TRIPLE TREAT
Halloween 2005 in pictures

A. Harvest Festival
Troy's Preschool








B. Trick-or-Treat!
(minus Reanna, who fell asleep as soon as her costume was on!)







C. Back to Candy HQ
(Lance and Troy came home early so they got to give out treats too)






PRADA MAMA REFLECTS...

At the end of the day, it warmed my heart to hear my boys say they enjoyed giving out candy even more than receiving it.

I guess there is some truth to the old adage "It is better to give than to receive"...

Especially when one has sore feet!

PRIMARY READER
Lesson Number 1

Students are encouraged to click on thumbnails to enlarge.

Baby.
Baby and Cat.
Baby and Rug.
Orb on Cat.
Cat on Rug.
Baby on Rug.
Baby and Cat and Orb.
Baby and Cat and Two Orbs.

Two Orbs?!! That's it, I'm outta here...


This concludes today's reading lesson.

Happy Halloween!

LOVE THINE ENEMY




Spammers be warned.

I may be too busy to post regularly and bloghop these days, but I am making a special exception for you poor misguided souls.

In thanks for the flood of blessings The Lord has sent my way of late, I have pledged to redirect all spam in my TagBoards to THIS site.

As for the particularly nasty ones, I reserve the right to change the text to reflect messages more in line with my faith.

So keep the spam coming.

I welcome any opportunity to praise my Lord and Savior.

Amen.

COLOR MY WORLD




We've added a few touches of color since our last home improvement UPDATE.


WHITE trim...





RED door...




...and BLACK cat.




Presenting the latest addition to Lorenzo and Renee's household...

Lance and Troy's soul sister...
Reanna's sidekick...
and Spot the Pit Bull's new nemesis...

a six-month-old POLYDACTYL kitten whom we adopted from the pound.


Her name is Tabitha Clementine Sereno, but we call her Trouble.

(Which doesn't necessarily mean there aren't others in the household more deserving of the monicker...

...but I won't mention any names!)

UPDATE




Check out "SUNSHINE", Prada Mama's latest update in 87 GENTLE STREET.

SIMPLY BOO-TIFUL




Here's a sure-fire recipe for fall family fun.

Materials needed:

one picture-perfect family
one picture-perfect pumpkin



one corkscrew
one POTTERY BARN KIDS pumpkin decorating kit




and one Daddy...


...who's willing to do all the work.


Put them all together and what have you got?

Four picture-perfect smiles
One picture-perfect jack-o'-lantern



And zero mess.

WEEKEND WARRIORS: A NEW HUE

Saturday, October 1, 2005
to Sunday, October 2, 2005
an undisclosed address
Modesto, CA


This past weekend was a time of renewal.

Out with the grey...


...


And in with the blue.




Feast your eyes on "Blue Suede Shoes", our family home's funky new shade.

White trim to follow.

Stay tuned.


(PLUGGING: More "Home Improvements" in SERENITY. Also, "Paying it Forward", an expression of gratitude at 87 GENTLE STREET, and orbs caught on camera after "Circus Gatti" in SIGHTINGS.)