You know you're the wife of a preschool teacher when...

...your husband let's you know on Monday night that he would like to be Clifford, The Big Red Dog, for his preschool classes Hallowe'en festivities. And they start Wednesday morning. The original plan was a pair of red ears on a headband, but I knew I could pull off something better. The costume does involve a tail but we thought we'd leave his backside off the internet:)

Here we have baby bun, 13 weeks and 6 days today. Baby bun is scheduled to make it's debut April 24th, 2010 and we couldn't be more excited...

There were pumpkins at 2 out of 2 of the places I meandered at today. The orange globes sitting proudly, like autumn's welcome mat. And it seems at though autumn is more than just beckoning...no, it has shown up with a vengeance. The rain has been spotty but thrashing. The wind is knocking the naked right onto the trees.

The hem and haw of the trees and their shameless shedding in our backyard keep teasing the motion sensor light. It looks like there will not be much rest for it tonight. Our power has ominously flickered thrice, alluding that it might take furlough. The hubby and I, with the gas fireplace aglow, are not consenting to it. I'm still working on feeling my toes, having spent the day bundled in Birkenstocks, buying their time until the snow returns.

But for now, I'm content to slip my toe-sicles under the hubb's leg and bunker down for fall.

Fall at Pitt Lake

Last Sunday, Mike and I took a walk out at Pitt Lake. The sun was shining, breeze blowing, it was a perfect fall day.

Ducks in the marsh/bog.

A swallow that led us on for a minute.

Love the fuzzy caterpillar.

Tide out, but making it's way back in.

And the last sprigs of summer.

Picture Update

So, one weekend in August we headed up to Whistler with some fab friends for a couple of birthdays and for, what one of them coined as, "Xavier Love Fest". And love we did. What a weekend!

I love fall. I love Hallowe'en. I love finding the right costume. Luckily when we headed south Labour Day long weekend, Target already had a slew of Halowe'en garb out. This bee costume was incredibly comfortable. So puffy I wanted to have a nap in it.

I loved this one too. It was made even better by the fact that it was hanging right next to a gorilla costume. If they hadn't been $50+ each, Hallowe'en might have looked a lot like this.

We went down to the States on the Thursday of Labour Day long weekend and stayed at Mike's aunt's trailer at Birch Bay. This is what we woke up to Friday morning on the newly built deck and I was a little sad that our time there was so short.

This was my 5th, Mike's 4th, year at Dave. And it rained. As we left for the concert. Being without jackets (it had never rained before!) we headed into the next town earlier in the day to find ponchos. Here we are in the parking lot/field being poncho goblins.

And here we have Michelle, Heather and Amanda raising a bottle for Dave in the parking field.

After the first act-some kind of bluegrass greatness-and then G-Love and Special Sauce, the rain let up and a rainbow appeared. You can't see it in this pic, but for a short while there was a double rainbow.

Here we all are. The rain let up and we tore off our rain gear. Have you ever tried to do your thing in an outhouse while wearing a giant American poncho? I don't recommend it.

And there was a whole lot of Dave goodness. Amazing set and this year Dave spoke really clearly (that doesn't always/rarely happens). The DMB weekend is always bittersweet. We look forward to it all summer but when it comes, it signals the end of summer and all the mayhem that it brings.

And now, September seems to have slipped by all too quickly and we find ourselves well into fall. Next thing we know, Christmas will be knocking on our doorstep.