Halloween

My queens:) It was cold, but a really good trick or treat night. I think the babies who were held in carriers were the warmest. Gwen was my familar, okay, I wanted to dress up. There is a funky witch leg. The cat costume didn't really fit but it was a little more cover up for her. Really the only thing I made this year was there pillow case. I figured queens couldn't have just any old pillow case. It was late when we got home last night so we are setting up our candy for our sugar sprite tonight. We are all very excited. Since we don't do santa this is the closest thing we have to that.

Walk at Clear Creek

I just love the fall skirt next to the fall leaves.
We brought hot tea, and since this was supposed to be a quick trip, we didn't have any food. Thankfully, I hadn't brought the potato chips in from the car yet. Tea and chips, what else do you need?
Proof again that I exist. That is my new pouch, LOVE IT!!! Forgot to add. It is a French sling, I got it from Kelly, www.thegreenkangaroo.org And my sweater, I love it also. It fits well, and is pretty damn warm.
I love that they tilt their heads the same way when they smile. We went there on Saturday to see if we could see the salmon. We found out later that you need to wait for a good rain, we haven't had much rain lately. Not surprisingly, we didn't see any fish. But it was a fun day. They were doing search and rescue with dogs. So the girls got to meet a lot of dogs. They were all really friendly, and we got lots of kisses as you know, dogs like potato chips:)

Peanut sandwich made with jam stick stick stick

I made bread. You really don't understand. Try some wheat free/gluten free bread. That stuff isn't even fit for stuffing. And then go and try to find a recipe. Seriously, the ingredients list is insane. So I got a mix. The first one I tried, ehhh, alright. This one was so good. Of course I thought that when I took the first one out of the oven also. I think the bread starts to taste not so great once it cools.
I was actually hoping that the steam would show up on this picture.
But the thing is, I never thought I would need a fork to eat a peanut butter and jelly. More specifically, this is an almond butter with cherry preserves. Oh my god, yeah, I was just taking pictures to mess with the camera. But then I took a bite. I am full, but if I wasn't I would be making myself another. This was more like dessert. I think it is for sure the best pbj I have ever had. Or should I say abp?

We decided to get Gwen pierced...

Cute little earring, eh?
Or does it look better as a nose ring?
Natalie thinks it smells funny:)

And again...

And she liked it till Layla pulled it off once and now she thinks it is a game. Oh well, it is cute and if I can get her to wear it on park days, when it is burrrrrr, I will be happy.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled sweater...

To bring you an insanely cute pixie hat:)

And in true Layla fashion, biting her lower lip. Seeing this picture so reminds me of baby Layla. I have a feeling that she is going to be 20 and I am still going to see her biting her lip.

A good side view of the hat. See, total denial that we are going to be leaving. I had to quickly knit us up winter hats, still working on the others. I bought a soup thermos, cuz you know we go to the park when it is freezing. Though oddly, umm it almost hit 80 today and we all may have a bit of a sunburn. It was only supposed to get to 63, it way passed that. not complaining, but it was hot considering we were dressed for cooler weather.

The back of Jack's sweater is almost done now. So I was only taking a short break. Hey I have been prety good about working on one thing at a time, I am allowed short breaks with something as big as a sweater for Jack, right?

YEA!!! He's home!!!

Gwen looked at him funny for about 2 minutes, maybe it was the uniform, the stink of boat, the super long hair, but then it was total love. She keeps trying to nurse his nose though. She is back to waking up and night and reaching over to coo at him. The first few nights he was gone and she reached over to find Layla, she wasn't too happy. He doesn't wake up for this still, so he doesn't get to see how much his little girl loves him. It is very sweet.