Hunt and Beck

2010-12-16T16:15:00.020-05:00

Happy Holidays from our beautiful new home! We are all settled in, and love our new surroundings. Hunter and Rebecca once again have their own rooms, although Beck sneaks over to visit her patient, football-loving, big brother’s room to play after bedtime. They both have made good use of their new playground, and Beck is catching up to Hunt in both size and climbing skills. Michael is right near his golf course, and Mama is delighted by how close her favorite places are.

Hunter had a fun visit to the zoo this spring, posing for his routine picture with the statue of Massa the Gorilla. When she was little, Mama and Mimi Yvonne used to visit the real Massa, which Hunt knows all too well from hearing every one of Mama’s stories. Mimi is doing well after getting her ‘bionic hip,’ about the same time as Michael broke his ankle. They are both still recovering, but getting there!

Beck is getting so big! She got her first set of stitches this year after a tumble, and gave everyone a run for their money in the process. She is so tough, nothing fazes her. Except: maybe roller coasters. The kids enjoyed a trip to the fair, and their first coaster ride. Hunt went several times, Beck went once. She is sassy, outgoing but cautious, demanding, smart, and so sweet and kind.

Thomas enjoyed his pretty typical summer activities, video gaming, golfing, trips to the Lake with Grammy and Pappy, and some water skiing and tubing. Then, Ashley signed him up for overnight Camp Cadet for a week, run by the County Police. Yay, marching! Yay, push-ups! Actually, it was a beautiful camp site on French Creek, and it sounded like he had a great time. They went fishing, had an appearance from a SWAT team, went swimming, and sat around campfires. Fun!

We had a fun Halloween trick-or-treating in the ‘hood. The kids dressed up as Scooby and the Mystery Machine, everyone knows what a Mystery Beck is! There were even Bonus Treats at Mimi’s house.

We are so proud of all the kids, their strength, resilience, understanding, optimism, and sense of humor. Just today we saw how amazing they are as they tossed stones and climbed together down by the river. Peace, from us to you.

See Ya!
Merry Christmas! Love, All of Us

Fall Traditions

2009-10-31T14:26:00.004-04:00

Another year at the orchard! Last year was unseasonably warm and we were all sweating and somewhat uncomfortable, so this year Mama decided to even things out and leave the kids' jackets at home and let them freeze on an overcast and chilly day. But we all had a great time!

And last year's...

Hunter's Prehistoric Birthday Bash

2009-10-18T18:18:00.002-04:00

Hunter's 4th Birthday was a perfect opportunity to throw him a really great party. We had never done anything party-like for him outside of the family dinner and cake routine. For his first birthday, we drove Mimi home and he had peach ice cream at her house, and I baked him a cake. For his second birthday, we were down at the shore and we had a little party at our house with Grammy and Pappy when we got home. For his third Birthday, I gave him a four month old sister and we went to Grammy's for dinner. You get the jist.

So for the fourth, and to celebrate going to a new school, we decided to throw him a dinosaur party and invite his new classmates along with his old friends. There was much talk of dinosaurs pre-party, and we studied his dino books at length. I had so much fun designing his invitation and planning the food, it reminded me of the old days when I was catering in college. We even made a recon trip out to Jimmy Johns and picked up the best hot dogs on the east coast, after doing some sampling and playing with the trains, of course.

On the big day, the farm was transformed to a prehistoric site! The dino bones I cooked, (really, I am still traumatized and will not discuss them at this time), looked great in the garden, the moon bounce was inflated (and much quieter than I thought it would be), and Heather was ready and decked out in her Dino saddle cover, (she was thrilled to be giving pony rides, ask her). I finally got to do the picture collages of Hunter that I've always wanted to do for a birthday, and I hung them around the old pin oak.

Mimi and Bunny were in attendance to help keep an eye on everyone, and Pappy George enjoyed himself in all of the excitement. The kids had a good time and it was fun for the parents to meet each other and enjoy the summer day!

These are just a few of the highlights of the day...

Pumpkin Pie

2009-10-17T12:09:00.008-04:00

At school, Hunter takes a class called Stripes, it's an integral part of his school. This month he is learning about his Faith Stripe, and on parents night his teacher explained that Faith is laden in tradition, so talking about tradition with little one's can help them begin to identify Faith.

I thought about the traditions that I am trying to practice with our family. Some traditions are new one's, like taking Hunt and Beck to the town Halloween parade in homemade "Pairs" costumes. Some are old traditions; my mother used to hide the baby Jesus figurine from our creche in the drawer of the dresser where the bucolic scene rested year after year. Her theory was that Christmas was Jesus' Birthday so He should not make an appearance until Christmas morning. Now, I just need to remember whose turn it is to take out our baby Jesus for our creche scene that Mimi gave us.

This year I decided that our new tradition could be baking pumpkin pie from scratch. Hunter loves pumpkins, and I thought this would be a good way to get him to eat something with a more sophisticated flavor. They say if the kid is involved in the making of the food, they are more inclined to eat it. I wasn't holding my breath though, pumpkin pie was a bit outside of Hunter's current palate. I also thought it would be a good opportunity to show him that pumpkins, a lot of veggies for that matter, come from the vine before they end up on the table, they don't necessarily come from a can or the microwave.

Enough foolosiphizing!

Getting started, Hunter has a selection of pumpkins and a can of pumpkin, he said, "Just in case we need it"

Ready for the oven!

Mixing it up!

Finished Pie...

Hunter ate his whole piece, and declared it "Delicious"

Let Pie season begin!

Catching Up?

2009-09-18T14:31:00.005-04:00

Meg says blogging every day is easier than sporadically since you don't feel as if you need to "catch up." Well, sheesh, that is how I feel a bit. Mostly I have been procrastinating and using a few excuses to take some time off. First, I totally killed my ProShot camera when I left it out in the rain the evening of Hunt's Big Birthday Bash. I am still wondering how exactly I let that happen. We were cleaning up and wandering around the property hanging out chatting, and I guess I just spaced it out. So I have yet to be able to replace it and take pictures, and it feels yucky. Hopefully soon I will be able to get a little something to tide me over, I have my eye on a pocket ProShot point and shoot, but alas, I am afraid even that won't happen for a while.

The other thing is that I have been stalling on starting another blog. Mostly since I am unsure of the best way to go about it. I have the idea and the name at this point, I think what is holding me up is the publishing. Obviously, there's a few different routes I can take, I just need to decide on one.

Hunt is just now finishing his first full week of Pre-K. That is a post all its own!

Blerghhhh

2009-09-01T10:09:00.002-04:00

I haven't posted in so long. It's been a long few months. This is the summer I had the pleasure of taking lots of prednisone due to a loser doctor and my own forgetfulness.

Hunter is starting EA in 9 days.

Count 'em.

Hunter Golfing ScrapBlog

2009-06-11T15:08:00.001-04:00

Fabulous, Darling...

2009-05-25T20:55:00.001-04:00

Me: Hunter, you are just Fabulous.
Hunter: Mama, you are Fabulous, too.

Happy Anniversary to me, indeed.

Last Baby Bath

2009-05-18T14:40:00.005-04:00

Bye blue tub, you have served us well.

Who would have thought that donating the baby tub would be just a little bit hard. My last baby in her last baby bath, *sigh*...

What's on the Menu

2009-04-25T13:42:00.001-04:00

Rebecca is one year and 2 weeks old. Yikes. She can eat. A lot. So Far:

Avocado (a lot), mashed sweet potato and regular potato, peas, carrots, chicken, beef (a little), cheerios, yogurt, fish, pasta, asparagus, peaches, pears, oranges, banana, raisin bread, turkey, stuffing, French onion soup, cream of mushroom soup, butternut squash, pancakes, eggs, cheese, crackers, kiwi, and vitamin D milk. Oh and hotdogs once in a while. Not my favorite choice. But whatever. I can't wait to see what she is horking down next...

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Baby, uh, Toddler, Steps

2009-04-17T12:40:00.005-04:00

Rebecca took three steps in a row today. Can you hear that? Yes, that. It's my heart breaking. I do not have a baby anymore.

With a little help from Daddy

Let's Go!

That. There. Was Unpleasant.

2009-03-28T20:19:00.002-04:00

We drove from the farm at 8:30-something AM Friday all the way to somewhere until 8:30-something PM. With Hunt and Beck. Yeah. All-in-all it was uneventful; Beck doing the random at-will screeching to hear the sound of her own voice and remind us that she was all but done with the carseat, and Hunt playing with a new toy every few hours. I managed to chat with Meg for a while before the call dropped and we were back to the long road, which didn't allow for a stop to actually see Meg (insert high pitched Beck screeching...here). We called Mimi to check in and let her know of our awesome progress and we even stopped for a meal (note to self: just eat what was packed). Don't dismiss the big fun of the deplorable dump we spent the night in, which nearly did me in with the dirty yuck and overall ewww. Not to mention Beck screaming for a good 20 minutes before dropping off to sleep. But, it could have been worse...

On Saturday morning we drove another few hours until we reached the island. The room was not ready, of course, so we had a bit of a rough lunch at the clubhouse of the golfcourse, before we finally unpacked into our room and settled in. In, that is, to hot showers and baths and clean clothes, delish.

The boys got a walk in and the sandals were put to use in the ocean.

We have a lovely view thanks to Dada who likes to secure some nice scenery.

And we all managed to get some sleep in clean beds. I didn't even sanitize like a madwoman. Ahhh, vacation...

Cruise Control

2009-03-13T22:30:00.002-04:00

No, not Tommy Cruise. Beck and I went shopping today for our impending trip on the road, and she discovered she was a bit peaked after Mama had perused many sale racks. So I reset her stroller seat to Recline and offered her the nuk nuk bottle. And she held it and nukked while Mama kept digging through those bargains. Then tonight during our bedtime routine, she held her bottle again, before being distracted by Big Daddy, who she kissed quite purposefully(?)tonight. So many milestones, so little time. My baby is in nuk nuk cruise control, I am at one time both tickled pink and heartbroken.

In Lieu of...

2009-03-02T10:59:00.006-05:00

...the other post I am writing which has been snowed out, I offer pictures of the view. Stay warm, people.

Wordless Weekend

2009-02-22T17:44:00.005-05:00

Bread with Beck

2009-02-16T09:11:00.010-05:00

But there wasn't any Bread or Beck playing. It was U2 on WMMR in fact. Beck loves rocking out.

Beck and I made Cornstalk Bread from a recipe we found in the Gourmet magazine. The bread was easy to handle and smelled yummy. I sprayed it a lot with water while it baked to make it crusty like the French Baguette I used to have in Nantes. Of course it was deemed "Too Crusty" by the critics, although Beck enjoyed the teething quality of her piece.

So, per it's name, the bread is supposed to look like a cornstalk and the guests are to tear off their "corn." Hunter got a kick out of the tearing part, and the bread went well with the beer-braised beef chuck and gravy.

The blue pot in the background was my mother's. Unfortunately I dropped the lid in the move and the handle popped off. Also, the interior ceramic is failing, so I am thinking about getting a new one. I just can't figure out what color I want. Decisions, decisions...

Off to a Meeting

2009-02-10T11:06:00.003-05:00

I love this picture of Rebecca in her quilted coat from Aunt Kay. She exudes this tiny sophisticated air and I expect her to hop up saying she is off to a fundraiser meeting. Instead she just says 'mamammmammmamamaaa' and chews on the coffee table. She's got a little way to go before Sophisticated is a choice word for her.

Now I just need to learn some photoshop so I can make this picture even better. I am determined to learn how to use PS, since all previous attempts have failed miserably. I can pick up any software pretty quickly, but the photoshop, it elludes me. Meh.

Dear Hunter,

2009-01-30T11:37:00.007-05:00

The day before your Dad's birthday, January 22, he went to the post office, like he had so many times this month, looking for the letter. A letter we had talked about for years, before you were born even. A letter we were excited for, and also concerned about. We were excited for you and what you could discover. We were concerned if we were making the right choice for you, one of the most important choices, and one of the last we would be making without your input. A letter that, when it came, made us cry, and laugh, and feel proud of you like we had on so many other days before this one.

A letter that accepted you into the class of 2023.

We knew you were smart and gentle and funny. We knew you scored so well on your tests, and we knew you played kindly with the other children on your play date. We knew you loved it at the new school. One day you asked me when you would be 'done the regular school and go to the play school' where you had the play date and we had looked at the big whale on the wall. We knew you were excited by all of the computers you saw in the classrooms. We knew you were looking forward to frolicking on the scenic playground. And now we know that you will thrive, be happy, and make friendships to last a lifetime at this place.

Our sweet little man, you are getting so big, we love you so much.
I am so proud of you, my Huntie, be proud of yourself, too.
Love,
Mama and Daddy

Baby Hunter-4 months

6 months in your first golf shirt

Your First Day at the Last Daycare-1 year 2 months

At the Races-1 year 3 months

Down the Shore-2 years

Riding Lesson with Mama-2 years 2 months

Playing With Your Camera-3 years 5 months

Getting Ready

2009-01-23T10:21:00.002-05:00

Beck had her 9 month check up on Tuesday and she is thriving! She weighs in at 20 lbs 10 ozs, although Mimi and I were sure it was much more. The other stats were a little lost on me given that I was at the doc's the day before with a wicked cold. 5 days later I am still not well, ugh. This terrible sore throat and cold is also putting a damper on Hunter's good news that we received yesterday in the mail. He has been offered a place in the class of 2023! We are so happy for him and proud of him! We didn't say too much to him since I think he will want to go to the New School tomorrow and he won't understand that he will need to wait a few months.

Anyway, Beck is cruising and getting ready to walk, and her babbling is consistent and wildly cute! She gets so excited when Hunter gets home from school, and cries when Daddy leaves the room, the doc says good object permanence, Daddy says she just loves him so much. She is still in a full swaddle at night, mostly because this cold is giving her a hard time, but also because the teeth have been menacing her a bit. She has two bottom and two top, and given they were so hard won you would think I would have the dates they came in, but I don't, so sue me. I'll be sure to note the next one.

For now those are the milestones for the little charmers, I am still trying to simply get over this cold. Oh, and the Eagles missed the superbowl again. Shocker.

Moving + Renting = Dislike

2009-01-15T09:16:00.002-05:00

I dislike the word hate. But if I did hate something, it would be moving. Which I have just done again for the umpteenth time with Michael. And I think I dislike (read:hate) being a landlord and renting out the house. But I have finished moving out of a 5 bedroom and cleaned nearly the entire thing in less than 2 days. I am also now sick. Surprise!! I have not been reading or commenting on blogs or keeping up. Which would lead me to this...

I hate that Amalah mentioned my comment on her delicious spot on the interwebs, and I am just now finding out. Am loser.

Amy's is a great post about the little angels that help you through the long nights with little one's, and how we all come to the Never Doing that Again column. Please to go read Amalah and enjoy smushy pics of her kiddies, I am returning to regularly scheduled sickness.

A New Year

2009-01-06T11:10:00.003-05:00

I have an irrational fear. That I like to say is not an irrational fear. I don't like to go out on New Year's Eve. More specifically, I don't want to be on the road on NYE with some 17 (or 47) year old who has been drinking and takes me out. 'Cause I would be the one that gets taken out. Just because.

So this year we all packed into the truck to drive Mimi home at mid afternoon. Dad drove in silence while the kids eventually nodded off and Mimi and I rehashed the news, again. The economy. Obama. Crime rates. Tragedy. And the cost of food. (Happy New Year!)

We reached Mimi's house and James' car was missing, so she exclaimed that a cup off tea and brandy was in store for her, and we bid her a good evening (she would be asleep by 8pm).

Then we headed back on the journey home, rehashing childhood stories, all the schools that Michael had been in over the years, the one school I had attended. Hunt woke up going on about being hungry, which is his favorite statement right now. I caught Michael eyeing the next McDonalds while we sat at a red light light, and he pulled in so we could all have a treat (mine of course being that I wouldn't have to come up with dinner upon our return).

When we got home the kids played like angels while we had some beers and watched cheesy movies and chatted. We decided it was a perfect New Year's.

Happy and peaceful new Year to Everyone.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T13:57:00.001-05:00

The kids had a great first Christmas on the Farm. Hunter really loved his dinosaurs from Santa Claus! He helped Rebecca open her gifts, in between squirrling away various dinos in his room and in Mimi's room. Then Mama and Beck took a nap before we all got ready to go over to Grammy's. More on that later.

We hope everyone had a great holiday!

Off to the Movies

2008-12-21T18:55:00.004-05:00

I did this fun meme about firsts, which caused me to google what I remembered about the first movie I ever saw. Which wasn't much. I went with Yvonne (surprise) but I can't remember where we saw it or how we got there. I started with top disney movies and found a good list by year but I soon realized that whatever twisted film we saw was not of the Disney derivation. This film was scary and dark, I remember that. So I threw in scary and dark and found a babble list. And lo and behold friends...

Indeed. My first movie was The Dark Crystal.

From Babble:
That Jim Henson, God bless his soul, was one dark dude. Riding high on the success of The Muppet Show, Jim took his Hollywood leverage and made this doozy for the kiddies. Miss Piggy- and Gonzo-loving kids and parents must have thought this J.R.R. Tolkien-like epic would be an adorable Kermit-dressed-as-a-Hobbit romp. What they got were the Skeksis, lizard bird creatures that ate other Muppets and shrieked in such a way, I still can't get it out of my head. Then there’s the Crypt Keeper-looking Muppet who takes her eyeballs out and throws them at people. Oh, and those gigantic beetle things with their skin-crawling chattering — always with the chattering.

Says a lot about how often Yvonne went out, I am sure she had no idea it was dark and terrifying (and I liked that a little). It was just one of many of our misadventures, but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane. I wonder what movie will be Huntie's first foray into the celluloid. I was hoping a Harry Potter, but no such luck I don't think. I know one thing for sure, I am glad Henson has passed on and taken his idea of a children's movie with him...

Can I get an Ew! Or an Awww...

2008-12-15T11:18:00.011-05:00

Beck has a cold, and ew. Poor thing made the sweetest 'I'm sick' face all day yesterday when she saw Santa (gratuitous cuteness to follow). The kids both seemed to enjoy Santa this year, even though I was sure there would be tears. But, I talked to Hunt first and reminded him that Santa was very big and had a very bright red suit. He proceeded to question me for the next 2 hours on HOW big Santa was, only to finally determine that he would not be TOO big.

When we got to the club we had to convince Hunter that Santa did not, in fact, live in the clubhouse. As we entered the conference room (First!) to finally meet Santa, I was saying that maybe the older kids could go first so Hunter could watch, but before I finished my thought Hunt ran across the room and jumped into Santas lap. And proceeded to mug for the camera for the rest of his visit.

Cheese!

Here's Beck's best effort to look happy despite her cold

Baby girl by her first tree on the farm

Hunter showing Grammy his picture book present

Of course, after this excitement we had lunch with everyone and generally kicked off the Holiday season in style! I just hope Rebecca feels better before our next festive event, I am running out of tissues.

Christmas Cheer and Cute

2008-12-13T16:39:00.003-05:00

I've been checking out Alpaca Farmgirl who loves her some cheese, so she is good people in my book. Anyone with multiple links to Williams-Sonoma can't be half-bad. The Christmas offerings are comprehensive and Katy has pointed out the wonderful cheese gifts that are worth checking out, especially for those who 'have everything.'

Katy also has some very special and painfully cute Alpacas, if you have never seen one, check them out, and if you have, go on over and see her brood, including MagKenna Lei.

And as a Christmas Bonus there are tons of giveaways down on the Farm (Katy's Farm that is). Go and check it out!

Me Me Me Meme...

2008-12-09T13:55:00.006-05:00

Meme fun from A Whole Lot of Nothing who is cool, so cool she doesn't tag on a meme, instead politely requests a little linky-love, so there it is. And here are some firsts!

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Billy. Whose last name I don't recall, but he was best friends with Melanie, and he was the token date for the awkward kid. We went out a lot.
2. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?
Probably wine, which my mom let me have with dinner. Then when I was older I would order a greyhound at dinner with mom and dad, I felt so sophisticated.
3. What was your FIRST job?
Waitress at the Tap Room in the old Pizza Hut. Boss was named Chuck.
4. What was your FIRST car?
Charlie Brown. The brown box of a Mazda, model Box.
5. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?
Had texting blocked on my phone to the tune of $40 a month savings. Am loser.
6. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?
Beck, hoping she was still asleep and feeling glad she slept through the night.
7. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?
Mrs. Stewart. Who gave me a big box of crayons when I was the first to write all the numbers to a million. Compete much?
8. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?
Florida to Disney with my mom's friend's. Good times...
9. Who was your FIRST best friend, and are you still friends with him / her?
Poppit. I think I would be if I knew where she was.
10. Who was your FIRST kiss?
It took me a minute, but Chris at the horse show, and they thought I was watching the horses.
11. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?
Michael.
12. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?
Snuggled Hunter.
13. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?
Ozzy.
14. What was your FIRST tattoo or piercing?
Uh, no on the ink. Not my thing. Ears pierced for my sister's wedding when I was 23.
15. What was the FIRST foreign country you went to?
Does Canada count?
16. What was the FIRST movie you saw in the theater?
Ok, this took some research but SOooo worth it. The Dark Crystal with Yvonne. Deserves it's own post.
17. When was your FIRST detention?
High school, for being late. Meh.
18. What was the FIRST state you lived in?
Pennsylvania.
19. Who was the FIRST person to really break your heart?
Gah! Who needs to go there?
20. With whom was your FIRST date?
Dating? What creature is this?
21. What was your FIRST pet?
Henna, my horse on my 7th birthday. Yeah, yeah, I got a pony on my birthday. Get over it.
22. Who was your FIRST roommate?
Kim Filthypothead. Real name.
23. Who was your FIRST love?
See #21.
24. What was your FIRST screen name?
henna.
25. When did you have your FIRST baby?
August 6, 2005.

If you do this one, link it back to me! And comment you bloody lurkers!

Favorite Things

2008-12-09T09:57:00.002-05:00

Forget Oprah, I have some favorite things of my own!I wish I could be as button savvy as BOSSY is and make my own sidebar button for favorite things, but for now I think they can have their own posty-love.

I had to decide which item was going to debut my favorite things, and with the impending holidays I think my Williams-Sonoma potato ricer wins the day!

This toy is a potato-ricing machine! I love it and seriously hope one day to pass it along to Beck, although I may just buy her the new version 'cause I am not fond of the idea of giving mine up. I discovered this method a few years ago, no doubt, watching Food Network, so Yvonne and I decided to buy a cheap knock off since I wanted to see if I liked the whole ricing effect to begin with. Off to the Hardware Center we went, where we found a $12 version of a ricer that suited our research needs. Ricing the potatoes made them so light and fluffy, but the cheap ricer bent before long, so I bought this ricer which I had coveted for so long. It is heavy duty and processes huge pots of potatoes in no time. I warm the milk, cream, salt, and butter mixture while ricing, and then fold the wet ingredients in so as not to overwork my masterpiece. Perfection!! Thanksgiving this year proved another successful year.

Bonus Tip! For big Thanksgivings and Holidays, or just to free up more time and stove space, I make the mashers a day early and put them in the crock pot. They warm up in 2-3 hours on low and are hot and delicious.

Happy Holidays!

Winter Wonderland?

2008-11-21T11:53:00.002-05:00

Should we batten down the hatches? I hope the first snow of the year isn't an omen of shoveling days to come. At least today we got away with using the broom...

Fun in the Kitchen

2008-11-16T13:38:00.001-05:00

Two worlds unite in our kitchen!

A New Day

2008-11-04T23:00:00.003-05:00

We can't think of words to describe how we feel on this most historic and very special day. I am so proud of all of us, 'only in America,' as pappy George says. Times are so tough, everyday someone else is closing down, recently it's Linens N Things. QVC has had a huge layoff, and the 'Big Three' in auto building are trying to get some cash to bail themselves out. We are holding our breath to see what happens next. For the time being, Hunt and Beck approve and look forward to the future.

Happy Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T22:05:00.012-04:00

We hope everyone had a great Halloween. Hunter and Rebecca loved going to the Town Parade on a beautiful and warm afternoon to show off their "pairs" costume. Hunter looked dashing in his pirate outfit, and candy- bearing witnesses were happy to hand over the booty. Rebecca looked great too and was offered more than one cracker in her bright feathers! They won first place in the pairs division!!

The kids also had fun at Hunter's school party and parade. The parade was more of a mob scene in the backyard, but the kids had so much fun running around in their costumes while Beck watched intently.

Then on Halloween night we went over to Grammy's and played and took pictures before we went Trick or Treating. Hunter enjoyed getting candy for about 15.2 seconds before he decided he needed to get BACK TO GRAMMY'S NOW, I think so he could see the candy he was clutching. But he persisted and we made it around the block before stopping to see Miss Penny and then going back to Grammy's. Rebecca loved her walk in the carrier and looking at the neighborhood!! She was a hit in her costume.

Can't wait for next year!

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