10/9/04 At the fire stations open house.

Annabelle with Sparky.

Nathaniel was not so sure!

10/10/04...Nathaniel likes his new hard hat!

10/11/04 Nathaniel chowing down on Daddy's famous salsa.  Click here for recipe!

10/14/04  Annabelle posing with a little candy bug we made at her Fall Fun party.  This was just practice.

10/17/04.  More preparation for the Fall Fun party.  A treat cup and cute little acorn pumpkin we made.

Close up of the acorn pumpkin

A cute game for the party - "Who's Nose" is behind the scarecrow.

Can you guess whose nose this is???

10/19/04...Nathaniel was in heaven watching a Bobcat bust up the curb outside our house.

10/22/04...Annabelle's Fall Fun Party.  We invited all the girls in her first grade class (14 girls!).  The party was supposed to be outdoors - a bonfire.  It rained all week, including a steady downpour on party day.  Oh well...we moved everything out of the basement and held the party there.

Making the acorn craft

Candy corn relay

Annabelle serving up the pumpkin shaped breadsticks we made (pizza dough shaped into a pumpkin and painted with tinted egg wash).  We also made homemade cheese pizza to serve.

Reading a story at the end of the party.

10/30/04...Annabelle and I made these costumes for her American Girl dolls

10/31/04...Carving pumpkins on the big day.

Nathaniel loved the pumpkins!

Nathaniel was a construction worker and Annabelle was an artist

Annabelle with her booty