Wednesday, October 31, 2007

First Halloween



Mae's first Halloween! My visions of seeing her as a little pumpkin almost didn't come true, as the costume was three times her size. But Rich again saved the day and dressed as her "pumpkin patch" -- thank goodness for engineers! While I manned the candy cauldron at the house, they visited the neighborhood and brought in a sizeable bag of treats (despite Rich's pleas that she was too young)! Guess Momma will just have to take one (or three) for the team.

Earlier today we tried to take pictures with our black cats. I bribed Lewis with treats, but Sabrina (not pictured) was not as easily fooled.

Not many trick-or-treaters came down our court, but we were happy to see the vampires, ghouls and Harry Potters that came our way.

In other news, today was our one-year anniversary in our new house. We haven't lived here the whole time, with the slow sale of the Maryland home, but still it's been a year!
We hope everyone else had a spook-tacular and safe Halloween!

Picking out a Pumpkin


The leaves have just started to change colors in NC, but we are making the most of autumn. Last weekend we visited a local farm where we found out way through a 6-acre corn maze. It was really a blast, but thank goodness Rich and Mae were leading the charge! I would still be looking for a way out!


After we finally found our way out, and compared Mae to a stalk of corn, we checked out the pumpkin patch and picked out the perfect little pumpkin.





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