Our Little Daisy Troop

Remember when I mentioned that I was the new Daisy co-leader for Rowan's Daisy Troop?  Still doing that - the other leader Kellie sent me some pics she had taken.  The first one is our Halloween craft and the next few are the troop and I working on the banner we made for the Christmas parade that we are walking in this coming Sunday.  Yep you read that right, we are marching in the Christmas parade in Hatboro this weekend.  Hello holiday season!

Race for Education 2011

Once again this year Rowan's school did the Race for Education as a way to fundraise for the HSA.  This is the one a year fundraiser so we are not inundated with wrapping paper, candles and what not all year long.  I snuck over during the race to see how it was going and to snap a few pics.  It was freezing cold that day as well, did Rowan wear the hat and mitts I sent for her?  Of course not.

Putting a new pic of Jazz up hoping she looks happier in this one - Mom says all the pics of her she looks unhappy!  Hurt my feelings but then I realized the dog probably is miserable most of the time since Lily cannot leave her alone, she is constantly pulling at her, falling on her, grabbing her....thank god she is a lab and just puts up with it!

Last but not least a few pictures of our performance artist in training - between singing and playing the harmonica there is no stopping her.

Tyler State Park

We had another beautiful Sunday yesterday with no football so we headed to Tyler State Park to explore and go for a walk.  Jazz came with us and was a hit with everyone who walked past us.  She got tired though and had to be carried a couple of times.  But like a true lab she went exploring into the water, did not full out swim but had no reservations about going in and exploring.  We were there for about 2 hours and hope it is just as nice next weekend so we can go back and explore some more.  One quick funny story, Parker and I let the girls walk Jazz for the most part and kept them all in front of us so we could see them and direct them around other people and dogs, Parker and I took that opportunity to hold hands while we walked (awww), Rowan caught us and gave us a whole round of "oh gross", "what are you doing", "stop doing that", "people can see you you know".....Lily, Lily just wanted to hold hands too :)

Lily's first playdate!

She went over to her friend Megan's house.   They know each other from daycare and have each been asking for a playdate with the other so we moms finally got it together to get them together at Megan's house.  They are such good friends that I was asked to leave and come back later by Lily!  Thanks to mom Mary for opening her house and sending me these pics!

Yep it snowed - for Halloween, the nerve.

Not a whole lot, a good 3-4 inches though which for October might as well have been a foot for pete's sake!  There was more than a little frost on the pumpkin this time!

 

It snowed on Saturday and thankfully Rowan's last soccer game of the season was at an indoor soccer facility.  A bigger field than they were used to but still fun to watch - looked almost professional, and Rowan's team won 1-0!

Sunday we went pumpkin picking - with the snow on the ground it was as bad as you can imagine.  Pickings were slim but we got a few and got them carved so we were still prepared for Halloween.  I even roasted the seeds this year - YUM - so good and so bad for you but sooo good.

Monday was the day for school parades and then the ultimate, trick or treating!  First up Rowan's parade at school - apparently we were embarrassing her because these are the best pics I could get of her.

Next a quick drive over to daycare for Lily's parade.  She was happier to see us.  Until we had to take her away from the food at her party.

Finally home and ready to go trick or treating with the whole neighbourhood gang.  Lily was right into it this year, Parker took them around and said she was running the whole time she had such fun! Rowan was just thrilled with the amount of candy that came home with both of them.

What???? We'll see, stay tuned....

Thankfully Rowan is playing soccer indoors tomorrow...

Pre Halloween Festivities

Halloween is right around the corner and the kids are getting ready with their costumes and the excitement that is a bag full of free candy.

We even let Jazz in on the action.

This past Saturday Rowan was in an all day soccer tournament where her team won 2 out of 3 games!  They got pretty good by the end of the season.  One more tournament this coming weekend and that is the end of soccer for this year.

Saturday night Murphi and Ashley threw a kids only Halloween Party at Murphi's house.  Rowan and Lily could not have been more excited about going.  The turtle in the pictures is a class project where he goes home with one kid every weekend and they write and put pictures in his journal for everyone to see.

 We also made the annual pilgrimmage to Peddler's Village to check out the scarecrows.  Tom was with us and so was Jazz, she did great on her leash and was exhausted by the time we got home....remember that mantra from when Zoey was a pup - a tired lab is a good lab!