Happy Birthday Grampy!!!!

We took Grampy to the museum of Flight on Sat. The family got him a ride in a 1935 Cabin Waco Bi-Plane for his birthday. Anne and Sean and Todd met us there and we had a great time! Sean flew with Bill in the plane. What a great family day spent at the meseum!

Happy Birthday Grampy!!!

My Grandfather

My cousin had a couple of old pictures of my Papa. She had them restored and sent me copies. I love these old photos! He was so handsome and dashing in his suit and uniform. No wonder my Granny C fell in love! He died about 11 years ago and I miss him alot! He was such a character and extremely smart! (that's where I get it from if you were wondering- LOL)

He was an Italian man through and through! He loved family and food and laughter.

His favorite thing to do was tell the joke "What did the farmer say when the bull died?"

He would try to get us to answer but, we knew we would get in trouble.

Answer: "No more bullshit from you bud" HAHA LOL

Oh yeah and no one was better at the pull my finger gag!

I so wish Carmen could have met him.

The Letter Bag

So on the way to school on Tuesday we were talking about things and Carmen says to me I want to get the letter bag. Now, at pre-school they do what is called the "Letter Bag" each day one kid gets to take home the bag with the letter of the week. They have to find items at home that start with that letter to bring back and show everyone.

Anyway, Carmen's name was drawn. She was so excited! She came running out of the classroom saying "Mom, I Got The Letter Bag!!!"

So, her letter was "E"

The bag contained:

Eeyore (of course)

Egg

Eyeball ring

Earrings

Ears (her costume pig ears)

They also had a Community Helper costume party. Carmen was a doctor.

Ghost Party

What a blast! First time I have attempted anything like this and it went so well. Friends pitched in with the food and I just had to decorate and do a craft. Can't get any easier than that. The kids loved it. We had a fun game. The parents got all tied up but, I enjoyed watching that. We made ghost pops and spider pops. We had a Spooky Trail and a ghost story. So much fun! Paul (Kathrine's dad) was the Troll under the stairs, then we had Wes (Uncle Wes) who covered himself up and was the talking tree stump, and Joel (daddy) who hid between two trees and scared the kids. They loved it! Then Grammy read a ghost story of sorts to the kiddos. Talk about a good day. What was really nice was that the kids got to wear their costumes more than once.I think we will have to do this again.

Fall Festivies

So, we went to the local farm/pumpkin patch/ apple orchard last week with our playgroup. We also went today for Carmen's first school field trip. We had lots of fun both days. I love fall! The colors and the pumpkins and the apples. The farm has cool animals, a hay ride, corn maze, and pumpkins.

This weekend we are having a "ghost party" for Carmen and her friends. It will be very kid friendly and fun. I will post pictures later of that.