Our sale went great!  It’s surprising how much stuff we have that we never look at.  We bought DVD’s thinking that we’d watch them, but over a year later, they just sit in the shelf collecting dust.  Doreen would love to know how many people came wanting cheap comics!

While we worked hard in the cold for two days, Elizabeth watched TV and had snacks and played in our leaf pile in the front yard.  One time she was playing with some blue painters tape and made herself a beard.  Then she went to Paul and said that she needed to shave, just like daddy.

What about Cameron?  He worked an 18+ hour shift on Black Friday and slept on the Saturday.  He woke up while we were eating lunch (after we had cleared up) and asked, “weren’t you guys going to have a yard sale?”

We couldn’t get her to hold still for very long (too much candy, perhaps?), but here is the costume.  She was a Home Depot worker.  (English translation:  B&Q’s worker).   I took her out to the county attorney’s office to trick or treat on Thursday, then on Saturday evening, we just went to one neighbors house across the street and then to Daniel’s.  Jessica was working and Aunt Tammy & kids were there also, so we just had a visit and then came home.  At this age, who really needs a ton of candy, right?

Elizabeth has started singing the alphabet to us.  Not the whole alphabet, but she has a little tune to “B, C, D, E” and “X, Y, Z”.  She has also increased her counting up to #5.

I tried my best to cut Elizabeth’s hair last night.  Nearly 2″ gone off the back!  Looks a lot cuter and not so mullet-y.

She wanted me to buy this for her when we were out shopping one day. For some reason she can’t keep other things in her hair, but she loved this headband.

Another favorite thing Elizabeth has discovered are berries.  Whenever I can find a good deal, I’ll get her a package of raspberries, blueberries or strawberries.  She finishes a package in about a day.

Nanny is coming to visit in a couple of weeks so Elizabeth is naturally very excited.  She’s also very excited to see Rebecca and Auntie Elaine as well.

The peppers are growing like crazy and the radishes have grown overnight.  On the verge are green beans, more peppers, beets and round 2 of tomatoes.  I found out that if you cut back the tomato plants after the first harvest, you can have a second harvest before the frost.  Whaddaya know — it worked!!  There are 4 currently on the plants, but many, many more blossoms out there.

What have we been doing?  Elizabeth and I try to get out of the house at least once a day with either duck feeding, recycling, grocery shopping or the splash park.  This gives da-da (paul) more time to work that is uninterrupted.

I try to get Elizabeth out every morning because she then takes a long nap, and also it’s just too hot to go out in the afternoon.  We’d rather not have her cooped up in the house all day long.

In the afternoons, I try to do some other activity to keep her away from vegging in front of the TV.  This is when I run my errands like grocery shopping or going to the post.  It’s been just over a month and so far, we’ve been successful.

Paul has been working full time now that I’m home.  Don’t worry everyone — we’re doing okay financially.  We haven’t even had to touch our savings at all!

Starting Monday, I’ll be volunteering at an “assisted living” (aka: old folks home or OAP).  To keep my sanity, I need to have some time out of the house.

Cameron & Elizabeth are getting quite cozy lately.  She’s constantly wondering where he is.  She wants to talk to him and know what he’s doing at all times.  She’s the first to greet him after he comes home from work.  Well, besides Buster, of course.

Jonathan made a surprise visit today.  We all met at David & Tammy’s new house for pizza.  We were able to have all the grandchildren gather for this rare photo opportunity.  Poor Cameron towers over all his cousins.

Left to Right:  Stephanie holding Justin (I think), Jessica, Cameron holding Elizabeth, Mindy holding Adam, Naomi, Tiffany (folding arms).   In the front is Emily, Sage, Dalton, David, Ryan, and Jason.