Happy Halloweeeeeeen!

Big shoes to fill

Here's Rory at her babysitter's place, trying on some borrowed shoes--doesn't she look proud of herself? She has a number of intelligible (to us) words already, including "shoes" (or possibly "juice") and "cheese." You can just see it in her eyes, can't you? "One of these days these boots are gonna walk right over you!"

Family circus

A big group of us moms and kids enjoyed the circus theme (that's Miranda as donkey-girl in the pic) at the Stanley Park Ghost Train in Vancouver, after a yummy dinner at White Spot! Oh, wait, there was one dad with us... AND Aurora had a funny train-spotting moment as well. We were wending our way through a dark forest that was populated by wild creatures (lions, tigers, and bears, etc.), and when a big, noisy, hairy ape appeared out of nowhere, my baby pointed and yelled, "Dada!" Everyone on the train laughed... and so did Steve (phew!) when I told him about it later.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a super visit with master-gardeners and chefs extraordinaires Janie and Merlyn on Saturday--delicious luncheon of lobster thermidor followed by raspberry clafoutis for dessert--then on Monday at the apartment, with my mom and Jon B, we made a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixin's. No doubt about it, a fabulous weekend, with lots of great food and drink...a good time was had by all! (except maybe the turkey and the lobster themselves, as Miranda pointed out...)

Fall art by Miranda