinking Bloody Mary's (Virgin Bloody 

Mary's in my case...). Jackson only fell in the 

water once! Not bad...

October in the Northeast

Last week we checked out a beautiful NJ farm.

It was a crisp, fall day - perfect for pumpkin

picking! We treated Jackson to cider and 

doughnuts, picked raspberries, did the corn

maze, climbed the hay bale "pyramid" and saw some

farm animals. Looking forward to Halloween

this year as we will take Jackson trick-

or-treating for real. And then I will eat his candy.

This Weekend

We had a fun-filled weekend with Papa and Bernie. 

On Saturday night we celebrated Papa's birthday

with the whole family and had a delicious dinner 

and a soccer cake. On Sunday we went to check 

out some WWII fighter planes that were on display 

at Westchester Cty. Airport. They were so cool and 

we were able to climb through one. 

We're Expanding

Jackson is going to be a big brother!!

Poor little guy...

He has NO idea how much his life 

is going to change   :) 

School Update

Jackson is really enjoying school and was thrilled

when he got to decorate a sugar cookie and

bring it home to eat. Aside from getting a cold the

first week he was there (Note: he was only there

for 2 HOURS that week!), all is well! His teacher Miss

Maureen says he's very "outgoing". Which we knew.

Colorado Grandparents Visit

I'm a little late in blogging this, but Bill's parents

came for a visit in early September. I got NO pictures

 of them but I know Rick got a lot of great ones. Here are

some of the things we did while they were visiting.

Thanks for a fun visit Grandma Carol & Grandpa Rick!

We miss you!

Last trip (?) of the summer to the Jersey Shore.

Carol feeding the birds at Turtle Back Zoo.

Checking out the groundhogs...

More birds...

Jackson's Workout

We'll do anything to get a nap out of Jackson...

Here we are playing soccer at the local high school.

Jackson's "Game Face"

School!

Jackson has started school! Tuesday was his first day

and he will go Tues./Thurs. afternoons. It should be

interesting b/c it kind if coincides with naptime but

a boy has to get out, right? The first day he ran right

into the classroom and didn't look back. He had a blast!

End of Summer Pics

Here are some random pictures from the last few weeks...

Uncle Mike made these personalized chairs for

Jackson and his cousins Sophie (10 mos) and 

Matthew (3 mos). Cool!

Fun at the beach

Running from the waves

We went to a fun picnic with Papa and

Grandma Bernie. Jackson spent about 2

hours in the bouncy thing. No joke.

At a car show with Nana and Grandpa George.

SOLD!!

We are thrilled to announce that we have sold our

GA home. The closing was this past week. Yay!

Reunion with Carly!!

Our good friends from Georgia (Beth, Frank and Carly) were

in CT visiting family so we road-tripped to meet them one day

for lunch and exploring. The kids were shy at first but then

warmed up to eachother. Carly and Jackson have "known" eachother

since they were 4 months old or so. Carly has gotten so big! 

She is as adorable as ever and it was great to see them all in 

person again. We miss all of our Georgia friends so much!

Maine trip

Maine was great. Its so beautiful there. We had mostly cloudy

weather but we still got to the beach, which was only a block

from the cute cottage Marnie rented. The kids had a blast at

the beach, throwing rocks and getting wet and dirty. Delaney

is such a sweet little girl (21 mos.). Unfortunately, Jackson is

going through a bit of an aggressive phase right now. He thinks

he's a tough guy or something and wasn't into sharing with her.

 "This too shall pass" as they say...