This One's for Slackdaddy

Happy Turkey Day!

~ Hope everyone had a good turkey day ~

Here we are after cooking our all-organic grass-fed free-range locally-grown 18-lb turkey after 5+ hours in the oven! :) It was tasty!

Also~ we put up our Christmas decorations & Christmas tree already!

And yes, I am one of those people who has a Santa hat for their cat...........

Rocktober

Hi, faithful blog readers! I think I still have a few peeps out there who still read this! :)

Sorry about the lapse in blogging. I love writing on here but just forget sometimes. Anyway, it's been a busy month. Todd's parents came out to visit for a week when I went on my girls' trip to California, and Madison got in some quality Nana & Pawpaw time.

Madison is really into Tinkerbell and princess things right now, and when I got back, she had a new Tinkerbell movie and book from the Nana & Pawpaw fairy! One of her favorite parts in the movie is in the "special features" - a Selena Gomez video for the theme song. Complete with interpretive dancing, twirly dress, flower picking, and of course singing, it is a princess/fairy's dream come true. She'll sing and dance along to the video, picking imaginary flowers, etc. She is so into it w/ her facial expressions, etc, it is pretty funny to watch.

Another recent discovery is read-along books. We bought a book/CD combo at some point and forgot about it, but Madison rediscovered it and *loves* to "read along" and turn the pages at appropriate times. She'll do the same book over & over & over! I'm just happy she's found someone other than Mommy & Daddy who will read her the same book 10 times in a row.......

For Halloween, she alternated between Cinderella and Snow White (thanks Maria!) but ultimately chose Cinderella for the real deal on Halloween. Let's just say I was more than happy to send the Snow White costume back to Sadie, and hope we can focus on wearing "real clothes" once again now that Halloween has passed.....

Here are some pictures from Halloween and my trip. I had SO much fun in Scott's Valley and San Francisco, and am SO glad we are continuing the CLUB tradition!!!! We rock!!!!

Elf in the Pumpkin Patch!

And I just wanted to say a big "thanks!" to Nana & Pawpaw for coming out to visit while I go on my California trip! Thank you!!! Can't wait for my girls' trip! =)

Nature and a train ride!

Some recent videos-

Owl in our backyard

Bighorn sheep on Guenella Pass

Riding in the caboose in Georgetown

Thanks, Cuz

We had a great visit with Madison's cousins in Virginia, despite us both getting bronchitis and Madison getting an ear infection. Sigh. I'm pretty sure she got sick on the plane, because she seemed like she was coming down with something within a couple days of getting there. Nothing like being on vacation with a crabby/cranky/clingy sick two-year-old! And at the beach, no less. Oh well, as fate would have it, I got it too, only mine was much worse I'm sure!!
I was happy, though, that we got to meet the latest Kennedy cousin, Joseph, and that Todd & I could be there for his baptism and become Godparents. Little Joseph was on his best behavior in the church and didn't make a peep! The same can't exactly be said for the other kids........
Here are some pictures from the trip!

Another one bites the dust

Another of our kitties has sadly been attacked by the bully cat in our neighborhood (a.k.a. Gimley). Both times it happened on our front porch and this is starting to get ridiculous with vet bills. I told the owners about it the first time (with Solly's tail) but they didn't seem too concerned, and I haven't said anything about Isa yet. Needless to say, we've been keeping them in more, and they seem perfectly happy staying inside. Madison was a good little veterinarian's helper and below is Isa with her bandaged paw (which has since been licked off). She seems fine now and got the all-clear from the vet. Hopefully we are done with cat drama for a while!