Grant and Drew's Visit

Drew and Grant had a sleep over with Auntie Amy and Uncle Jay while Jami and Andy went to a wedding. Hit of the day: watching Uncle Jay on the dirtbike or as Grant says, mo-co-co!

We were all psyched to see Uncle Jay do an ENDO!!!!!!!!

They were transfixed (and Jami, I swear they never left the steps - they were so good!)

How cute are these helmet smooshed faces!

I'm Baaack!

I guess I needed a blogging break, but now I'm back. I've been thinking "Oooo...I should post that on my blog!" every once in a while during the last month or so. I think it's time.

Momma Sue (Nana Sue) and I took Thea to the circus last month. We went to the Big Apple Circus in Boston. We used to do this every year when I was younger, but I hadn't been in decades! It was awesome. Here's Thea - a grumpy Thea!

We gave her some candy and then she was happy:

Auntie Amy and Thea hung out at Government Center while Nana Sue went to Starbucks (o-la-la) to get a coffee.

Thea loved it!

It was visually stunning and the level of talent was awesome.

Grandma the Clown was there. So was Thea the Clown!

At intermission, Thea entertained us with her acrobatic routine!

My favorite - the lady with her rescued dogs, goats, and horses!
Then we went to the Common and got pickles. Yummers!
Nana Sue takes fuzzy pictures!
Hi!

"Thank You Everyone"

This girl just cracks me up!

Girls' Night!!

I had Thea over for a sleepover. It was awesome! Here's the cutie-pa-tootie showing off her "cool" sunglasses.

Here we are - just woke up!

Thea painted me a picture of Hank and a dog cage.

Love the bed-head.

Quite the artist!

Auntie Amy's picture and Thea May's picture -so pretty!

Fall Bike Ride

Fall weather here in Massachusetts has been awesome this year! Today it actually feels like summer! A week or so ago, when the weather was a bit crisper, we went for a 12 mile bike ride through MSSF.

It's so cute: Hank runs right along-side us the entire way! He ran for 12 miles straight and probably could have gone another 12 miles.

Taking a break. Well, Jay and I took a break. Hank spent the entire time trying to get us going again! "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" You can see it in his eyes!
The lovebirds!

Even after a long bike ride, Hank still wanted to go swimming.

My boys:

EB and Paul's MA Wedding Reception

Saturday was EB and Paul's Massachusetts wedding reception! We had a blast! Here are EB's college gals sharing a good laugh.

Enjoying the spread, the food was so, so good.

Mom and Dad!

Annie and Rachel! Rachel flew in from Indianna as a surprise! EB was so happy she cried!

Annie's new nose ring.

My girls!

Fall foliage at its peak!

Neal looked stunning, per usual.

The newlyweds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As the Worm Turns!

Let me tell you about vermicomposting....

I read a book called "Worms Eat My Garbage" and decided that I should have a kitchen vermicomposting bin (or worm composting bin). So I got a bin that was already going from one of my Interpreters. Realized that there were not enough worms, bought one pound of worms, dumped them in, and then started feeding them all of our kitchen scraps!

Then I realized that I still didn't have enough worms (we eat A LOT of fresh fruit and veggies - seriously, we spend so much $$ on fresh produce). So I set up another bin with fresh bedding, newspaper strips, and some food: egg shells, potato skin, brocolli stalk, and a rotten cucumber. I sprinkled in some dirt from the garden and this is what it looked like:


Then I opened my bag o'worms (yup, they ship 'em right to your door! 2,000 worms just for me and my kitchen scraps!)

And dumped them in!

Here's a close-up:

Here are two pictures from my alread established composting bin. You can see all the little wormies and the yummy produce they are chewing on.

And I found a cocoon!! Worm eggs look like this and 2 or 3 little tiny worms hatched out of that! So my worms are happy, healthy, and reproducing (don't ask me about the fruit flies...seriously...I may have to be committed if I can't get rid of the damn fruit flies!)