2008_11_01 Saturday

Good Morning!! We just got back from our local diner. Jonathan was up around 9 again today. We could see remnants of the street party in Maplewood on our walk into town; lots of candy wrappers and Halloween decorations throughout the downtown area. We saw police barracades in place in the afternoon, so it must have been a goooood party! Breakfast was nice and relaxing, as always. We stopped on the way home to play with (ie roll, push, and sit on) some abandoned pumpkins (see photo).


Jonathan went down for a nap, so Dave went outside with the leafblower and I grabbed the rake. We got another tarp-full for the leaf collection. Jonathan got up after about 2.5 hours and had a late lunch. He's figured out that he can put black olives on his fingers...so now he does the same with noodles, too.

I called the floor guy to schedule a measurement. We have to get the kitchen plan together so we can start getting bids on the renovation work. Can't wait to have it finished!

Progress! The boys went off to the mall to get Dave a new cell phone. Dave's cell phone died overnight. We think that Jonathan may have had something to do with it; he loves to play with (read: drop) daddy's phone. This may well be the first time that they've ventured out without me. Honestly, it feels strange! I ran over to the local grocery store ALONE. what a strange feeling. We've got another Halloween party this evening with my babysitting coop moms. It's potluck, so I thought I'd be cute and make spme Halloween cookies (plus they were on sale). Well, I managed to burn them all. Maybe I'm just not meant to cook. So, I did a pasta salad with pepperoni; it seemed to be a big hit. Thank you, Betty Crocker! The party was a blast, though. Jonathan saw lots of his buddies, and it was nice for us to meet some new people too. Dave got to meet a couple of the husbands as well. Our network is growing!

The boys just fed the cats, and Dave's giving him a bath now (it's been 2 stinky days). Then it's off to slumberland for one of us!