The Princess & The Pirate

This picture is just too cute not to share.

Sydney and her friend Josie wanted to play dress up one day.

Sydney is starting to want to play dress up a little more.

I love the hook for the arm and eye patch on Josie.

They love to play togather.

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Mike.
Here's to many more walks on the beach.
I love you!

Trick or Treating down our Lane.

And this is what you would have ran into.

We decorated a little inside and out.

See our three pumpkins that we carved.

These guys stopped by to see what kind of treats we had.

There are three of them who frequent our neighborhood.
I prefer them over the bear. (There was a bear in other neighborhoods on halloween)
Even though they can be considered to be even more dangerous.
Mike had to redirect foot traffic for about 45 minutes
to keep any little kiddies from getting hurt.
Only because of that-we didn't run out of candy.
I think I will stay home next year.
There was more Trick or Treater's there then where we went.

Carving the Pumpkin

We started a New Family Tradition of Carving the Pumpkins.

Here is my main helper - Sammie Helping me out!

Me helping Sydney pull out the guts

Sydney playing with the drill tool.

Sydney poking at the guts. This lasted about as long as it took to take this picture. She didn't like to touch the nasty stuff.

Sammie was very interested in the inside of the pumpkin.

This is pretty much where he sat the entire time,

unless he was trying to get inside the pumpkin.

This was a great family tradition that Sammie and I seemed to have enjoyed.

Mike did give it a try with a pumpkin at a later time.

But he wasn't too thrilled with it.

Trick or Treat

This was really the first time Sydney has been Trick or Treating to any extent.

So We started out at my office. Sort of a practice run. Everyone was happy to see Sydney and several brought in treats and stuff for her. She was a Black Kitty Cat and I was a Witch. A few of us dressed up on Halloween at my office.

Later we joined up with Josie and Peter for some real Trick or Treating outdoors in 12 degree weather. Even though Sydney had her heavy coat on, she wasn't bundled up well enough and got really cold. But she had a good time.

Christina and Sydney

Sydney stayed with Christina in her office for about 20 minutes and between the two of them ate a pile of candy and got a sugar rush.

Sydney playing ball with an orange from Christina.

Me and my little Kitty Cat.