Halloween Tricks n Treats

Well here it is November 1st already! - Yes, Halloween is past now but I want to pay tribute to all those kids out there who dressed up for some Halloween fun.

First is Coleen and her teacher after school on Friday.  Mommy had forgot about sending her in her regular costume so Grandma had to rush home and get something for her to dress up in as she had a "mini-melt down" when she saw all the kids wearing the costumes that morning and she didn't have one on.  Thank goodness we had the Princess dress "Granny" (my mom) made her and a crown.

Next is our local Downtown Halloween celebration which was held Friday evening.

Coleen getting candy from the Madhatter.

A Mummy on the street (didn't know the kid but liked his costume).

Coleen and .... Can you guess what this is?  If you are a native to Walla Walla or lived here for very long you will recognize this as a "Walla Walla Sweet" for our famous sweet onions!

Coleen under a large scary cat.

My favorite from the downtown pics....Do you know what these two were dressed as.  I knew it was something that I was familiar with but couldn't quite place my finger on it.  At dinner I showed Mike the picture and he recogized it to but just couldn't figure it out.  Then it hit me so I had to do a "Google" search.  This is none other then:
"Spy vs Spy" from Mad Magazine.

From Halloween night, Coleen and my great-nephew Andrew.

Also my brother sent a photo of my other great-nephew Timothy that I had to share as well as he just looks so doggone adorable as a pirate.


Till next year....HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Across Sleepyhollow

I'm at the store tonight when I spot the "Headless Horseman" in the parking lot.  Where is my camera when I need it!  I rush home, pick up Coleen and head back to the store.  Thank goodness he was still there (or rather as it turned out, "she" was still there) and I got some photo's.  They even let Coleen climb aboard.

This horse is a Friesian.  Isn't it gorgeous! Now I must admit I've long been a little leery and even frightened by horses but I actually petted this beauty.  Boy was it huge!

So here's a picture of Grandma and Coleen with the Headless Horseman.

All I want for Christmas...

Is one of my front teeth!  Yep,  She finally lost a tooth.  It's been loose for about 2 weeks but she didn't want anyone messing around in her mouth.  Yesterday after school her mom, Grandma and Granny (aka Great-grandma) all took turns trying to pull the tooth.  No such luck.  Mommy tried the string trick which didn't work at all.  Grandma tried pulling it but she was fussing so badly it was upsetting me.  Granny was the most successful getting it loose enough to bleed but not all the way out as when it started bleeding Coleen got scared and wouldn't let us touch her tooth anymore.

Last night I got a phone call from one very excited little girl.  She was talking a mile a minute but was just thrilled that her tooth had come out.  She told me, "It just popped out on my tongue and I didn't swallow it!"  I asked her if it hurt and she said, "Not one bit Grandma!"  She had to call Granny too as she was just busting with excitement.

Of course the "Tooth Fairy" visited last night and left a good sum of money (Grandma donated $5 to the fund.) So here is the result from last night's visit from the Tooth Fairy.

She told us she's going to save this money until her next tooth comes out (yeah, right).  Hopefully the next one won't scare her about pulling it out.  She told Granny this morning that the next time she's going to just keep, wiggling, wiggling, wiggling the tooth until it pops out.

One last shot (Sorry for the poor photo quality.  Sometimes my camera just doesn't cooperate.)

Cat Photo of the week and Bowling Scores

Couldn't resist taking this photo (wish I would have had the camera on Auto) because this was just to cute to pass up.  So what is Captain Cuddles doing?  Did you guess,  "Taking a bath?" -  Wrong.  Would you believe he's actually Sleeping!  What a strange position to sleep in.  Cat's are so weird.

Okay for this weeks Bowling Scores:  167 - 149 - 164  I felt good after bowling this week.

That's it for now. 

A Star is Born

Coleen came home from school the other day and started singing this song.  I thought it was so cute that I ended up taking a video of her singing.  Enjoy.  If this is so small an image or doesn't play well for you here is a link to the same video on YouTube: