Good Times Up North

Friday, November 12, 2010

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Before Halloween we spent a couple days at Mimi's cabin with Mimi, Grandma Jan and Grandpa Zan, playing and doing some fall clean-up. The kids got to bring their costumes and go to a little town Halloween festival. We also went to a small haunted house (no pics, too bad) which was an interesting experience for Elin. All in all, we had a lot of fun together, which we always do at the cabin.

Mimi and the kiddos

The bonfire at the Halloween festival... it was HOT and felt GOOD!

We took a carriage ride around town (which I usually protest, but the kids really wanted to go). As we were unloading, one of the horses decided to create a large and odorous yellow river in the parking lot... hilarious!

There was lots of fall chores to do... garage cleaning, roof and gutter cleaning, and most of all leaves, leaves, and more leaves- LOTS of leaves. We had 3 blowers going, and it still took all afternoon. The kids pitched in with picking up fallen twigs and branches, which was a huge help.

This is the leaf blower of all leaf blowers... it could blow a small person over! Zan had a huge job pushing this all over the drive, he was beat afterwards.

Grandma Jan and Elin

This is what can happen when a huge wind storm comes through and knocks trees down... time for a new pier!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Halloween Time!

We had a fun-filled Halloween weekend! The kids both loved doing pumpkins, which is actually a first for Nate (too gooey for him before, but he couldn't get enough this year). And we all went out trick-or-treating together, although it was a bit chilly, so we got to add in some hot chocolate with our candy afterward.

I'm still in charge of carving- I think Nate may be minus a few fingers if I let him at it.

And the final products...

Nate loved his NASA space suit, and I have to admit he looked pretty cool in it.

And Elin lover her Little Red Ridinghood costume. It was torture for the kids to wait until Halloween to wear these as they were sitting in a closet for few weeks. But now they can wear them whenever they want!

What a pair... Astronaut meets Little Red

When Nate got tired of wearing his space helmet, I had a go.

And door to door to door... to door... to door... etc. etc. etc...

It was fun to hear all the people say how cute the kids looked, although I'm sure they didn't care as long as they got some loot.

Everyone had to try on the cool space helmet, although Elin had a hard time keeping this big thing on her head. Fun times!

Pretty Pics in Pink

Here are some new pics of Miss Elin. I think she liked getting her picture taken. They turned out better than I thought. The first outfit got peanut butter on it . . . .