Trick or treat...

"Trick or treat smell my feet, give me something good to eat:)" Luckily Abby didn't actually say that to anyone, although we did make sure she knew the entire phrase:) She got pretty good at saying "trick or treat" and Thank you!!! At first she had to be reminded, but about the 5th house, she had it down.
This would be Sean and Abby sorting the candy. The girl cracks me up, cause she only likes candy without nuts. So Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, ring pops, suckers are all okay. Sean and I got the Baby Ruths, Kit kat, and Butterfinger. Abby's mom got the Snickers and Twix, we all came away happy:)
I missed most of the pile in this picture but it was quite a stack!

I got Tagged

6 Facts you say......hhhhhmmmmmmm. What could I tell you that would not make me seem like the complete freak that I am, but that nobody knows about?

1. I can't go to sleep if I have socks on. I HAVE to have bare feet. Sean makes fun of me and then gets annoyed at me when I try to warm them up on him:)

2. I actually like my calculus class, and using my brain. I have had many of my friends tell me I'm a nerd, uh, well, yeah, I guess that would fit.

3. I'm going back to school for Environmental Engineering. Hence, the calc class. This will make Master's degree #2. Wish I had gotten it right the first time.

4. Sewing is relaxing to me. A great stress relief, except when I leave projects 'til the last minute and they have to be done NOW! Currently I'm working on a pair of pants that I hope will actually fit.

5. I'm a neurotic driver. Well, I'm not sure if neurotic is the right word, maybe picky is a better one. I'm constantly on Sean for driving in the left lane when he isn't passing anyone or driving too fast, or..or..or.. a long list of many other things. I figure there are basic things that should be taught in every driver's ed class, that A LOT of people missed. common courtesy would be one, and how to merge into traffic would be another:) okay, off my soapbox for now.

6. Volleyball is my favorite sport to watch on TV. I like playing bball, so I hate to watch it, baseball is too boring!! At the game or on TV. And football, well, it's football:) I like it, but eh, I can live without it. Sean, however, does not have my fascination with volleyball and I don't get to watch it often, and the networks don't broadcast it nearly enough!

The 6 people I am tagging are.... hmm this is going to be hard since most of you have already done this. I'll have to think about this awhile.

Yard work

I really like fall, except for the whole concept of "falling" leaves! Cause I have to rake them. Well, I don't "have" to rake them, but it gets me outside and I get excercise. This would be the before picture: This is the after. I made 5 huge piles of leaves. I would have jumped in them, but since they were in the front yard, I didn't want to embarrass myself, so I refrained. You will notice that this tree is naked, completely. This is also the same tree that was full of red leaves at the beginning of the week, that I posted earlier. Doesn't take long, does it?!

Daddy's girl

Abby is quite the daddy's girl. Here she is working on her Leap Pad with Sean's help.
Abby was not feeling well tonight. She had a high fever and a really sore throat. Sean wanted to see what her tonsils looked like and this is how he did it:) Gotta love how guys do things.

Ooooh, how pretty!

I went for a lovely walk around the park today. Mostly to see the leaves, partly cause I haven't gotten and real exercise in the past week. I figured a 5 mile walk would do for now. The crappy part about the walk was that there were very few areas that the trees looked awesome. This was one place, but it happened to be right in our driveway! Pretty, eh. But of course 'Burgh weather isn't nice to the scenery. At the park about 1/4 of the trees were already naked from the wind and rain that we have had over the past week. 1/4 of them are confused and think it's still summer cause it has been over 70, still, and they are still green. 1/4 of them are actually pretty, most are yellow, but there are some awesome reds and oranges. And the last 1/4 are pine trees, yes, evergreens that are always ugly:) So now you know what my walk around the park looked like today.
When I got back home I tried to capture the cool colors and feel of our back porch. Needless to say, this picture doesn't even come close!! Nicole, can you come be my photographer?! Or just tell me what kind of camera you use, cause mine sucks. Anyway. Our deck/porch (whatever you call it) is totally shaded and the leaves are awesome. I was sitting out there for lunch and noticed that it was kind of yellow because the light coming through the trees was bouncing of the red and yellow leaves. Really cool lighting. Like I said, I wish I could have captured it, so ya'll could see it. O well. I have to agree with Hobbes, from the cartoon I posted earlier, it looks like fireworks and I love watching it happen.

More pumkin guts

Alright!! The blog finally let me post some more pictures:) This would be Sabrina with her gloves on, not wanting to get any pumpkin guts on her! Funniest thing was that I was trying to sweep all the leaves off the porch while they were busy at work. While I was making sure they had the inseides cleaned out well enough, they started using my broom to play with. So guess what I ended up with all over the handle, yes, pumpkin guts. Yuck! Sabrina busy cutting out the face of her pumpkin. She managed to break one of the saws while she was working cause she was trying to turn it and cut at the same time. Didn't work too well. Here are the finished products. Abby cut a little too far and instead of a smiling pumpkin with fangs, she got a screaming one. Hers is on the left and Sabrinas is on the right.
This is mine. As you can see, it's too far down on the pumpkin, cause I was not paying attention. I was not happy once it was finished and I realized it was not in the right place. O well, typical Trixie, something is always a little off:)