07 November 2011

snowy Halloween

Halloween weekend brought lots of excitement this year!

First, there was Evyn's tooth, wiggly #6.
We waited for it to fall out. And waited. And waited. For weeks.
Poor Evyn hadn't been able to take a bite of pizza or sandwich for nearly three months, between wiggly #5 and wiggly #6.

Thursday morning I woke her up for school. As she pried her eyes open, she realized, #6 was gone! We searched high and low, to no avail. Which can only mean one thing.....


calling Daddy before school to tell him the news



On Saturday, our plans for going down to the farm for pumpkins to carve into jack-o-lanterns was foiled by an early snowstorm! We spent the afternoon knocking snow off our trees and shrubs, and clearing power lines, every hour or so, to prevent them from breaking under the weight of the heavy snow.



our crape myrtle, right of center- bent in half and touching the ground


We had the generator on standby, but thankfully we didn't lose power, like they did in many other parts of the county. Meanwhile, the kids (with a little help from Daddy) made a snowman - Halloween-style.



snow witch!



Andrew's cheeks were cherry-red from eating snow, puppy-dog style