Making Donuts is Easy

First, you get your donut seeds.

Put them in a nice place where they have room to grow.

Arrange them neatly so there is enough space.

Sprinkle them with donut powder so they will grow nice and healthy.

Now they are ready to grow.

Put them in a nice dark place. They grow like mushrooms. Five minutes is long enough.

Look, they grew into big donuts! Aw, all except one little dud.

The rest of them are real tasty though.

See? Making donuts is easy.

It's Somebody's Third Birthday

We celebrated somebody's birthday today.

Bert turned THREE! Already, can you believe it?

(The Gater is walking a few steps at a time, too, but we won't mention that since it's Bert's birthday and we don't want to steal his thunder.)

After we went to Cracker Barrel for brunch -- Bert loves pancakes....

we did a little shopping and then came home to have cake and ice cream and presents with Grandma and Grandpa.

Auntie Hannah and Uncle Steve sent this play food. Both of the little kids love it!



We had to break up a few food fights.

Miss Em and Joman made the cake.
Happy Birthday, Bert!

Halloween

Fall is fading fast, and within a few days, the trees will be naked, and winter will make a visual, if not actual, appearance.

I walked around the house to get a few pictures, of nothing in particular. Just fall-looking things, and stuff laying around.

Michael's had a great sale -- $1.99 for the grapevine wreaths, $.99 for the fall flowers/leaves, and 40% off the ribbon. So for less than 10 bucks and 10 minutes, I was able to throw this wreath together. It doesn't look professional, but it's nicer than a plain door.



Roks' Christmas stocking in progress.

Sewing today. I think the view from the windows will be changing soon. We can already see the cars zooming past -- they are no longer hidden behind a strip of trees and brush.



We hadn't intended to do anything for Halloween this year. It's just not our favorite holiday. But our neighbors-across-the-street were not vacationing this year, and their children wanted to go with ours. So at about 5:53pm they kids threw on whatever they could find for costumes, and off they went.

Daddy and Gater handed out the $6 worth of candy I had bought. I had planned to eat it or give it to our non-trick-or-treaters, but it turned out that we were glad I'd bought it after all. Hope the visitors weren't too disappointed. They each got a chocolate eyeball and two Hershey's kisses (or one Reese's cup.)

Joman carved this pumpkin last night.

And Miss Rose carved the jack-o-lantern face.

Bert was too afraid to look at himself in the mirror.

Sunday Walk

Last Farmers Market Day, 2009

Saturday was the last day of the local Farmers Market.

Some of us had been feeling a little shut-in, so we decided to jump in the car and get out there.

Not much produce at this time of year, but there were lots of lovely pumpkins. Besides the great huge orange jack-o-lantern pumpkins, there were also these fancy styles; and stands selling handcrafts, pottery, local honey and beeswax, homebaked pies and breads, jams, jellies and salsas, and much more.

Since it was the last day of the season, the Market had some special activities for children.

Pony rides, unusual animals, a Fall crafting station, a chalk-art storyteller, and lots of fun games.

The Gater was feeling much better, having been able to get out for a while. Although it was very cold and muddy! We arrived as the market opened, so it was still early and very chilly.

Bert loved this game. I think he always wanted a chance to throw pumpkins.

Sad that the markets have come to an end already. But there are always a lot of fun things to do in Fall, anyway.